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Release Date:
23 September 1956 (USA) morePlot:
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 summaryUser Comments:
Circus Boy TV Series moreCast
(Series Cast Summary - 5 of 19) | Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams | ... | Pete (40 episodes, 1956-1957) |
| Noah Beery Jr. | ... | Uncle Joey (40 episodes, 1956-1957) |
 | Micky Dolenz | ... | Corky (40 episodes, 1956-1957) |
| Robert Lowery | ... | Big Tim Champion (40 episodes, 1956-1957) |
| Bimbo the Elephant | ... | Bimbo (16 episodes, 1956-1957) |
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Runtime:
30 min (49 episodes)Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishColor:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 moreSound Mix:
MonoFilming Locations:
Iverson Ranch, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USAMOVIEmeter: 
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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. moreSoundtrack:
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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.