Another circus special [See
E81
].
Ringmaster Bev Kelly and clown Emmett Kelly perform throughout the
program. F Beverly Kelly (a male) is not
typically associated with the ringmaster role.
He was better known as the publicity manager for the Barnum and Bailey
Circus. He served the organization from
1930 into the 1970s. Emmett Kelly’s
autobiography, called simply Clown (Prentice-Hall 1954), was cowritten
by Beverly.
Special guest George Gobel: “I’ve got a dirty bird.”
Lonesome George opens the show for some reason. One of Gobel’s catchphrases on his television
program was “Well, I’ll be a dirty bird” and the show decided to build a secret
around it. Originally, Gobel’s bird was
going to be a live flamingo, but in the studio the flamingo couldn’t stand
upright so it was replaced at the last minute by a stuffed toy duck that Gobel
carried in with him.
The German tumbling act “The Whirlwinds”
perform.
The Whirlwinds are a quartet of young
women. Tomorrow, the 56-year-old Emmett
Kelly will marry one of them, 22-year-old Elvira Gebhardt. This is the third marriage for Kelly and
would last until his death in 1979.
Snake handler [Josephine]: "I'm putting a live python around Garry Moore's neck"
The python's name is Sally.
Paul Jung, a circus clown, makes Henry up in
whiteface.
Jung was
known as a “producing clown”, which meant he was responsible for creating the acts and routines
done by the other clowns in the circus.
This episode has not been reviewed. Details come from alternate sources, including thumbnail descriptions of the episodes in GSN documentation. Except where noted, “secrets” are not exact quotes.
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