Pipo de Clown

I was born in 1971 and grew up with a number of wonderful TV series. "Pipo de clown" was possibly one of the best. It was an exciting, fairy-tale like adventure about a group of traveling companions who were faced will all sorts of problems and dangers. Pipo the clown and mama Lou were traveling around in a 19th century circus wagon, pulled by a single mule. They had a close friend in Kluk-kluk the Indian, and were often harassed by the mean circus director who wanted them back in his circus. Unfortunately, most episodes were not taped and virtually all tapes that did exist have been destroyed. I saw one of the very few that remained in a rerun a couple of years ago. It was an episode where Pipo the clown and mama Lou meet king Winter in his castle of ice, and Pipo persuades him to loosen his icy grip on the land. Aside from this episode, I don't remember a single episode of the series. I just remember the faces, the names and the fact that is was such a wonderful experience.

When I was younger ( about the age to watch "Pipo De Clown" ) and sat myself down to watch my favourite program it wasn't really started without hearing the Piposong that was played at the beginning of the program. I found out later that all the music that was played in that TV-series was composed by a dutchman by the name of JOOP REYNOLDS. Whenever they're mentioning this particular program his name is rarely mentioned and I think he deserves better because he wrote the music for all those years the series was running and rarely was credited for his work later on! So, Mister JOOP REYNOLDS should you ever read this, I want to thank you and I am sure many others would like to do so for you effort!

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