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Title
Bob
Marvin
applying
Flippo
makeup
photograph
Subject
Columbus (Ohio)
Clowns
Television personalities
WBNS-TV (Television station : Columbus, Ohio)
Television programs for children
Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture
Time Period
1950s
Place
Columbus (Ohio)
Franklin County (Ohio)
Description
Comic
and
musician
Bob
Marvin
applies
the
makeup
that will
transform
him into
Flippo
,
King
of the
Clowns
, the
character
he
played
for
more
than
30
years
.
Wearing
a
sleeveless
undershirt
,
Marvin
is
seated
before
a
mirror
daubing
whiteface
makeup
on his
face
.
Flippo
was a
well-known
television
personality
in the
Columbus
,
Ohio
,
area
.
Between
1952
and
1977
he
starred
in "
Tip
Top
Bandwagon
" "
Flippo's
Big
Show
" and "The
Early
Show
" on
WBNS-TV
, the
CBS
affiliate
station
in
Columbus
. "
Bob
Marvin
" was the
professional
name
of
Marvin
W
.
Fishman
(1927-2006)
,
who
was
born
in
Cleveland
,
Ohio
, and
began
his
show-business
career
as a
musician
. He
started
at
WBNS
in
1950
,
singing
and
performing
in
sketches
on the "
Homemaker's
Hobnob
"
morning
show
.
Two
years
later
he
began
his
tenure
as
Flippo
,
King
of the
Clowns
. He
remained
at
WBNS
for
27
years
and then
spent
his
last
years
in
television
at an
early
cable-television
service
,
Qube
.
Date of Original
ca.
1950
Collection
Bob
Marvin
Collection
Source
AV
112
;
Box
1
,
Folder
5
Format
Picture
;
Black-and-white
photograph
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
Rights
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
AL06281.tif
Image Height
3190
Image Width
3190
File Size
37652936 Bytes
Notes
Not
online
,
copyright
possibly
held
by
WBNS-TV.
;
Portrait
:
Yes
Date created
2011-08-05
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