The Adventures of Superboy — Season 1, Episode 6: Super Clown of Smallville

Episode synopsis

A wealthy old man promises to give a large amount of money to anyone who can make him laugh. Clark Kent and Krypto attempt to make him laugh but fail miserably. Later, however, Clark must reveal himself as Superboy to the old man in order to save an airplane that is about to crash. The old man begins to laugh because he thinks that the idea that Clark Kent wants him to believe that he is Superboy is hilarious.

About The Adventures of Superboy

The Adventures of Superboy is a series of six-minute animated Superboy cartoons produced by Filmation that were broadcast on CBS between 1966 and 1969. The 34 segments appeared as part of three different programs during that time, packaged with similar shorts featuring The New Adventures of Superman other DC Comics superheroes. These adventures marked the animation debut of Superboy, as well as his teenage alter ego Clark Kent, who acted as the bespectacled, mild-mannered disguise for the young hero, Lana Lang, and Krypto the super-powered dog who would accompany his master on every dangerous mission. Other characters such as Pa and Ma Kent, foster parents of the Boy of Steel, and the town of Smallville were also faithfully recreated from comic book adventures. As a result of the production's budget, the show featured a great amount of stock animation as well as limited movement from the characters.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1The Spy From Outer Space (1)
• E2The Spy From Outer Space (2)
• E3Krypto's Calamitous Capers
• E4The Man Who Knew Superboy's Secret
• E5The Deep Sea Dragon
• E7The Visitor from the Earth Core
• E8The Beast that went Berzerk
• E9Superboy's Strangest Foe
• E10The Capricious Crony
• E11Krypto, Super Seeing-Eye Dog
• E12The Black Knight
• E13Operation Counter Invasion