SUPER CIRCUS 1956. Guest The Lone Ranger, air date February 12, 1956.

[@thebull3206]

That's my good friend's parents doing the skating routine a few years before he was born - you have NO IDEA how happy he was upon seeing this - they were billed as " The Skating Regals" and from all I've heard they were dynamite! Both are still alive today (10-25-22) and living in New Jersey!

[@lonniebishop1750]

Moviecraft always has the best in rare video classics, like this one. Well done, as always.

[@ruinogg]

Roller Skating act was "The Skating Regals", Thank you so much for posting this video. You made the lady in the skating act (who is now 91) very happy

[@MoviecraftInc]

Thank you. May I say The Skating Regals are a phenomenal circus act. Please pass this along to the lady performer who enjoyed it. :-)

[@LaptopLarry330]

Please let Mrs. Regal know that she was a very beautiful woman when this performance by she and her husband was broadcast and kinescoped. Please tell her that I want to thank her and her husband for all the hard work that they have done to entertain the public for so many years. This kinescoped episode of "Super Circus" will provide entertainment by The Skating Regals, and the other performers who worked on this episode of the show, for future generations to enjoy. Thank you, Mrs. Regal. 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂

[@johnmitchelljr]

Amazing clown in the car with dog. Great channel. Thanks.

[@MoviecraftInc]

Our pleasure!

[@raffaeleviggiano4901]

Wonderfol❤

[@fromthesidelines]

That evening, Clayton Moore also promoted his theatrical film on "THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW".

[@pgh45rpms]

Clayton Moore was a native of Chicago, and for a time was a real-life circus acrobat. He must have felt at home doing Super Circus. Both Super Circus and The Lone Rnger were ABC-TV programs.

[@fromthesidelines]

VERY RARE kinescope of Colonna fronting "SUPER CIRCUS" [Sundays, 5-6pm(et)] during its final season from New York {Claude Kirchner, Mary Hartline, and the original cast and crew from Chicago were "let go" following the 1954-'55 season}.

[@fromthesidelines]

Mort Marshall is "Chunky Charlie". A few years later, he was the voice of the "Trix Rabbit" in their commericials.

[@kevinbutler1955NYC]

Mort Marshall was also the voice of"Dr.Stanley Livingston"on "The Tennesse Tuxedo & His Tales"tv cartoons..Barry.

[@fromthesidelines]

And don't forget "Klondike Kat" on "THE UNDERDOG SHOW".

[@mikedoran9851]

And in the Burt Reynolds movie "The Longest Yard", Mort Marshall was the silent deputy who got the last word over corrupt warden Eddie Albert! "His-to-ree!"

[@fromthesidelines]

By the way, when "SUPER CIRCUS" was cancelled in June 1956, the *series* wasn't. Producer Martin Stone brought it back the following fall (with most of the same production crew and Ralph Hermann's circus band) as a Thursday night show [following "THE LONE RANGER"], "CIRCUS TIME". Paul Winchell became the "Ringmaster" {with his dummies Jerry and Knucklehead supporting him}, This time, the format was more of a variety show, with musical performers among the circus acts showcased, and new sponsors (Hartz Mountain, Remco, Bauer & Black, Faultless Starch [Bon Ami], and others). That ended in June 1957.

[@kyleburns883]

Then The Lone Ranger came out February 25 1956

[@fromthesidelines]

Martin Stone and Eddie Kean had previously been associated with "HOWDY DOODY".

[@toomanyhungrycats0554]

My grandfather was one of the acrobats in this show

[@MoviecraftInc]

Wow, that's great. What is his name?

[@LaptopLarry330]

Was it either Walter Dare Wahl or Emmet Oldfield?

[@kyleburns883]

I wish The Lone Ranger and Tonto were on the circus show with Silver and Scout

[@OofusTwillip]

So, the "amazing new" Ronco Rotisserie was just a re-hash of a 1950s Roto-Broil 400.

[@johnbockelie3899]

Way better than today's junk T.V. .

[@dannygaines1352]

Machine was probably built to last forever.

[@JJJBRICE]

Colonna was great as a Bob Hope sideman but did not have the kiddie appeal of Kirchner . Ms. Wirth was a pretty good baton twirler but she did not have dad appeal that Hartline had . Overall the NYC production seems to be superior to the Chicago one.

[@pi31415927]

This is great! Any chance you have access to the Super Circus with Superman, George Reeves?

[@MoviecraftInc]

Wish I did, but no Super Circus in our archive with Superman.

[@pi31415927]

@@MoviecraftInc Thanks for your response.

[@kevinbutler1955NYC]

George Reeves"Superman"appeared with the cast of the Chicago,Ill. version of"Super Circus"..but..sadly..no tv kinnie film prints of that guest appearance exist..just a picture ad.

[@ZACHERYalderton-s3h]

who is the announcer