Hocus Pocus

Hocus Pocus

December 22, 1960 TV Episode Davey and Goliath

Studio
Clokey Productions, Lutheran Church in America, Premavision, Inc.
Distributor
National Council of Churches

Synopsis

Davey and Teddy, helping Lorenzo the magician with his magic act, learn that magicians only do tricks, but that God's miracles are real.

Characters

Davey Hanson, Goliath, John Hanson, Jonathan Reed, Sally Hanson

Credits

Producing

Producer
Art Clokey

Animation

Animator
Rob Maine, Jim Danforth, Pete Kleinow

Voices

Voice
Hal Smith (Goliath, Dad Hanson, Jonathan Reed), Norma MacMillan (Davey), Nancy Wible (Davey)

Music

Music
Guenther Kauer
Theme Song
Douglas M. Lackey

Production notes

Davey was a young boy who went on adventures with his dog Goliath. Goliath could talk and helped Davey and the family out in sticky predicaments. Sponsored by the Lutheran Council of Churches, the show's religious morals were very apparent.

Claymation stop-motion animation.

The stop-motion process used for filming was called "Pixillation," a method also used for Clokey Productions' earlier series "Gumby."

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Reviews

What Is the Secret?

immanuel6December 8, 2007

Hocus Pocus Lorenzo, The Great comes to town. In the afternoon there is going to be a matinee of magic! Davey and Timmy decide that they want to go to see Lorenzo The Great, the magician perform. There is one problem. They don't have enough money to see the show. Davey and Timmy make a pact to get enough money for the afternoon show. Both boys run home to see if they can get their allowance early. Mom tells Davey that he will have to "work" to make the extra money. Davey goes to his piggy bank and finds out that he stilll doesn't have enough money for the show. Davey decides to mow the neighbor's lawn to make extra money. Davey makes a dollar for his hard work, but he still needs about forty cents, so he asks Sally. Sally agrees to give Davey the money. Davey is overjoyed and calls Timmy. Both boys now have enough money for the matinee show. When the boys arrive at the theater to see Lorenzo The Greatest, they are so excited. As the boys watch the magician perform his tricks, Lorenzo asks for help from the audience. Davey and Timmy run up to the stage. As Lorenzo begins a trick the boys are happy that he has used them to perform a "miracle". After the show is over, Lorenzeo invite the boys backstage. The boys tells Lorenzo that is "God". Lorenzo tells the boys that the tricks that he performs are nothing like the mighty wonders that God has created. Lorenzo begins to reveal some of his secrets to the boys. Lorenzo show the boys the "flower" trick that he performed. The boys had originally thought that Lorenzo had the power to make flowers grow. Lorenzo revealed the trick to the boys and admonished them to remember, that his tricks are temporary and are just an illusion, but the acts of God are always eternal.