| Amateur Clown Contest | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1759 |
| Catalog #: | 425831 | |
| Clip Number: | 425831-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 040-032-04 | |
| Timecode: | 00:56:36 - 00:57:24 | |
| Location: | New York City, New York | |
| Year Shot: | 1967 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CONTESTS: Occupational CONTESTS: Unusual ENTERTAINMENT/CIRCUS: Clowns ENTERTAINMENT/CIRCUS: Entertainers LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, New York, New York | |
| Description: | "Amateur clowns tryout for one-week with the Biggest Big Show, the circus at Madison Square Garden. The winner: Mrs. Claire Manley, a housewife who's wanted to run away with the circus for a century MS - Female amateur clown (Claire Manley) wearing tuxedo running through cooking routine that employs a dose of magic, producing a hen from a shallow cooking pot that was empty a moment before. MS - Four clowns (Tom Bebe and sons) pulling rubber chicken from large steel pot; they place the chicken back into the pot, stir the contents for a spell, when the youngest clown troupe member pops his head from the pot, giving everyone a shock. MS - Judges-- including a professional clown in full make-up -- reviewing papers at table. Panning MS - Tom Bebe and sons waiting anxiously for announcement. MS - Judges and two clowns (one of whom is Coco the Clown) announcing Claire Manley as the winner. This very well can be the beginning of - So You Want To Be A Circus Star? Long before America's Got Talent or American Idol/ | |
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