132     April 20, 1955
Bill, Jayne, Henry, Faye

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.