Big Top (1950)★ 7.5/10
- Family
Written by: Ed McMahon
Big Top featured American and foreign circus acts. Sponsored by Sealtest Dairy, the series aired for six months of 1950 on the CBS Saturday prime-time schedule before being moved to Saturday mornings on January 6, 1951.
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Cast & crew
Jack SterlingSelf - HostDan LurieSelf - strongman
Ed McMahonSelf - clownChris KeeganSelf - clownQuaker City String BandThemselvesMarcelli & JanisThemselvesJoe BasileSelf - as Joe Basile's Brass Kings
The Rudenko BrothersSelvesHunt's Liberty HorsesThemselvesThe RocketsThemselvesThe OrtonsSelfWalter and his All-American BoysThemselvesThe OriolesThemselves - gymnastics from DenmarkAlfredo Landon and His MidgetsThemselvesThe Wilfred Mae TrioThemselvesBaudy's Greyhound and Monkey ActThemselvesFelix AdlerSelf - clownThe Paulette SistersThemselvesNorma ToomeySelf - AerialistJoe Basile's Big Top Brass BandThemselvesLarry ThompsonSelf - JugglerDave VanfieldSelf - juggling clownEddie MennettiSelf - AcrobatTanit IkaoSelf - Mesmerist
Pat O'BrienSelf - GuestSosimo HernandezSelfBilly BartonSelfThe HildalysThemselvesCon ColleanoSelfLinonSelf - pantomimist tramp actThe TokayersThemselves - Danish acrobatric teeter-board actThe FariasThemselves - roly-poly actThe BrockwaysThemselvesBobby WhalingSelf - high-wire unicycle comedy actMeribeth OldSelfYvette WhalingSelf - high-wire unicycle comedy actVictoria TroupeSelvesJack MaynardSelfThe Two KayosThemselves - balancing duoFreddy WolthingSelfHelen Haag's ChimpanzeesSelfZenka MalikovaSelf - high wire artistThe Five AmandisThemselvesJosephine CascaThemselvesMaurice ColleanoSelfThe AcevedasThemselvesSylvia's CaninesThemselvesThe RicardysThemselvesJimmy TroySelf - comedy acrobatLilian WittmackSelfLinda & ConstantThemselves - French perch performersNinonSelfJosephine BerosiniSelfAlf Loyal's StallionsThemselvesCorinne DearoSelfJimmy TroySelfHenri FranchSelf - unicyclistThe Three SidneysThemselvesLos AdrianasThemselves - jugglersThe Magnolia BoysThemselves - unicyclistsThe ZeritzkiesThemselves - juggling & balancing actThe Hustrei SistersThemselvesThe Karpis TrioThemselves - risley act from GreeceMarvin & Hazel CaseThemselves - tight wire actThe VellenasesThemselves - bicycle act from France
Warren HullSelf - Substitute HostLuciana & FriedelThemselves - Horse ActThe NovellasThemselves - Ladder BalancersDon PhillipSelf - juggler on a unicycleLou KarnsSelf - Head BalancerThe Johanney'sThemselves - comedy on a horizontal barThe RaylinsThemselves - Acrobatic BalancersThe Flying ValentinosThemselves - Trapeze ArtistsThe CavanaghsThemselves - rope-spinning, knife-throwing actSenorina Tosco of ItalySelf - Princess of the aerial ladderThe Flying ZacchinisThemselvesBeebe's Hollywood BearsThemselvesBarbera CubberlyMajoretteJoe BasileBand Leader