Oleg Popov was called the “Sunny Clown” all over the world. Its popularity in the second half of the last century was enormous - both in our country and abroad. One famous Dutch artist once said: “Only three Russian names are known in the West: Gagarin, Kalashnikov and Popov,” and this is very similar to the truth. This book is largely based on the memoirs of the artist himself, and therefore has the subtitle: “Unfictional stories". Its author, a famous director, screenwriter and producer, was a close friend of Oleg Popov. He talks about the life of the great clown and his difficult path to the heights of world fame with good humor and, as they say, “first hand.”