The Jolly Juggler

"The Jolly Joggler" is the sixty-fourth episode of Butterfly Valley (1969 series) and the twelfth episode of the third season.
This episode caused a few controversies, including one of the characters in the episode, who sports a bikini, which was considered inappropriate for a children's show at that time. There also was one scene that some parents thought was suggestive, although it was never intended to be.
==Synopsis==
The carnival has come to town, including The Jolly Jugglers Jamboree. The leader of the Juggling act, Jolly Juggler, is a powerful warlock and his niece, Jane Juggler, is an old friend of Princess Butterfly.
However, Frank ruins the fun when he invades a village of mice to steal some gems which he believes powers Jolly Juggler's magic.
==Censorship==
*Something Jolly Juggler said caused some brief controversy. At one point, one of his sentences ("Do you double runners want some of the big top's treat?")  was mistaken by parents as a message to run away and join the carnival (or circus), due to it being a murmured and including some of the made up cant...however, it was revealed he was merely asking Rose and Petunia if they wanted some cotton candy ("Double" meant two, "runners" was a word meaning kids, as kids run around a lot, and "big top's treat" referred to cotton candy, which is usually only served at special events such as carnivals and circuses, so he was actually saying, "Do you two kids want some cotton candy?") and he can be seen giving them cotton candy in a later scene.
**On VHS releases, a scene was added where the twins became confused and Princess Butterfly translated what Jolly said.
*Jane Juggler's bikini caused the episode to be banned in some areas
**As a result, in later releases her bikini was edited to resemble a one-piece swimsuit.
*However, the original uncensored version appears on the Blu-ray box set Butterfly Valley: The 50th Anniversary Collection.
==Trivia==
*Like all eight episodes premiering in early-1971, this episode was produced in late-1970.
*Jane Juggler looks almost exactly like Susan Siren from Candle Cove, another TV series produced by HeyKids Studios.
Category:Banned episodes
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