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= THIMBLEWITT ON TV =

When the lights go down...

In 1986
JOE E. BROWN PRODUCTIONS
was formed
and under the banner of
CLOWN ALLEY VIDEOS
Joe, produced, directed and starred in a number of
Television shows and video specials.
Among these was his
Award Winning
childrens series called:
"IT'S THUMBBODY TIME"
AS SEEN ON CABLE TV
form
1986 to 1999.
 
 
Some of the other titles included:
"THUMBBODY'S FUNHOUSE"
"THUMBWHERE IN DREAMLAND"
and
"A VERY SPECIAL CHRISTMAS"
With
Sir Thimblewitt Thumbbody
 

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"The King of Clowns"

The Man Behind The Makeup:
 
Joe E. Brown, became known as
"The Master of the Bullwhip", during the 1950's and 60's when he starred in a short lived series of
independently produced westerns under the banner of
StarDust Western Films.
Making his motion picture debut in a film called;
"TERROR TRAILS"
in 1955, at the age of eighteen.
He then went on to star in four more films that same year.   These pictures were;
"Guns of the Pecos"
"Silver Canyon Outlaws"
"Trigger Trails"
and
"The Whip"
later in 1960 retitltd;
"The Ghost of the Whip"
for re-release to television.
 
     
 

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Brown is seen here in a Publicity Still from the 1950s.

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