Little Clowns of Happytown facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Little Clowns of Happytown |
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| Genre | Children |
| Based on | A concept by Anthony Paul Productions |
| Developed by | Chuck Lorre |
| Written by | Bruce Faulk Cliff Roberts |
| Directed by |
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| Voices of | Sue Blu Charlie Adler Danny Cooksey Frank Welker Ron Palillo Pat Fraley Josh Rodine Ellen Gerstell Howard Morris |
| Theme music composer | D.C. Brown Chuck Lorre Anthony Paul Productions |
| Composer(s) | Robert J. Walsh |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 18 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Fred Wolf |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Murakami Wolf Swenson Marvel Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | September 26, 1987 – July 16, 1988 |
Little Clowns of Happytown is an American animated television series that aired as part of ABC's Saturday morning lineup from September 26, 1987 to July 16, 1988.
Plot
The series is set around young clowns from Happytown, whose goal is to spread happiness and imbue positive mental attitudes to the city next door. The young clowns are Big Top (the leader), Badum-Bump (Big Top's little brother), Hiccup (Big Top's helper), Tickles (Hiccup's best friend), Pranky (Big Top's best friend), and Blooper (Hiccup's big brother), along with their pet elephant, Rover, and their mentor, Mr. Pickleherring. They are also accompanied by the clownimals, clown-like animals that only Badum-Bump can understand. The only thing that stands in their way is Awful Bebad and his minions, Geek and Whiner.
Characters
Big Top- The main protagonist and leader of the Little Clowns. He loves to tell jokes. He wears a top hat in the style of a Ringmaster.
Blooper- He's a clumsy clown that does physical comedy. He is also involved in many acts by accident.
Hiccup- She is Blooper's younger sister. She loves to sing songs but often hiccups when she talks.
Tickles- She loves to giggle and can fix anything.
Pranky- He loves to prank people by throwing custard pies at them only sometimes he gets them in his face by accident.
Badum-Bump- Big Top's younger brother and he only speaks by making sounds.
Rover- Badum-Bump's pet elephant and partner.
Clownimals- The colorful clown-like animals that accompanies the little clowns. Badum-Bump is the only one who understands them. There is 9 of them. Lion, Tiger, Bear, Seal, Penguin, Giraffe, Rhino, Zebra and a Kangaroo.
Mr. Pickleherring- The kids' enthusiastic teacher, he often teaches them how to be funny and helps with the morals.
Awful Bebad- He's the main antagonist. He is also a man who wants the world to be gloomy just like him.
Geek- Bebad's redheaded assistant.
Whiner- Bebad's other assistant. A teenager who whines and often informs Bebad on what's going on.
Voice cast
- Sue Blu - Hiccup, Tickles' Mom
- Charlie Adler - Pranky and Awful B. Bad (in some episodes)
- Danny Cooksey - Big Top
- Frank Welker - Badum-Bump, Rover the Elephant
- Ron Palillo - Arnie and Ralphie's dad
- Pat Fraley - Awful B. Bad, Geek, Whiner
- Josh Rodine - Blooper
- Ellen Gerstell - Tickles
- Howard Morris - Mr. Pickleherring
- Mona Marshall - Arnie
- Russi Taylor - Ralphie
- Noelle North - Arnie and Ralphie's mom
Joking Around With the Little Clowns
During the show's run, ABC aired a series of short segments called Joking Around With the Little Clowns, which ran during the commercial breaks of their other Saturday morning programming and featured one of the clowns telling another a joke. Although Little Clowns of Happytown was cancelled after a single season, the Joking Around With the Little Clowns segments continued to run on ABC for another two years.
Episodes
| Nº | Title | Air date |
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| 1 | "Baby Blues" | September 12, 1987 |
| 2 | "Big heart, Sweet heart" | September 19, 1987 |
| 3 | "Carnival Crashers" | September 26, 1987 |
| 4 | "Clowny Exchange" | October 3, 1987 |
| 5 | "Won't You Please Come Home Blooper Geek?" | October 10, 1987 |
| 6 | "BeBad's Pet Peeve" | October 17, 1987 |
| 7 | "City Clowns, Country Clowns" | October 24, 1987 |
| 8 | "I love mom" | October 31, 1987 |
| 9 | "Don't be angry" | May 7, 1988 |
| 10 | "I can do it" | May 14, 1988 |
| 11 | "Lost and Not Found" | May 21, 1988 |
| 12 | "New Dad, No Dad" | May 28, 1988 |
| 13 | "Nobody's Useless" | June 4, 1988 |
| 14 | "When you lost, S.T.O.P" | June 11, 1988 |
| 15 | "The Chosen Clown" | June 18, 1988 |
| 16 | "Everyone has a talent" | July 2, 1988 |
| 17 | "To Mr. Pickleherring with Love" | July 9, 1988 |
| 18 | "Too scared too laugh" | July 16, 1988 |
