The Clown Who Cried

[@SarahOstrin1]

Wonderful. Great music also.

[@steevrawjers]

yes

[@normanwhite6677]

"Hey, you two, stop clownin' around on that catwalk!"

[@thomastaylor6511]

Is it me or does alot of us older people get goosebumps when when the lead superman music comes on

[@NBachers]

I still feel the same stirring emotional reaction to the Superman music. Superman was on our side.

[@robertzing9903]

I get goosebumps too

[@battlejack1863]

Does the same thing to me too!🤣

[@markgiardina1303]

Superman's theme should be a ringtone for a smartphone.

[@jamesb.9155]

Of course. It was such a brilliant show.

[@stephenindc9102]

This one always stood out in my memory. Learning to be good. Seeing what bad can do.

[@sethtanner5707]

I saw this as a child and it gave (and still gives) me a sense of dread regarding clowns. Pennywise can’t compare. Thanks.

[@NBachers]

Yeah, it did the same thing to me as a kid, and I never forgot it. I think that's why I posted it when the "Lurking Clown" craze was going on.

[@ryanhunter130]

Rollo was a man of great honor! Cut from the SAME cloth as Superman ❤

[@josephvitielo1693]

PETER Brocco great actor

[@davidbaise5137]

These older b+w episodes were great. Very dark, noir-ish chapters, featuring stories like this.

[@DON_QUARLO]

A CLASSIC - With pathos too!

[@NBachers]

The thrilling musical score adds excitement to the battle between the good clown and the bad clown.

[@klscomus]

I don't know if you know that the music underscoring this scene is by Miklos Rozsa, the piece being a portion of his concert work Theme, Variations and Finale, which he wrote long before he started scoring movies.

[@kevinbutler8824]

Along with the music..the acting, the special effects and the acting in this scene makes even more exciting..N Bachers.

[@charlesgilbert5682]

I've long enjoyed this brief music score included in several second season episodes, along with the film score from 1961 with KING OF KINGS, not realizing the connection being Miklos Rosza.

[@dgel333]

N Bachers I miss that in movies and Tv dramas. The music masters are long gone i.e. Max Steiner, Dimitri Tiomkin, Bernard Herrmann to name a few

[@rbaumgar01]

@@klscomus Thank you for that note. I loved that score and wondered who did it

[@josephvitielo1693]

Peter Brocco a fine actor

[@mikedrown2721]

I like the background music from season 1 and 2

[@ryanhunter130]

Its sooooo good!!

[@charlesgilbert5682]

Same here.

[@petersilecchio4417]

I remember watching as a child. So nice to see it again.

[@williamcrowe2576]

Seeing those two clowns fighting each other, it's like the climax of Pagliacci.

[@josephvitielo1693]

That's where the writers got their idea

[@CARMENARDINO]

Always loved that once all the bullets are gone, they throw the gun and they duck. Even more so when Superman would let the bullets bounce off his chest, but duck for the gun.

[@capnhawk51]

Urban Myth. Superman ducked from a thrown gun in just one episode, "The Mind Machine." Even then, the Superman who ducked was a stunt man, not George Reeves.

[@Graeme_Lastname]

I used to watch this when it was new but never saw this episode.

[@tfewald01]

I actually remember this particular episode from when it was first on!

[@shawnmalone9711]

I taped this episode and a lot of other The Adventures of Superman on my VCR. In 2000 , TVLand used to have Marathon weekends of old TV shows and one weekend it was the Adventures of Superman. I used to like the color episodes of TAOS because they were more like the comic book version of Superman. I'm older now and like the black and white episodes because they were more noirish and violent , hence more realistic. I think the owner of DC comics , Harry Donenfeld and accountant Jack Liebowitz wanted to tone down the violence because of the backlash against the comic book industry in the 1950s. The early 1950s episodes of Superman were more violent and seemed to be written for adults to watch along with the children. Comic books were accused of teaching kids about violence and crime and people were campaigning to get rid of them. The color episodes were more humourous and DC decided to have them filmed in color because it was believed within 10 years or so ( the mid to late 1960s) people would have color television and it would be easier to sell the series in major markets ( Los Angeles , New York , Chicago , Cleveland , Miami, Dallas , Washington D. C. , etc.)

[@larryaldrich4351]

Cram it Clown!

[@captsorghum]

That's a Bozo no-no.

[@steevrawjers]

wow amazing

[@NicConstitution]

I get that Superman had the strength to catch a man falling from such great heights, but is it just me or does it seem like the clown's body should have been cut into three pieces?

[@davidbaise5137]

The dramatic music and noirish deaths make a strong impression on 8 yr old tv watchers.

[@m.f.m.67]

The first season was great, with episodes like this one. Too bad they allowed the cereal companies pressure on them to tone it down the following seasons.

[@MuzixMaker]

The only thing that would improve this scene would be a Wilhelm scream at 1:57.

[@bobbylinning2348]

I have the first 2 seasons of Superman on DVD

[@josephvitielo1693]

Then come and get me

[@brooksellis3891]

How come a guy who is faster than a speeding bullet couldn't catch both of them?

[@robbarbieri8676]

Brooks Ellis...and why didn't he just land on the roof and break up the fight?

[@brooksellis3891]

@@robbarbieri8676 : good point. I never thought of that.

[@DavidLS1]

Or fly him to an emergency room instead of chitchatting while he died.

[@brooksellis3891]

@DavidLS1 : yes.

[@gaguy1967]

Well. He didn’t try very hard

[@jeffw.4205]

This was a children's show?

[@josephvitielo1693]

That why the color shows wheres campy for kids