JoJo's Circus (partially lost Playhouse Disney stop-motion animated series; 2003-2007)
The show's title card.
Status: Partially Lost
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JoJo's Circus was a Canadian-American stop-motion animated children show that used to air on Playhouse Disney from 2003-2007, with reruns until 2008.
The show was created by four people - Jim and Lisa Jinkins, David Campbell and Eric Weiner, with the show revolving around the titular JoJo, who is a six year old clown girl who lives in the small, happy Circus Town. JoJo invites young viewers to get up and dance, jump, bend and wiggle. All episode storylines have a moral lesson that emphasizes character-building skills such as cooperation, sharing and respect for others.
Availability
Two JoJo's Circus DVDs were released in 2005, Take a Bow and Animal-a-Go-Go, with a Playhouse Disney DVD releasing in late 2005 containing the Season 1 episode A Circus Town Christmas. Altogether, that would make nine episodes. DVD releases of Higglytown Heroes would also contain one episode of the show per DVD.
Nearly twenty years after the show premiered, on August 3, 2023, Twitter user @WiggleznGigglez made a tweet stating that most of the show was not accessible to the public ether through physical media or streaming, "just some few episodes posted on YouTube, Dailymotion and the Internet Archive."
The tweet took off with many people remembering the show and with growing interest in finding the lost segments and episodes, the original poster commented under the tweet with screenshots of notes of what segments were available on the internet, what is available but in poor quality and what segments are completely missing.[1]
Episode Lists
Season One (2003-04)
| Episode | Segment Title | Status (36/49) |
|---|---|---|
| Episode 1A | Easy as Pie | Found |
| Episode 1B | Take a Bow | Found |
| Episode 2A | Uncle Flippy's Funny Farm | Found |
| Episode 2B | Up Up & Away | Found |
| Episode 3A | Hide & Go Dinky | Found |
| Episode 3B | Fire Chef Says | Found, but in poor quality. |
| Episode 4A | Confetti Caper | Found |
| Episode 4B | JoJo on the Tightrope | Lost |
| Episode 5A | Try These on for Boing! | Found |
| Episode 5B | Happy Birthday Tater | Found |
| Episode 6A | Cotten Andy | Found |
| Episode 6B | Nighty Night | Found |
| Episode 7A | Seal Fright | Lost |
| Episode 7B | Skeebo's Missing Hat Trick | Found |
| Episode 8 | The Legend of Clownfoot | Lost |
| Episode 9A | Circus Shh Shh | Found |
| Episode 9B | The Little Big Top Boogie Band | Found |
| Episode 10A | Drum Roll Please | Found, but in poor quality. |
| Episode 10B | Cannonball JoJo | Found |
| Episode 11A | Flower Shower | Found |
| Episode 11B | The Itchy Ootchy Scratch Patch | Found |
| Episode 12A | Messy Mess | Found |
| Episode 12B | Pop Up | Found |
| Episode 13A | The Watchamadoodle | Lost |
| Episode 13B | What's The Trick? | Found |
| Episode 14A | Zero Heroes | Lost |
| Episode 14B | The Spudinki's New Act | Found |
| Episode 15A | JoJo Signs Up | Found |
| Episode 15B | The Un-Average Day | Found |
| Episode 16A | Mirror Mirror | Lost |
| Episode 16B | Tina Trips Up | Lost |
| Episode 17A | The Clown Family Picnic | Lost |
| Episode 17B | Dinky's Dance | Lost |
| Episode 18A | Hamster-cize | Found |
| Episode 18B | Shoo Fly Shoo! | Lost |
| Episode 19 | A Circus Town Christmas | Found |
| Episode 20A | The Lost Roar | Found |
| Episode 20B | Helping Hands | Found |
| Episode 21A | Skeebo's Pet | Found |
| Episode 21B | Follow that Rainbow | Found |
| Episode 22A | A Case of The Sillies | Lost |
| Episode 22B | Hide & Go-liath | Lost |
| Episode 23A | Funny Bunnies | Lost |
| Episode 23B | Ivan the Bearable | Found |
| Episode 24A | JoJo to the Rescue | Found |
| Episode 24B | A Clown Ride | Found |
| Episode 25A | Charlie the Clown Baby | Lost |
| Episode 25B | Fire House Day | Found |
Season Two (2004-06)
| Episode | Segment Title | Status (12/54) |
|---|---|---|
| Episode 1A | Sleepover Surprises | Lost |
| Episode 1B | How does your Garden Grow | Lost |
| Episode 2A | Fit as a Tickle | Lost |
| Episode 2B | Pedal Pushers | Found |
| Episode 3A | A New Twist | Lost |
| Episode 3B | Lost & Found | Found |
| Episode 4A | The Best Breakfast Ever | Lost |
| Episode 4B | Popcorn Panic | Lost |
| Episode 5A | Frown Fighters | Found |
| Episode 5B | Goliath the Great | Found |
| Episode 6A | Hi There, Small Fry | Lost |
| Episode 6B | My Dinner with the Tightropes | Lost |
| Episode 7A | My Favorite Frog Sitters | Found |
| Episode 7B | Night of the Teddy Bears' | Found |
| Episode 8A | 100 Days in Counting | Found |
| Episode 8B | Hoop Happy | Lost |
| Episode 9A | Charlie The Clown Baby Returns | Lost |
| Episode 9B | The Fishing Trip | Lost |
| Episode 10A | Goliath Gets a Boo Boo | Found, but in poor quality. |
| Episode 10B | Join the Club | Lost |
| Episode 11A | The Mane Event | Lost |
| Episode 11B | Stuck on You | Lost |
| Episode 12A | The Robot Clown | Lost |
| Episode 12B | Mice-Capades | Lost |
| Episode 13 | A Circus Town Wedding | Found, but in poor quality. |
| Episode 14A | Get Crabby | Lost |
| Episode 14B | Bouncing the Bowling Ball | Lost |
| Episode 15A | The Octopus Ride | Lost |
| Episode 15B | Hiccup Helper | Lost |
| Episode 16A | Follow that Monkey | Lost |
| Episode 16B | X Marks the Spot | Lost |
| Episode 17A | Happy Hoopy Day | Lost |
| Episode 17B | Brushing Up | Lost |
| Episode 18A | The Cricketeers | Lost |
| Episode 18B | Tickled Pink | Lost |
| Episode 19A | Practice makes Perfect | Lost |
| Episode 19B | Happy Not-Birthday Skeebo | Lost |
| Episode 20A | Best Pet in Circus Town | Found |
| Episode 20B | Picture Perfect | Found |
| Episode 21A | Make it Snappy | Lost |
| Episode 21B | Harpo Come Home | Lost |
| Episode 22A | Circus Town Hoedown | Lost |
| Episode 22B | Time Flies | Lost |
| Episode 23 | The Thanksgiving Hip-Hooray Parade | Lost |
| Episode 24A | Quiet Magic | Found, but in poor quality. |
| Episode 24B | Too Many Toys | Lost |
| Episode 25A | Silly Silly Putt-Putt | Lost |
| Episode 25B | Ride Em Goliath | Lost |
| Episode 26A | The Giggle Kite | Lost |
| Episode 26B | Chores Galore | Lost |
| Episode 27A | A Snow Clown for Dinky | Lost |
| Episode 27B | Skating Away | Lost |
| Episode 28A | Simply Ear-Resistable | Lost |
| Episode 28B | Hula is Cool-a | Lost |
Season Three (2006-07)
| Episode | Segment Title | Status (3/7) |
|---|---|---|
| Episode 1 | Princess for a Day | Found, but in poor quality. |
| Episode 2 | Pie in the Sky | Lost |
| Episode 3 | My Granny's Shoes | Lost |
| Episode 4 | Jojo & The Beanstalk | Found, but in poor quality. |
| Episode 5 | Circus Town Makeover | Found, but in poor quality. |
| Episode 6A | My Clowny Valentine | Lost |
| Episode 6B | Hop Hooey | Lost |