Big Top Season 4 Episodes

Episode 1

January 3, 1953

Sat, Jan 3, 1953

Episode 2

January 10, 1953

Sat, Jan 10, 1953

Tonight's performers: A man from Mars runs a motorcycle inside a steel globe, Hunt's elephants, the Sheridans, and Alf Carson.

Episode 3

January 17, 1953

Sat, Jan 17, 1953

Today's performers: Horizontal bar act, The Zenos; Rick Roy on the swinging trapeze; Torelli's ponies and dog circus; also teeterboard act Five Amandis.

Episode 4

January 24, 1953

Sat, Jan 24, 1953

Guest acts: Danish aerial gymnastics The Orioles; tight wire act Marvin and Hazel Case; juggling and balancing act The Zeritzkies; Greek risley act The Karpis Trio; and French bicycle act The Vellenases

Episode 5

January 31, 1953

Sat, Jan 31, 1953

Episode 6

February 7, 1953

Sat, Feb 7, 1953

Guest acts: Baudy's Greyhounds, trapeze artist Don Dorey, and jugglers Vernel and Dotty

Episode 7

February 14, 1953

Sat, Feb 14, 1953

Guest act: The All-American Boys, eight youngsters with their teeter-totter act.

Episode 8

February 21, 1953

Sat, Feb 21, 1953

Guest acts: Florida trio from Italy, acrobats; Hustrei Sisters, aerial ring and trapeze act; Paris Trio, trampoline act; the juggling Juvelys; and two others.

Episode 9

February 28, 1953

Sat, Feb 28, 1953

Guest acts: Les Hildalys, French aerial act; the Nemeths, perch act; and Duran and his dogs.

Episode 10

March 7, 1953

Sat, Mar 7, 1953

Guest acts: Italian risley act, the Six Boginos; roller skaters, the Roulettes; and trapeze artist Eve Walker.

Episode 11

March 14, 1953

Sat, Mar 14, 1953

Guest acts: The Four Aerial Dolls; Hunt Bros. Circus Elephants; roller skating juggler Larry Thompson; and the youngest member, a 7-year-old girl, of the high-wire Gretona family.

Episode 12

March 21, 1953

Sat, Mar 21, 1953

Episode 13

March 28, 1953

Sat, Mar 28, 1953

Guest acts: comedy team, the Trampeloonies; casting bar act Hanel and Co.; and equestrienne Madam Claude Valois.

Episode 14

April 4, 1953

Sat, Apr 4, 1953

Guest acts: high-wire acts, The Kays; Payo and Mal, jugglers; Natal, a man disguised as a chimpanzee who does acrobatics on a rope.

Episode 15

April 11, 1953

Sat, Apr 11, 1953

Guest acts: the Rosettis, balancing act; Ferdinand the Bull; Laddie Lamont, musical comic; and Billy Barton, aerialist.

Episode 16

April 18, 1953

Sat, Apr 18, 1953

Guest acts: acrobatic contortionists, The Tong Brothers; Tally-ho act; dogs, ponies, and monkeys.

Episode 17

April 25, 1953

Sat, Apr 25, 1953

Guest acts: Australian juggler Elimar, comedy horizontal bar act, the La Blonde Trio; and Charlotte LeVine's chimpanzees.

Episode 18

May 2, 1953

Sat, May 2, 1953

Guest acts: French aerial act, Les Kimris; teenage tumblers and jugglers, The Atomic Six.

Episode 19

May 9, 1953

Sat, May 9, 1953

Guest acts: Sunny Cole, 3-year-old elephant trainer; Edwards and Hart, comedy trampoline act; the Two Raylins, acrobatic balancing act; and Corinne, trapeze and iron jaw act.

Episode 20

May 16, 1953

Sat, May 16, 1953

Guest acts: roller skaters, Woodie and Lorraine; acrobats, Alf Landon and Co.; Lillian Wittmack and her horse; high-wire artist Bert Dearo; Bingo, the chimpanzee.

Episode 21

May 23, 1953

Sat, May 23, 1953

Guest acts: animal trainer George J. Keller; unicycle act, Shyrettos; acrobats, Lambarts; trampoline act, Alex Sadler; Argentine tight wire artist, the Latinos.

Episode 22

May 30, 1953

Sat, May 30, 1953

Guest acts: Helmuth Gunter, juggler; the Six Frielanis, cycling and acrobatic act; Nina Karpowa, aerial trapeze act; Rousseau, high ladder act; the Ricardy Brothers, trampoline and teeterboard act; and Robinson's elephants.

Episode 23

June 6, 1953

Sat, Jun 6, 1953

Guest acts: the Geraldos, flying trapeze act; Woolford's Dachshunds; the Rosales Sisters, perch act; Two Brockways, comedy bicycle act; and Agamonte, low swinging wire act.

Episode 24

June 13, 1953

Sat, Jun 13, 1953

Guest acts: Robert Climse and Co., motorcycle-trapeze act; Franz Akerl, horseman; The Arwoods, acrobat and dog act; and Larry Thompson, juggler.

Episode 25

June 20, 1953

Sat, Jun 20, 1953

Guest acts: Poodles Hanneford and Co., bare back riding; A. Robins Jr., "The Banana Man".

Episode 26

June 27, 1953

Sat, Jun 27, 1953

Guest acts: The Flying Hartzello; The Balodys; Zaratta's Dogs; Tubby and Spatz; Evers and Delores; and McConnell and Moore.

Episode 27

July 4, 1953

Sat, Jul 4, 1953

Guest acts: Snookums, trained bear; Annell and Brask, cyclists; the Three Royal Rockets, roller-skating act; Rolando, one-finger balancing act; and Rick Roy, trapeze artist.

Episode 28

July 11, 1953

Sat, Jul 11, 1953

Guest acts: Winifred Colleano, aerial; Valitha and Aldino, "The Jumping Jacks" barrel jumping; Five Amandis, teeterboard; Gonzales sisters, canine act; Chai and Somay, Chinese contortionists; Rolando, Swedish one-finger balancing.

Episode 29

July 18, 1953

Sat, Jul 18, 1953

Guest acts: Three performing bears; Les Oriols, aerial act; the Shanghai Twins, acrobatic contortionists; the Villenaves, French bicycle act; and the Colbergs, human statues.

Episode 30

July 25, 1953

Sat, Jul 25, 1953

Guests: The All-American Boys, trampoline act; Nina Karpowa, trapeze artist; The Virginians, comedy juggling; Irah Watkins and his three chimpanzees; and Cimse's Scottish collies.

Episode 31

August 1, 1953

Sat, Aug 1, 1953

Guest acts: Jackie, the Australian wonder of balance; Roby and Dell, acrobatic balancing act; the Rudenko Brothers, juggling; Ingrid Meredith, trapeze; and Happy Harrison's dogs and ponies.

Episode 32

August 8, 1953

Sat, Aug 8, 1953

Guest acts: Ullaine Mulloy, aerial trapeze; Tien Psi Liu Troupe, gymnasts and acrobats; Leon and Eleana's Dane Circus; The Olantos, roller-skating; and Howard Nichols, hoop juggler.

Episode 33

August 15, 1953

Sat, Aug 15, 1953

Guest acts: Ferdinand the Bull; Astrid, aerialist; the Del Mars, balancing act; and St. Leaon Troupe, teeterboard act.

Episode 34

August 22, 1953

Sat, Aug 22, 1953

Guest acts: Gautier's Steeplechase; Kenny May, acrobatic contortionist act; the Miller Brothers, trampoline act; Irvin Romig, comedy mule act; and the Colbergs of Denmark, bronze posing act.

Episode 35

August 29, 1953

Sat, Aug 29, 1953

Guest acts: the Dagenham girl pipers from Scotland; Evelyn Torreli's steeplechase act; and Sosimo Hernandez, balancing act.

Episode 36

September 5, 1953

Sat, Sep 5, 1953

Guest acts: the Kanazawas, acrobatic trio; and Malikova, high wire act.

Episode 37

September 12, 1953

Sat, Sep 12, 1953

Guest acts: Dick Clemens, lion tamer; and Con Colleano, tight wire artist.

Episode 38

September 19, 1953

Sat, Sep 19, 1953

Guest acts: The Olympians and Smitty, acrobatic clowns.

Episode 39

September 26, 1953

Sat, Sep 26, 1953

Guest acts: The Flying Hartzells, trapeze artists; Sonny Cole, elephant act; the Two Adamsons, perch act; Payo and Mae, unicycle juggling act.

Episode 40

October 3, 1953

Sat, Oct 3, 1953

Episode 41

October 10, 1953

Sat, Oct 10, 1953

Guest acts: The Trampoloonies, Helen Haag's chimpanzees, aerialist Mickey King and Capt. Albert Spiller's seals.

Episode 42

October 17, 1953

Sat, Oct 17, 1953

Guest acts: La Blonde Trio, acrobats; The Amazing Monahans, juggling acrobats; Powell's Canines, comedy dog act.

Episode 43

October 24, 1953

Sat, Oct 24, 1953

Guest acts: The Five Antaleks, acrobats The Valeries, aerial trapeze act; The Raylins, acrobatic stunts.

Episode 44

October 31, 1953

Sat, Oct 31, 1953

Guest acts: Allen and Co., aerialists; The Two Brockways, motorcycle act; The Arriola family, trampoline act.

Episode 45

November 7, 1953

Sat, Nov 7, 1953

Guest acts: The Six Boginois, foot-jugglers; Charlotte LeVine and her chimpanzees.

Episode 46

November 14, 1953

Sat, Nov 14, 1953

Guest acts: Amandis Troupe, teeterboard act; Agramonte, swinging wire act; Los Adrianis, juggling act; The Lambarts, acrobats; The Alcidos, aerial act.

Episode 47

November 21, 1953

Sat, Nov 21, 1953

Episode 48

November 28, 1953

Sat, Nov 28, 1953

Guest acts: The Two Linares, wire act; The Luvas, trapeze; The Bell Morals, perch act; The Antonettes, risley act.

Episode 49

December 5, 1953

Sat, Dec 5, 1953

Guest acts: The Frielanis, bicycle act; Gretha Frisk, trapeze artist; Evers and Dolorez, dance routine on the low wire; Andes and his balancing dogs; Ross and Ross, champion bag-punchers.

Episode 50

December 12, 1953

Sat, Dec 12, 1953

Guest acts: The Four Arregonis, aerialists; Lillian Wittmark, equestrienne; The Villenaves, bicycle act.

Episode 51

December 19, 1953

Sat, Dec 19, 1953

Guest acts: Sandy, a seal in his first appearance; Kosmar, wire act; Smetona, strong man exhibition; The Two Montons, double trapeze act.

Episode 52

December 26, 1953

Sat, Dec 26, 1953

Guest acts: The Geraldos, French aerialists; Juanides, juggler; The Wong Hong Schou Troupe, Chinese acrobats; Johnny Doucet, Canadian balancing act; three performing elephants.