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The Greatest Show on Earth
Overview
Johnny Slate successfully manages his circus as it moves from town to town.
Key Crew
Producer: Bob Rafelson
Top Cast
Seasons
Season 1 (1963)
No overview available.
30 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Lion on Fire
1963-09-17Episode 2: Silent Love, Secret Love
1963-09-24Episode 3: No Middle Ground for Harry Kyle
1963-10-01Episode 4: Don't Look Down, Don't Look Back
1963-10-08Episode 5: Garve
1963-10-15Episode 6: The Loser
1963-10-22Episode 7: Uncaged
1963-10-29A circus aerialist is charged with robbery and murder.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 8: The Circus Never Came to Town
1963-11-05Mentally retarded Willie Simple still harbors his childlike daydream of becoming a clown. Slate takes pity on him, giving the boy a job although he has been warned that he might cause problems.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 9: An Echo of Faded Velvet
1963-11-12Episode 10: The Hanging Man
1963-11-19Episode 11: Leaves in the Wind
1963-11-26Episode 12: The Wrecker
1963-12-03Episode 13: Lady in Limbo
1963-12-10Johnny Slate (Jack Palance) is trying to decide which act to send to Russia for a cultural exchange program with the Moscow Circus. Horse trainer Kate Reynolds (Lucille Ball) wants the coveted spot. Menagerie feeder Charles is mauled by one of Kirov's trained bears and dies, leaving his young son Jeff alone in the circus. Coldy ambitious Kate takes care of the boy until Slate locates his Aunt Agatha, a spinster living near Washington DC. Jeff wants to stay with Kate and their separation is surprisingly difficult for her. Kate reveals to Slate that she was a 17 year-old widow with a child on the way, but that she lost the baby. Unhappy, Jeff runs away from his Aunt and returns to the circus in hides with the help of Kirov. Kate and Agatha agree that Jeff belongs with the circus and Kate will be his guardian.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 14: A Black Dress for Gina
1963-12-17Episode 15: Where the Wire Ends
1964-01-07Episode 16: Corsicans Don't Cry
1964-01-14Episode 17: Big Man from Nairobi
1964-01-21Episode 18: The Show Must Go On-- to Orange City
1964-01-28Episode 19: A Place to Belong
1964-02-11Episode 20: Man in a Hole
1964-02-18Episode 21: Clancy
1964-02-25Episode 22: The Last of the Strongmen
1964-03-03Episode 23: The Night the Monkey Died
1964-03-10Episode 24: Of Blood, Sawdust, and a Bucket of Tears
1964-03-17Episode 25: Rosetta
1964-03-24Episode 26: The Glorious Days of the Used to Be
1964-03-31Episode 27: Love the Giver
1964-04-07Episode 28: This Train Don't Stop Till It Gets There
1964-04-14Episode 29: There Are No Problems, Only Opportunities
1964-04-21Episode 30: You're All Right, Ivy
1964-04-28Joan Blondell, Buster Keaton and Joe E. Brown portray a trio of veteran performers, now reduced to handling menial chores around the circus. Slate's most pressing problem, however, is an uninterested young man who's been turned over to him to ""learn the business."" Over this barrier of gloom climbs spirited and ambitious Ivy Hatch, who has run away from home to join the circus. Ivy has one drawback: She doesn't have any special talent.
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