Lou Jacobs: Clown of Renown
New Years Day was the birthday of one of the 20th century’s greatest circus clowns, Lou Jacobs (Johann Ludwig Jacob, 1903-1992). Jacobs’ influence on the form is incalculable; he was a giant in the circus business — one of the few, like Emmett Kelly, whose name was a household word. Jacobs was second generation show […]