Thursday, February 01, 2007

Beatty-Cole Alley: Man On the Flying Trapeze (1971)



The classic Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Clown Alley of the late 60s and early 70s (featuring such luminaries as Jimmy James, Kenny Dodd, Lou Nagy, Shorty Hinkle and my pal, Bernie Kallman) in scenes from George Plimpton's 1971 television special THE MAN ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE.

Look for Jimmy James performing the same cigar box gag that George Carl did on Hollywood Palace, Bernie Kallman's binoculars walkaround (created by Bernie and built by Elsie Jung's Gag Factory) the blowoff to the Levitation Gag, Lou Nagy, Jimmy James and Kenny Dodd applying their makeup and a performance of Paul Jung's Atom Smasher gag with Shorty Hinkle as the blowoff.

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