But despite his afro wig, dungarees and burnt cork-face, Jon Hamm managed to pull in ... NBC had the first two black characters on TV,' he told the assembled writers as he tried to convince ...

All of that and more happened to me when I was a clown for a day with the UniverSoul Circus ... One was a big blond afro wig and the other was a shoulder-length black wig with bangs.

After becoming 'inspired' by one of the juggling jesters, he began to paint his face with his mom's makeup. 'My grandfather took me to a circus, where I met a clown that showed me how to juggle ...

But the key difference between Forster’s account and those written by others is that Forster, a white man, said he “disguised” himself as Black — donning an Afro wig and dark foundation ...

A beloved clown who kept a generation of New Yorkers laughing made an emotional farewell appearance Sunday at the Big Apple Circus ... a red dress and black sneakers — and a longtime fan ...