HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The makeup, the funny costume and hat -- you wouldn't think there's any danger in being a clown, but in the rodeo there's no funny business for the men and women who suit up ...

Call most people a clown to their face, and you’re just asking for trouble. Heck, some actual rodeo clowns don’t want to be associated with the word. “They wanna be ‘entertainers,’ ” John Harrison ...

As the 81st Annual Boys Ranch Rodeo approaches the rodeo clowns are also preparing to entertain the community.

It's an hour before showtime and Rob Gann is running late. He has to get his makeup on, climb into his costume, and build a flash-bang firework that will provide the big noisy finish for his act.

TALLASSEE, Ala. (WSFA) - Charles Webster was done. He got into the rodeo at the age of 18. After riding bulls and horses and being a rodeo clown, he decided to call it quits. Well, at least for a ...

SILOAM SPRINGS -- New this year to the Siloam Springs Rodeo is contract act Allan Dessel of Paulina, Iowa. Not to be confused with a bullfighter, Dessel is a barrelman, he said. Barrelmen and ...

Dalton Morris travels the country as a professional rodeo clown, but Odessa, Missouri, where he was born, is home. His father ...

Dave Whitmoyer didn’t mention to his football coach Mike Van Diest at Carroll College that he was working as a rodeo clown. Van Diest, after all, may not have been pleased that his starting wide ...

Few pleasures compare with being able to cancel brunch with your in-laws because you have an appointment with a rodeo clown from Wyoming who is rolling a barrel from the District to New Jersey.

There's a new rodeo clown in Htown. John Harrison has been announced as the Houston Rodeo barrelman for 2025. He succeeds Leon Coffee, who retired earlier this year. Harrison's first appearance will ...