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Seasons:
1 | 2 full episode list
Release Date:
23 September 1956 (USA) more
Plot:
12-year-old Corky has been adopted by a traveling circus owned by Big Tim Champion. He is water boy to baby elephant Bimbo and otherwise participates in the behind-the-scenes life of the circus. full summary
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Cast

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Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams ... Pete (49 episodes, 1956-1957)
Noah Beery Jr. ... Uncle Joey (49 episodes, 1956-1957)

Micky Dolenz ... Corky (49 episodes, 1956-1957)
Robert Lowery ... Big Tim Champion (49 episodes, 1956-1957)
Bimbo the Elephant ... Bimbo (25 episodes, 1956-1957)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
30 min (49 episodes)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)

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Trivia:
During the show's run, the producers decided to send Micky Dolenz on a promotional tour (together with the show's baby elephant), and that an added attraction would be to have him play guitar and sing. Dolenz was sent for a round of guitar lessons, and alternated between music and tricks with the elephant for the tour. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "The Monkees: Monkees at the Circus (#1.22)" (1967) more
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Circus Boy TV Series, 25 April 2005
Author: Albert Mazeika from United States

CIRCUS BOY, starring future "Monkees" drummer/singer Mickey Dolenz (then as billed as Mickey Braddock)in the title role, spent the 1956-57 Prime Time TV Season on NBC and the next on ABC. I enjoyed it when it re-ran on Saturday mornings thru 1960. There could be 70+ episodes of CIRCUS BOY as back in those days they produced as many as 39 new episodes a season. Nowadays, costs being what they are, you're fortunate to get 20-24. The Circus Boy was Corky, an orphan taken in by Big Tim Champion's turn of the 19th century Circus. He was water boy for Bimbo, a baby Elephant. As a 7 or 8 year old at the time, I found the show quite fascinating and, of course, envied Corky to no end. I mean, who wouldn't want a pet elephant? Coincidently (?) Disney released the popular, similarly-themed TOBY TYLER in 1960. Source Material: THE COMPLETE DIRECTORY TO PRIME TIME NETWORK & CABLE SHOWS.

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