Friday, November 11, 2005

Jungleland #2


Arky Scott and "Tusko" (Bimbo in "Circus Boy") at Jungleland in the late 1950's.

Posted by Buckles at 11/11/2005 07:56:00 AM

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Eric said:

The fictional circus used for CIRCUS BOY TV series was called the Burke and Walsh Circus. It has such a great, old-time sound that I'm surprised someone hasn't used it for an actual circus. (Or do the Felds own this title too?)

11 November, 2005 11:06
Anonymous said...

Eric says:

Around 1958, Arky and Tusko appeared with a very small, obscure show called Turner Bros. Circus. Its owner, Percy Turner was a sign painter in San Diego who always dreamed of owning a circus. He found a financial “angel” and managed to get a show on the road. (I believe the elephant “Big Babe” was also with this show.) Unfortunately, Turner Bros. Circus only lasted a few weeks. For the rest of his life, Percy was always trying to find another angel and put together another show. Some of you might remember him from the Paul Eagles Circus Luncheon Club up in Los Angeles. It was Percy who introduced me to Smokey Jones in 1974. Don Convington can tell you more about Percy and his career.

11 November, 2005 11:27
Buckles said...

I remember Mr. Turner well, my father used to corespond with him and when we showed out West with Rudy Bros. I was introduced to him. A very nice man.

11 November, 2005 11:33
Anonymous said...

How old was ARKY when he died? He seems to have been around forever.

12 November, 2005 08:12
Anonymous said...

Arky told me that because of his orphaned childhood, he didn't know how old he was. When I went to Ventura County's records books, the entry for his birth was August 8, 1905. Arky died April 11, 1968, making him, at least for official purposes, 62, the same age at death as Clyde Beatty. Arky was buried on April 15, 1968, at Pacific Coast Showman's Rest, in Evergreen Cemetery, in Los Angeles. He was sharply dressed in an elegant uniform, which may well have been the one depicted here. To offer further perspective, five days after Arky's interment, Mabel Stark was found dead, on April 20.

12 November, 2005 13:16
Anonymous said...

Was the television series Circus Boy a spin-off of the 1960
Walt Disney movie,
TOBY TYLER,OR TEN WEEKS WITH A CIRCUS.
I rember both were set around the turn of the Century with wagon shows.
Also rember the Circus Boy,wasnt he the guy who later played the drummer
on the 1967 television show the MONKEE'S?

12 November, 2005 16:32
Anonymous said...

Circus Boy ran on television from 1956-1958(It was filmed in B/W)
However I believe Toby Tyler was based on a series of children's books which were a lot earlier then that.
R.L

12 November, 2005 17:23
Anonymous said...

It's a little confusing about the billing for Corky, the CIRCUS BOY. The lad's stage name at the time was Mickey Braddock, later one and the same as Micky (or Mickey) Dolenz, of the Monkees.

13 November, 2005 19:15
Anonymous said...

There were 49 episodes of Circus Boy made between 1956 - 1958(running 30 minutes each,including commercials.)
I wonder if it will be out on DVD?

15 November, 2005 18:16

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