The Funny Manns

The Funny Manns is an American syndicated television program that first appeared in 1961. It was hosted by comedian Cliff Norton and featured re-edited silent comedies. In the United Kingdom, the series was broadcast by the BBC.

There were 130 black-and-white, nine-minute episodes of The Funny Manns produced for syndication by California National Productions, a subsidiary of NBC. Local stations could show The Funny Manns once every weekday for 26 weeks, or twice a day for 13 weeks, which was then the broadcast standard.

The show was co-produced by Bobby Nicholson, formerly of NBC's Howdy Doody program. who sometimes performed in the show's skits with Norton.

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