Patrick Dempsey once auditioned to join ... Going so far as to attend clown camp, Dempsey originally had his eyes on the Big Top rather than landing on a big TV show.“I signed up to try and get ...

One was class clown Michael Miclon, who would later create the Oddfellow Theater, head the Maine Arts Commission and finance and direct his own movie. The other was a sprite of a kid: Patrick Dempsey.