Dumbo's Circus
Format	Live-action/puppets
Starring	Patty Maloney Mark Sawyer Van Snowden Joe Giamalava Sharon Baird Norman Merrill, Jr. Caleb Chung Ron Mangham
Voices of	Katie Leigh Walker Edmiston Patricia Parris Jim Cummings Will Ryan Hal Smith Ron Gans
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	120
Production
Running time	30 Minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	The Disney Channel
Original run	May 6, 1985 – 1988

Dumbo's Circus was a live-action/puppet television series that aired on The Disney Channel, featuring the character of Dumbo from the original film.

Contents 1 Background 2 Episodes 3 Voices 4 External links

[edit] Background

In the show, Dumbo has grown up, is able to speak, and has 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 where cast in the show.

The cast members are human-sized anthropomorphic animals played by people in puppet suits using technology developed by Ken Forsse, the creator of Teddy Ruxpin. The same production technique was used for Welcome to Pooh Corner.

Each character would perform a particular talent, which ranged from dancing and singing to telling knock knock jokes.

The wagon used in the show is now displayed on the backlot of Disney's Hollywood Studios in Orlando, Florida.

Dumbo's Circus began airing on May 6, 1985 and was removed from the channel when it began airing commercial breaks in 1997. Unlike Welcome to Pooh Corner, the show has yet to have any VHS/DVD releases.

[edit] Episodes

[edit] Voices

• Katie Leigh - Dumbo the Flying Elephant
• Walker Edmiston - 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
• Ron Gans - Sebastian the Alley Cat

[edit] External links

• Dumbo's Circus at the Internet Movie Database
• Dumbo's Circus at TV.com
• Dumbo's Circus