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#Dumbo’sCircus
#Dumbo’sCircus
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00:00With a completed pilot in the can, the team headed back to the Disney Channel.
00:05We went to preschools first thing the next morning at like 8 o'clock in the morning.
00:10By that third clue, kids were on their feet pointing and screaming.
00:15Come right there!
00:17And we were just sitting there crying, like okay, this is it.
00:19Here we go!
00:20Then.
00:20On May 6th, 1985, Dumbo's Circus made its Disney Channel debut.
00:32I thought it was magic, but it was another thing to see that all these other people thought it was magic too.
00:39But Dumbo's Circus was more than a hit, it was a home run.
00:42Soon independent studies showed that kids wouldn't just watch the story, they'd play along and think along too.
00:48And I just know you're gonna love it!
00:50You just can't get away from how smart and how well done the basic architecture of the show is.
01:00And how well it understands children and the way they watch television.
01:08Dumbo's Circus characters led kids through a colorful world of entertainment, and parents love them for it.
01:14When am I gonna breathe? They say, you're not. You're not.
01:19What do you know about that?
01:21Soon enough, everyone was celebrating this TV show.
01:24Jenny Dunn was there doing a recording session, and he wrote most of the music.
01:30Suddenly Dumbo's Circus was bigger than life, celebrating all over the high school days.
01:35That one was a good allergy, because he could just throw me a whole bit.
01:41A double wraparound.
01:42Yeah, that's cool.
01:45What was it, the 50-