Grandma Clown

Between Spain and Ghana the kids school got a visit from a very special passenger on the ship, Grandma Clown.  He showed the kids about what he does and answered their questions.  He is quite well known on the east coast from the Big Apple circus.  There is some info about him I pulled from wikipedia at the bottom.

He was great to watch, and had us all rolling with laughter....
We are very lucky to have a famous astronaut and clown on this voyage with us, and share thier stories. 

putting red clown paint on Riley's nose

juggling

grandma clown appears

asking for volunteers

a musical act

spitting water

Barry Lubin, recently inducted into the International Clown Hall of Fame, is a physical comedian most familiar to circus audiences as "Grandma", the star of the Big Apple Circus.^[1]

A member of the 1974 class of Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Clown College, he performed for five years with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. He performed at the prestigious International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo in 1977. Since 1982, Barry has been featured in 15 productions of the Big Apple Circus and has become that company's Director of Clowning. He conceived, co-wrote and starred in the Big Apple Circus' production Grandma Goes to Hollywood. He performed at the 6th International Circus Festival of Budapest in January 2006, where he was awarded the Special Prize from the Director of the Great Moscow Circus.
Outside the ring, he has appeared (sans makeup) 4 times on the Late Show with David Letterman. His directorial credits include comedy segments for music videos on MTV, Snappy Dance Company in Boston and CBS's Circus of the Stars. He was a creative consultant for NBC's Cheers, and served as executive producer, creator, and writer of two pilots for Nickelodeon Networks along with partner Yvette Kaplan, in which he also starred. He has directed Cousin Grumpy's comedy pig act, Carlos Swenson's comedy horse act, and his cat, Romeo.