A Clown's Prayer
Episode 24 · 2000-05-07
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Drama
- Family
Episode overview
Monica and Tess laugh as they look at themselves in the mirrors of the fun house at the Grazeldi circus. Tess reminds Monica that, like their distorted mirror images, the circus is all about illusion. Davey Tucker seems like circus, yet Davey dreams about being a regular boy. Davey's father Leroy, an achondroplasoc dwarf, works as a circus clown. Since Wally Grazeldi is unable to pay the performers, many are quitting the show. But Leroy steadfastly remains, and Tess, a ""talent scout"" offers the talents of Monica as a clown and Andrew as a ringmaster. What Wally really needs is a human cannonball. He asks Leroy, but Leroy refuses, he has a phobia of small spaces. As Monica is coached in clowning by Leroy, she begins to learn more about the Tuckers, how close the father and son have been since Davey's mother, also a little person, died when he was a baby. Davey befriends Mary Jane, a local schoolgirl who is teased by her classmates for being overweight.
48 minutes
Season 6 episodes
1. Such A Time As This1999-09-26
2. The Compass1999-10-03
3. The Last Day of the Rest of Your Life1999-10-10
4. The Letter1999-10-17
5. Til Death Do Us Part1999-10-24
6. The Occupant1999-10-31
7. Voice of an Angel1999-11-14
8. The Whole Truth And Nothing But...1999-11-21
9. Then Sings My Soul1999-11-28
10. The Christmas Gift1999-12-12
11. Millennium2000-01-02
12. With God As My Witness2000-01-09
13. A House Divided2000-01-23
14. Buy Me a Rose2000-02-06
15. Life Before Death2000-02-13
16. A Perfect Game2000-02-20
17. Here I Am2000-02-27
18. Bar Mitzvah2000-03-12
19. True Confessions2000-03-19
20. Quality Time2000-04-02
21. Living the Rest of My Life2000-04-09
22. Stealing Hope2000-04-23
23. Monica's Bad Day2000-04-30
24. A Clown's Prayer2000-05-07
25. Mother's Day2000-05-14
26. Pandora's Box2000-05-21
