Little Clowns of Happytown

Little Clowns of Happytown
Genre	Children
Based on	the concept by Anthony Paul Productions
Developed by	Chuck Lorre
Written by	Bruce Faulk Cliff Roberts
Directed by	Vincent Davis (Supervising Director) John Kafka (Supervising Director) Brian Ray (Supervising Director) George Singer (Supervising Director)
Voices of	Sue Blu Charlie Adler Danny Cooksey Frank Welker Ron Palillo Pat Fraley Josh Rodine Ellen Gerstell Howard Morris
Theme music composer	D.C. Brown Chuck Lorre Anthony Paul Productions
Composer(s)	Robert J. Walsh
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	18
Production
Executive producer(s)	Lee Gunther Margaret Loesch
Producer(s)	Rudy J. Zamora
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	ABC Entertainment Marvel Productions DiC Enterprises Murakami Wolf Swenson
Distributor	ABC Entertainment (former) Young Future Entertainment (MENA) DHX Media (current)
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	September 26, 1987 – July 16, 1988

Little Clowns of Happytown is an American animated television series that aired on ABC on Saturday morning from September 26, 1987 to July 16, 1988.^[1][2]

Plot

The series is set around young clowns from Happytown, whose goal is to spread happiness and imbue positive mental attitudes around the world wherever they go. The young clowns are Big Top (the leader), Badum-Bump (Big Top's little brother), Hiccup, Tickles, Pranky, Blooper (Hiccup's big brother), along with their pet elephant, Rover, and their mentor, Mr. Pickleherring. The only thing that stands in their way is Awful BeBad, the master of doom and gloom, and his two minions, Geek and Whiner.

Voice cast

• Sue Blu - Hiccup
• Charlie Adler - Pranky
• Danny Cooksey - Big Top
• Frank Welker - Badum-Bump, Rover the Elephant
• Ron Palillo - Arnie and Ralphie's dad
• Pat Fraley - Awful BeBad, Geek, Whiner
• Josh Rodine - Blooper
• Ellen Gerstell - Tickles
• Howard Morris - Mr. Pickleherring
• Mona Marshall - Arnie
• Russi Taylor - Raphie
• Noelle North - Arnie and Ralphie's mom

Episodes

1. Baby Blues
2. Big Heart, Sweetheart
3. Carnival Crashers
4. Clowny Exchange
5. Won't You Please Come Home, Blooper...Geek?
6. BeBad's Pet Peeve
7. City Clowns, Country Clowns
8. Don't Tell Mom
9. Goodbye Grandma
10. I'm Just Like You
11. Lost And Not Found
12. New Dad, No Dad
13. Nobody's Useless
14. Only When I Laugh
15. The Chosen Clown
16. To Be Or Not To Be... Me
17. To Mr. Pickleherring With Love
18. Too Scared Too Laugh

References

1. TV Guide Guide to TV. Barnes & Noble. 2004. p. 371. ISBN 0-7607-5634-1.
2. CHARLES SOLOMON (1987-10-09). "Kidvid Reviews : Cartoon Debuts Are All Drawn Out - Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. Retrieved 2012-10-15.

External links

• Little Clowns of Happytown at the Internet Movie Database
• Little Clowns of Happytown at TV.com