Circus Today (1940)

A barker guides us through a sideshow, a menagerie, and on to the big top, for a series of typical Avery gags. For example, the trapeze artists, the Flying Cadenzas, literally fly; the lion puts his head in the tamer's mouth; and the human cannonball flies around the world.

Released June 21, 1940 9 min 11+

Genres: Animation, Comedy, Family

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