Circus clown of George M. Cohan. He was also one of the main models for "Uncle Sam". With changes in circus and popular culture after the Civil War, his legendary talents under the big top have gradually slipped into almost total historical obscurity; biographer David Carlyon (2001) called him "the most famous man you've never heard of". While Dan Rice's talking and singing clown was taking America by storm, a new type of clown was emerging on the British pantomime stage, one that would have a more lasting influence on contemporary American circus clowning. George Lafayette Fox was America's first great "whiteface"
Big (Dead Letter Circus song) Big (Dead Letter Circus song) "Big" is the first single by Australian rock band Dead Letter Circus from their debut studio album "This Is the Warning". It is the band's fifth single overall, following "The Space on the Wall", "Next in Line", "Reaction", and "Disconnect and Apply". Two of the aforementioned singles, "Next in Line" and "Reaction", are to be featured on "This Is the Warning", but "Big" is the first official single from the album. On Day #33 of the band's site, The Dead Letter Circus Project, the band put up a snippet of the song's riff. Over the