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Whizzo's Saturday Circus - WIBW-TV (Complete Episode, 12/26/1981) 📺
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcTCcXcnH2c Now you've got this to worry about! Here's a complete "day after Christmas"-themed episode of the long-running Whizzo the Clown show (this one billed as "Whizzo's Saturday Circus" in the TV listings - was it on other days of the week as well? What was it billed as during those airings?) as broadcast over WIBW Channel 13 in Topeka, KS. Whizzo is probably best known nowadays, at least on a national level, thanks to a hilarious Rifftrax segment (one of the offshoots of the old MST3k crew) highlighting the film short "Santa's Christmas Circus" featuring our man Whizzo - about 15 years younger and a bit more spry - here's a direct link to what's available of it to view on YouTube: • WHIZZO THE CLOWN! ) Whizzo was Frank Wiziarde (1916-1987), who was a fixture of children's TV in Kansas City and Topeka from the 1960's through the mid-1980s - that area's equivalent of Chicago's own Bozo the Clown. NOTE: This came from a Umatic tape collection from the magician that performed on the show, so presumably this is why it was saved; it appears to have been recorded off air at the station, hence the inclusion of the commercial break (but was there only…
Directors & creators
The Museum of Classic Chicago Television
Subjects
Whizzo the Clown, 80s, VHS, nostalgia, RiffTrax, WIBW
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