 In 1975, Pidgeon graduated from the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus Clown College and spent two seasons touring with the circus in 1976 and 1979.Among his instructors were Victor Gaona, patriarch of the famous Flying Gaonas Trapeze family and James Donlon, the celebrated mime artist and former movement coach for such noted actors as Kathy Bates.Additionally, Pidgeon toured Mexico and Puerto Rico as a clown for Stardust Productions in 1982.