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Bozo the Clown, sometimes billed as "Bozo, The World's Most Famous Clown", is a clown character created for children's entertainment, widely popular in the second half of the 20th century. He was introduced in the United States in 1946, and to television in 1949, later appearing in franchised television programs of which he was the host, where ...
Bozo: The World's Most Famous Clown is a 1958–1962 American animated television series based on the children's record book series, Bozo the Clown by Capitol Records. [1] This series was produced by Larry Harmon Pictures , which began syndication in 1958. [ 2 ]
In 1959, WHDH purchased the rights to Bozo the Clown from Larry Harmon and Avruch won the role. [1] In 1966, Harmon decided to replace all of the local versions of Bozo with a single nationally syndicated show and chose Avruch to serve as Bozo. Avruch taped 180 episodes of Bozo’s Big Top for national syndication. [5]
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.
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.
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 ...
Longtime Boston television personality and entertainer Frank Avruch, who was the star of the popular children's TV program "Bozo the Clown," has died. He was 89.
Harmon began making the first of thousands of appearances as Bozo the Clown after attending a casting call in the late 1940s. [3] In 1957, Harmon purchased the licensing rights to the Bozo character from Capitol Records, which had promoted the character on its children's albums as "Bozo the Capitol Clown", and he aggressively marketed the property.