Right out of the box, if I was married to someone as attractive as Yvette Mimieux, I don't think I'd want to be as big a jerk as her husband (Christopher Dark) in this episode. Jealous is one thing, but this guy was a bigger buffoon than the clown in the story. On top of that, I don't think I've seen a worse actor in a long time in any venue. He was just terrible.
And you know what else? If you were paying close attention to the opening narrative and scenes of clowns from around the world, you would have noticed some of the spookiest looking clowns ever! Most of them looked like they took that proverbial one step beyond before the tale in question even started. Oh well, enough of that.
As other reviewers before me have already related, this story turns deadly for Nonnie Regan (Mimieux), with her guilty husband on the run but unable to escape the menacing Pippo (Mickey Shaughnessy) coming at him from behind in every mirror and reflecting surface that Tom Regan peers into. Perhaps influenced by a recent viewing of "It's a Wonderful Life", the distraught and guilty as hell husband jumps off a bridge with the deadly clown's hands wrapped around his neck. Or so it seems. Pippo is still back at his carnival trailer, eventually to be led away by the police in a soaking wet costume.
From series host John Newland we get the usual run of theories and explanations that are never sufficient to convince the viewer of a rational answer to what we just saw. After watching a few dozen of these shows so far I've yet to see Newland crack a smile, so at least with his attempt here you got the idea he wasn't clowning around.
And you know what else? If you were paying close attention to the opening narrative and scenes of clowns from around the world, you would have noticed some of the spookiest looking clowns ever! Most of them looked like they took that proverbial one step beyond before the tale in question even started. Oh well, enough of that.
As other reviewers before me have already related, this story turns deadly for Nonnie Regan (Mimieux), with her guilty husband on the run but unable to escape the menacing Pippo (Mickey Shaughnessy) coming at him from behind in every mirror and reflecting surface that Tom Regan peers into. Perhaps influenced by a recent viewing of "It's a Wonderful Life", the distraught and guilty as hell husband jumps off a bridge with the deadly clown's hands wrapped around his neck. Or so it seems. Pippo is still back at his carnival trailer, eventually to be led away by the police in a soaking wet costume.
From series host John Newland we get the usual run of theories and explanations that are never sufficient to convince the viewer of a rational answer to what we just saw. After watching a few dozen of these shows so far I've yet to see Newland crack a smile, so at least with his attempt here you got the idea he wasn't clowning around.