美国乡村巡回马戏团著名演员罗布·默明孩提时代就对马戏入了迷,12岁时就从家出走参加了马戏团。他在那里只跑了几次龙套,觉得不遂心意就悄悄地溜回康涅狄格州诺斯黑文家中。但在七年后,默明学会了几手小丑技巧,他就远涉重洋前往欧洲,决心实现他做一个马戏团演员的梦想。威尔士的一位马戏团经理给了他一个机会。默明在39岁时回忆说:“当时我跟随一个西班牙小矬子和一个结实的德国大个子演出,第一个晚上我就从骆驼上摔了下来。”但是这并没有使他灰心丧气。当默明在夏末回到美国的学院时,他就对他的母亲说,他最终还是要回到马戏团的。他母亲说,“设法建立一个 American country tour circus famous actor Rob Moeming childhood into the circus into the fans, 12-year-old ran away from home to participate in the circus. Where he ran only a few times, feeling hesitantly silently slipped back to North Haven, Connecticut. However, seven years later, Moming learned a few hands of clowning skills, he traveled far beyond the oceans to Europe, determined to achieve his dream of becoming a circus performer. A circus manager in Wales gave him a chance. At the age of 39, Moming recalled: “I was following a Spanish boy and a stout German man and I fell from the camels the first night.” But that did not discourage him. When Moming returned to the American Academy in late summer, he told his mother that he would eventually return to the circus. His mother said, "Trying to build one