He was given the name Tchotchke Kaputnik by Peggy Ford, one of Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey's earliest female clowns.
They had been creating a new kind of theatrical circus with their troupe Les 7 Doigts de la Main and were taking the Pickles in a new direction with their show Circumstance.
Slowly over the years momentum has grown and now Circus Kaput performs nationally for many kinds of events and festivals.
in 2011 he was asked to take part in the Kennedy Center's VSA festival at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC.
Aside from creating shows with Circus Kaput Josh's other performing projects include a comedy juggling and stunt show called Death By Tickle - Astounding Feats of Absurdity that ran for 9 years as the opening act of the St. Louis Shakespeare Festival.