Crystal Beach Park's Charlie the Sucker Guy!!!

This Rare Automaton, Charlie the Sucker Guy, originally from Crystal Beach Amusement Park is back in the area after a nearly 20 year absence.Charlie was a favorite of all those that visited the Park and bought the Famous Hall's suckers, still being made in this area by the Crystal Beach Candy Company. After the park closed he was moved by one of the former owners to Florida and was never on display. After he passed away his daughter brought moved him to Atlanta Georgia. He is now back in Canada (May 16th 2008)only a few miles where he greated generations of park Patrons!

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Automaton
• Comet
• Roller
• Coaster
• Cyclone
• Crystal
• Beach
• Amusement
• Park

[MBrilhart]

My Family is lucky enough to own a Charlie Clown, from Rolling Green Park in Sunbury PA. Of course, the only thing is our Charlie's motors an gears are downed. He dosn't move. See my video response above.

[PicturesOfDavid]

Hi, I'd like to know about yours. Do you know how old he is? Have you found any idetifying manufacturers marks? Yours is the only other one than mine that i have seen What do feel he is worth?

Thanks Rick

[MBrilhart]

As far as pricing goes, I can't even imagine. I have a hunch that Animated Display Creators was the manufacture, as I have spotted another look alike in a Laff in the Dark article about the company. Ours had a Hat like yours at one point, but it came off. We have no clue of it's wear abouts. He has been in the family for awhile, and I'm next to inherit him.

[PicturesOfDavid]

Thanks! I think they are pretty rare and I'm just guessing the date as the 1960's. Iv'e got mine set up in my rec room and he does creep people out! Does yours have the mechanism but it just isn't hooked up or working?

[38Squid]

I miss Crystal Beach. No offence, but this video creeps me out.

[PicturesOfDavid]

It has creeped a lot of people out! lots of people are afraid of Clowns! I really miss the park too!!!!

[3piper]

That was terrifying.The closer you got to it,I was expecting an arm to come through the monitor screen

[TenStar6397]

crystal beach special suckers eh! It was always the laughing fat woman of what I remember as a child.

[Mulekeep]

Oh, the laughter...

it's...

it's infectious!

[mrmoya83]

WTF?! This is the freakiest crap ever. Thanks, camera man for adding to the creep factor by slowly zooming into the clowns face.

[journey4ever]

nightmares for the next week...thanx

[fuasshole666]

killl it now

[pennyarcade1]

I also have the same guy ,, he has an ice cream cone and works very well,, let me kow if yours has a motor,, I can fix i9t thats what i do........I love automata

[MBrilhart]

Yeah. He has all the parts (I believe) siting in the base of the barrel. They would have to be completely re-assembled. But he does have them. He creeps me out too, but I'd get used to him.