After almost two years of performing in fairs, outdoor exhibits, and winter vaudeville, Jacobs teamed up with Michael Morris, a British contortionist in late 1924.

Some of Jacobs's early sketches were a satire on the Dempsey-Tunney prizefight, the burning house gag, and the clown wedding.

He made himself a one-man band by mounting a bass drum on his back with a pair of sock cymbals on top which crashed on motion.

After going through some difficulty getting the cars to run, George Wallenda, the famed wire walker, advised him to use a washing machine motor.

Once they began road testing the car, they discovered that Jacobs had a vision problem after he ran into a tree.

The midget car finally made its debut in 1946, only to get scrubbed from the program due to stalling problems.

Jacobs enhanced the visual contrast between his six-foot-one-inch frame and his tiny twenty-three inch car by making himself a bigger pair of shoes.

Once he was out, the gas station attendant, played by Frankie Saluta, insisted that the car was not parked close enough to the pump.

Jacobs closed the act by making a speedy exit in the midget car in an attempt to evade the pursuing cop played by Jimmy Armstrong.

Jacobs' performance of his clown car act is featured in the 1952 Cecil B. DeMille movie The Greatest Show on Earth.

They had two daughters: Dolly, who became a well-known acrobat and trapeze artist, and Lou Ann, an elephant trainer.

[citation needed] On November 11, 1967, Irvin and Israel Feld and Judge Roy Hofheinz, Jr. pooled their money and bought RB&B&B Circus from John Ringling North for 8 million dollars.

After the school experienced limited success in its inaugural term, Irvin Feld commissioned Bill Ballantine to direct the next class.

He was James Stewart’s tutor when he played a clown in the 1952 Cecil B. DeMille movie, The Greatest Show On Earth.

The teaching position at the Clown College had a farther reaching impact because he taught hundreds of young men and women.

In 1988, after 64 years, Lou Jacobs finally retired from the Circus, but continued teaching at the Clown College.

His fellow inductees were: Felix Adler, Otto Griebling, Emmett Kelly, Mark Anthony, and Red Skelton.