Dumbo's Circus
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| Dumbo's Circus | |
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 Dumbo and his friends, as seen in the show's opening sequence. |
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| Genre | Live-action/puppets |
| Starring | Katie Leigh Caleb Chung Patricia Parris Jim Cummings Will Ryan Hal Smith |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. of episodes | 120 |
| Production | |
| Running time | Approx. 0:30 per episode |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | The Disney Channel |
| Original run | 1985 – 1995 |
Dumbo's Circus was a live-action/puppet television series on The Disney Channel, featuring the character of Dumbo from the original film.
120 episodes (the most ever for a Disney TV show) were made in 1985, and they were shown until 1995. In the show, Dumbo has grown up, is able to speak, and had struck out on his own to begin his own circus. He and a cast of characters fly from town to town in a wagon pulled through the air by Dumbo performing their "greatest little show on earth". Other than Dumbo, none of the characters from the original film are cast members. The cast members are human-sized anthropomorphic animals played by people in puppet suits using technology developed by The Jim Henson Company for Fraggle Rock; this production technique was also used for the Disney Channel live-action/puppet television series Welcome to Pooh Corner.
There are currently no plans to release Dumbo's Circus on DVD from Walt Disney Home Entertainment.
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[edit] Cast
- Katie Leigh - Dumbo the Flying Elephant
- Caleb Chung - Q.T. the Orangutan
- Patricia Parris - Lilli the Cat
- Jim Cummings - Lionel the Lion
- Will Ryan - Barnaby the Goofy Dog
- Hal Smith - Fair Dinkum the Koala Bear, Rinkum Dinkum, Sebastian the Alley Cat
[edit] Notable Episodes
1.Ruins the best movie ever...... Dumbolina
Dumbo wishes he were a different size but then Barnaby's magic backfires and Dumbo is shrunken in size...
2. The Long Walk
Dumbo forgets how to fly, and the circus folk have to use their imagination - and their feet - to get to the next town by showtime.
3. Barnaby's Magic Coat
Barnaby momentarily forgets some crucial words to an important point (or spell).
4. All Bout Hats
5. Never Trust a Stranger
6. Teaching a Bird to Fly
7. Farmer's Circus
8. Lilly's Surprise Birthday
9. Finding the Perfect Gift
10. Blue Glass Contest
11. Lilli Comes Home
Dumbo's Circus travels to Lilli's hometown! Much to the delight of the circus and the Miss Lilli Fan Club. But, when Lilli suddenly becomes ill and can't perform, what will Dumbo's Circus do?
12. The Annual Summer Parade
Dumbo's Circus arrives in town just in time to be invited to the Annual Summer Parade. Excitedly, each character decides what summer means to them, and happily begin working on their floats for the parade, except poor Fair Dinkum. Will Fair Dinkum come up with a great idea in time to enter his special float in the Annual Summer Parade?
13. Welcome to Melody Land
The Circus comes to the enchanting town of Melody Land! Inspired by the lush surroundings, they decide to have an all musical performance. But when Lionel and Q.T. accidentally crush the box full of instruments beneath the wheels of the Circus Wagon, the two set off for town to try and replace them. They soon find out that music is all around them and instruments really do grow on trees!
14. A Lion Needs a Mane
Lionel and Fair Dinkum are hard at work practicing their new act, so they can have it down pat for this evenings performance. But, when Fair Dinkum is suddenly, and unexpecyedly distracked by falling eculayptus leafs blowing in the wind, he sets off on an adventureto try and find the tree! Meanwhile, Lionel notices some stress to his tresses as his mane is literally falling out. Will Lionel be bald by showtime, and not be able to perform, and will Fair Dinkum make it back in time?
15. She's Really Something Special
Lilli receives a letter from "Circus Fun Magazine" asking her to leave the Circus and become a model wearing beautiful and fashionable clothes for the magazine. Lionel and Dumbo see the disregarded letter and panic! They enlist the help of Q.T. and Barnaby to make Lilli feel special so she won't want to leave. But everything they try to do to make her feel special goes wrong! Will Lilli leave the Circus for good?
16. Tiny Town
Dumbo's Circus comes to Tiny Town. Using a map to try and find the town, each of the characters set off in different directions to try and locate the town. Perplexed, Q.T. falls asleep. Upon waking, he finds himself surrounded by the (literally) small people of Tiny Town. The Circus, glad to have finally found the town, happily performs!
[edit] Trivia
- The wagon used in the show is now displayed on the back lot of Disney-MGM Studios in Orlando, Florida.
- Due to a legal dispute, the character of Timothy Q. Mouse from the original film is not in this series.
- Dumbo has a new look in this series, giving spoken dialogue lines he didn't have in the original film.
- Every episode the group would travel to a new town inhabited with puppets; however, one episode featured a character called Big Fred, a giant that you see from the legs down as a partially seen character.
- Each character would perform their special act. This ranged from dancing and singing to telling knock knock jokes.
