Spreading happiness wherever he went wasn’t hard for Doug Sapp. At his core, he was always Happy. Sapp, better known as Happy ...

Polka-dotted clowns squirting water and fashioning balloon animals became a staple of children’s parties, and the modern clown became associated with childish comedy rather than theatre.

He shares the message of God’s love along with balloon animals and card tricks. Most clowns have a more modest enterprise. They work a circuit akin to a Red Cross nurse’s. Children’s ...