But before that would happen, McDonald's would replace Scott with a redesigned clown, played by famed Ringling Brothers circus performer, Michael "Coco" Polakovs, who is credited as coming up with the basic look of the white-faced, red-haired, yellow-jumpsuit-wearing Ronald that is pretty close to the clown we are all familiar with today.
You probably wouldn't recognize the of Ronald McDonald.
Even more insulting, the official credit for Ronald's , one of the franchise owners that tapped Scott to create Ronald to begin with.