Hi, I am Greg DeSanto, a Professional Clown and executive director of the International Clown Hall of Fame and Research Center, ask me anything! Part 2

Wow! I can’t believe it has been a year since our last reddit AMA, I can’t wait to read and respond to what you guys have to offer, so a little backstory before we begin.

My name is Greg DeSanto and I am a professional clown of over 40 years, most of it was spent being a circus clown at Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey where I got my start after graduating from Clown College and going on to be a producing clown. I have performed all over the world with all sorts of crazy animals you can imagine like elephants and monkeys. I even got the chance to work with many famous circus legends like Lou Jacobs, Michu Meszaros, Peggy Williams, Mark Anthony, Coco Polokovs, Frosty Little, Dick Van Dyke, Steve Smith, Jackie LeClaire, Bill Irwin, Barry Lubin, Larry Pisoni and many other wonderful people that made the circus and clowning possible. I was even one of Steve-O’s instructors at his time in clown college.

After Ringling I performed at Big Apple Circus, Circus World Museum, The White House, Madison Square Garden, Appeared on the Bozo show multiple times and even got the opportunity to consult for the clown persona "Fizbo" in the show Modern Family.

Around 2012 or so I was given the opportunity to take over as executive director for the International Clown Hall of Fame and Research Center in Baraboo Wisconsin which houses the world’s largest collection of clown artifacts and honors clowns from all over the world living or long since passed. In between the occasional clowning gig I perform as Santa at the Christmas in the Dells show during the holiday season and give tours around our museum in the spring and summer acting as a steward for clowning history to pass on the legacies of so many amazing people from around the world to future generations. You might even recognize us from the History Channel show: American Pickers where we got the chance to work with Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz towards the start of the museum's re-opening. We survived 2020, broken pipes , the scary clown fad and even the cheesy tundra of Wisconsin.

So today I would like to take this opportunity before starting to ask for your help. We are raising money to help keep the art of clowning alive, every donation no matter how small will go towards preserving a long and important art form.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-international-clown-hall-of-fame

And if you would like to know more about our history and what we do please check out our website.

https://www.theclownmuseum.com/

All that being said, please reddit….ask me anything!

Link to proof.

https://imgur.com/gallery/reddit-ama-2-proof-0TgfvHx

Here’s a recording from one of my portfolios to give you an idea of the kind of clowning I did.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx9BgEHlVhI

And here is a commercial we made.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/azQ0zSef7vs

If you want any updates take the opportunity to give us a follow on Facebook, that's where the most current stuff gets posted about what's going on.

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