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The Bozo Show is a children's television program that aired on WGN-TV in Chicago and nationally on its superstation feed (now NewsNation) from 1960 to 2001.It was based on a children's record-book series, Bozo the Clown by Capitol Records.
Cooky and Bozo on WGN-TV Chicago's Bozo's Circus in 1976.Bozo was created as a character by Livingston, who produced a children's storytelling record-album and illustrative read-along book set, the first of its kind, titled Bozo at the Circus for Capitol Records and released in October 1946. [5]
A Chicago kid, Corgan, 57, grew up watching Bozo's Circus, and even performed a song on the clown's farewell special in 2001. In opening his café doors to the recent Bozo-themed event, his hope ...
In 2022, Bozo, Gar & Ray aired the following Sunday after Thanksgiving with Bozo's Circus: The 1960s and 1970s specials airing on Thanksgiving day. [ 1 ] The show was created in response to the continuing popularity of WGN programming, including Bozo the Clown , which had been seen weekdays on WGN from 1960 to 1994 and weekly until 2001.
Madame Zuzu’s, a tea shop owned by Corgan, will host a Bozo’s Circus weekend […] CHICAGO — It is no secret that Smashing Pumpkins front-man and Chicago native Billy Corgan is a huge Bozo ...
The cast of Bozo's Circus in 1967. From left: Ned Locke, Bob Trendler, Bob Bell, Ray Rayner and Don Sandburg Robert Trendler (May 11, 1912 – July 18, 2011) was an American bandleader, songwriter, and musical director of the WGN Orchestra from 1956 till 1975.
The tradition on Bozo's Circus from its start was that at the end of the program, Bozo would lead the audience out of the television studio in a Grand March, complete with baton and music. In 1987, a viewer petition gathered 10,000 names for Brown's Cooky character to lead the Grand March, and Brown was given the honors for a day. [ 25 ]
He joined the cast of Bozo's Circus as country bumpkin clown Oliver O. Oliver. By 1965, Rayner's clown character, along with "Sandy", played by Don Sandburg, were added to Larry Harmon's Bozo coloring books. [17] Rayner left the show in 1971 because he wanted more time for other projects.