 One of their joint creations was Britten's tramp clown character Prof. Okey Dokey.As the tramp clown, Britten entered and won the "Funniest New Clown Of The Year" (about 400 candidates) audition with the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus.He received national publicity as the schoolteacher turned clown after performing a pantomime routine in which he attempted to sit in a collapsible chair.