Synopsis
A 1952 episode of the NBC children's series The Magic Clown, in which a clown performs magic tricks. The low-budget program served largely as a plug for its sponsor.
Synopsis, reviewed
Details
- Running time
- 14 minutes
- Collection
- 1950s Classic TV, Classic TV
- Internet Archive item
- magic1952clown
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- The Magic Clown
- Bonomo Candy
- Magic Trick
- Magic Tricks
- 50's TV
- 1950's Television
- TV
- Clown
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Love it · Visual16 · 2009-01-08
You have to see the first minute of this thing, when he leads the kids in the "new magic clown song" (to the farmer in the dell) I've watched it tons of times and it always makes me crack up!
★★★★★ · Classic! · orgasmicxray · 2017-06-22
Would like to see more.
★★★★ · No, it's NOT legal! · Iowatvman · 2008-04-16
"(This type of program was banned in the late-50's by the FCC, But is now legal again)" NO IT ISN'T! It is very ILLEGAL to broadcast a children's program where the host, or any character, also appears in any sort of commercial in the same program. (Reference: the Children's Television Act of 1990, and the FCC rules which implement the Act.) If you don't believe me, go to the FCC web site. Stations are being fined, big-time, almost every day for violation of this very rule.