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'''''Little Clowns of Happytown''''' is an American animated television series produced by DiC and aired on ABC from September 26th, 1987, to July 16th, 1988, for a total of 18 episodes.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780760756348/page/371/mode/2up ''TV Guide Guide to TV (2004)''; pg. 371.] Retrieved 30 Oct '20</ref> The show is about the young clowns from Happytown, whose goal is to spread happiness and imbue positive mental attitudes around the world wherever they go. The only thing that stands in their way is Awful BeBad, the master of doom and gloom, and his two minions, Geek and Whiner. | '''''Little Clowns of Happytown''''' is an American animated television series produced by DiC and aired on ABC from September 26th, 1987, to July 16th, 1988, for a total of 18 episodes.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780760756348/page/371/mode/2up ''TV Guide Guide to TV (2004)''; pg. 371.] Retrieved 30 Oct '20</ref> The show is about the young clowns from Happytown, whose goal is to spread happiness and imbue positive mental attitudes around the world wherever they go. The only thing that stands in their way is Awful BeBad, the master of doom and gloom, and his two minions, Geek and Whiner. | ||
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| 9 || "Goodbye Grandma" || <span style="color:orange;">'''Korean dub, Arabian dub, & Russian overdub found'''</span> | | 9 || "Goodbye Grandma" || <span style="color:orange;">'''Korean dub, Arabian dub, & Russian overdub found'''</span> | ||
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| 10 || "I'm Just Like You" || <span style="color: | | 10 || "I'm Just Like You" || <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
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| 11 || "Lost And Not Found" || <span style="color:orange;">'''Korean dub found'''</span> | | 11 || "Lost And Not Found" || <span style="color:orange;">'''Korean dub found'''</span> | ||
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| 12 || "New Dad, No Dad" || <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | | 12 || "New Dad, No Dad" || <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
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| 13 || "Nobody's Useless" || <span style="color: | | 13 || "Nobody's Useless" || <span style="color:green;">'''Found in English'''</span> | ||
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| 14 || "Only When I Laugh" || <span style="color:orange;">'''Korean dub found'''</span> | | 14 || "Only When I Laugh" || <span style="color:orange;">'''Korean dub found'''</span> | ||
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| 15 || "The Chosen Clown" || <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | | 15 || "The Chosen Clown" || <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
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| 16 || "To Be Or Not To Be... Me" || <span style="color: | | 16 || "To Be Or Not To Be... Me" || <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
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| 17 || "To Mr. Pickleherring With Love" || <span style="color:orange;">'''Korean & Arabian dubs found'''</span> | | 17 || "To Mr. Pickleherring With Love" || <span style="color:orange;">'''Korean & Arabian dubs found'''</span> | ||
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Revision as of 17:59, 12 November 2022
Cover of the PAL volume 1 VHS of the show.
Status: Partially Lost
Little Clowns of Happytown is an American animated television series produced by DiC and aired on ABC from September 26th, 1987, to July 16th, 1988, for a total of 18 episodes.[1] The show is about the young clowns from Happytown, whose goal is to spread happiness and imbue positive mental attitudes around the world wherever they go. The only thing that stands in their way is Awful BeBad, the master of doom and gloom, and his two minions, Geek and Whiner.
The show was later released in VHS and DVD. The Mill Creek Entertainment NTSC DVD release TV Guide Spotlight: Totally '80s Toons, UK VHS and DVD releases has very few episodes.[2][3] Only the Joking Around with the Little Clowns shorts, several episodes dubbed in Arabic, and an intro of the show have surfaced.
After that, a few episodes and clips have been found in various languages. A VHS rip of three episodes of the Russian overdub was found on a Russian file-sharing site, TrackerOK. In 2016, a YouTube user named "Meringue in Sugartown, USA!" uploaded 4 of the original English episodes of the show on YouTube, but they have been taken down due to the account termination. In 2017, a YouTuber by the name of "TheMysteriousMrEnter" uploaded a review of the episode "I'm Just Like You", which contained footage of the episode. The full episode is still lost, however.
A large amount of the episodes were found in Korean on August 18th, 2017, by an LMW user by the name of "Awful BeBad" who purchased a Korean bootleg DVD of the show and uploaded them on Dailymotion as password protected videos, with the password being "lostmediawiki.com", minus the quotation marks. The same user later uploaded a few English episodes and Russian episodes and plans to try and recover more of the series in the future.[4]
Finally, on 7/30/2021, the last 3 remaining episodes were found to be uploaded by YouTube user Eddy Kyte.
On May 14, 2022, the episodes "To Be or Not To Be...Me" and "Nobody's Useless" were found in English uploaded as part as an ABC Saturday Morning Block.
On July 4, 2022, the "I'm Just Like You" episode has been completely found in English uploaded by Cerra upon sudden realization that the episode may have been lost, albeit unlisted. He stated that the video file had been laying around on his computer for a long period of time.
Episodes
| Episode | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Baby Blues" | On DVD |
| 2 | "Big Heart, Sweetheart" | Korean & Arabian dubs found |
| 3 | "Carnival Crashers" | On DVD |
| 4 | "Clowny Exchange" | On DVD |
| 5 | "Won't You Please Come Home, Blooper...Geek?" | On DVD |
| 6 | "BeBad's Pet Peeve" | On DVD |
| 7 | "City Clowns, Country Clowns" | Found |
| 8 | "Don't Tell Mom" | Korean dub & Russian overdub found |
| 9 | "Goodbye Grandma" | Korean dub, Arabian dub, & Russian overdub found |
| 10 | "I'm Just Like You" | Found |
| 11 | "Lost And Not Found" | Korean dub found |
| 12 | "New Dad, No Dad" | Found |
| 13 | "Nobody's Useless" | Found in English |
| 14 | "Only When I Laugh" | Korean dub found |
| 15 | "The Chosen Clown" | Found |
| 16 | "To Be Or Not To Be... Me" | Found |
| 17 | "To Mr. Pickleherring With Love" | Korean & Arabian dubs found |
| 18 | "Too Scared Too Laugh" | On DVD |
Images
Bootleg DVD menu image 1
Bootleg DVD menu image 2
Existing Videos
External Links
- YouTube playlist of the Arabic dub episodes. Retrieved 03 Mar '18
- VHS rip of three episodes of the Russian overdub on TrackerOK. Retrieved 17 Apr '16
References
- ↑ TV Guide Guide to TV (2004); pg. 371. Retrieved 30 Oct '20
- ↑ DVD release including the few episodes of the show. Retrieved 02 Dec '17
- ↑ Amazon UK auction for one of the PAL home releases including the few episodes of the show. Retrieved 09 Apr '16
- ↑ "Awful BeBad's" archive of the show. Retrieved 21 Jul '17