NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Bozo the Clown

Bozo the Clown is a clown character whose widespread franchising in early television made him the best-known clown character in the United States.^{[citation needed]} Clowning redirects here. ... Franchising (from the French franchir: vt to clear an obstacle or difficulty)[1] refers to the method of practicing and using another persons philosophy of business. ...

History

Created as a character in 1946 by Alan W. Livingston who produced a children's storytelling record-album and illustrative read-along book set which Livingston called a "Record Reader", the first of its kind, titled Bozo at the Circus for Capitol Records. Pinto Colvig portrayed the character on this and subsequent Bozo read-along records. The albums were extremely popular and the character became a mascot for the record company and was later nicknamed "Bozo the Capitol Clown." In 1949, Capitol and Livingston began setting up royalty arrangements with manufacturers and television stations for use of the Bozo character. KTTV-TV in Los Angeles began broadcasting the first show, Bozo's Circus, featuring Colvig as Bozo with his blue-and-red costume, oversized red hair and classic "whiteface" clown makeup on Fridays at 7:30 p.m. Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Alan Wendell Livingston is an American businessman and writer/producer. ... Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label owned by EMI and located in Hollywood, California. ... Vance DeBar Pinto Colvig was a vaudeville actor, radio actor, newspaper cartoonist, prolific movie voice actor, and circus performer whose schtick was playing clarinet off-key while mugging. ... Year 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... KTTV, channel 11, is an owned-and-operated television station of the News Corporation-owned Fox Broadcasting Company, located in Los Angeles, California. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area City 1,290. ...

In 1956, Larry Harmon, one of several actors hired by Livingston and Capitol Records to portray Bozo at promotional appearances, formed a business partnership and bought the licensing rights (excluding the record-readers) to the character when Livingston briefly left Capitol in 1956. Harmon had the vision and drive to take advantage of the growing television industry and make a better future for Bozo. He renamed the character "Bozo, The World’s Most Famous Clown" and slightly modified the voice, laugh and costume. He then worked with a wig stylist to get the wing-tipped bright orange style and look of the hair that had previously appeared in Capitol's Bozo comic books. He started his own animation studio and distributed (through business partner Jayark Films Corporation) a series of cartoons (with Harmon as the voice of Bozo) to television stations, along with the rights for each to hire its own live Bozo host, beginning with KTLA-TV in Los Angeles on January 5, 1959 and starring Vance Colvig, Jr., son of the original "Bozo the Clown", Pinto Colvig. Unlike many other shows on television, "Bozo the Clown" was mostly a franchise as opposed to being syndicated, meaning that local TV stations could put on their own local productions of the show complete with their own Bozo. Another show that had previously used this model successfully was Romper Room. Since each market used a different portrayer for the character, the voice and look of each market's Bozo also differed. One example is the voice and laugh of WGN-TV Chicago's Bob Bell, who also wore a red costume throughout the first decade of his portrayal. The wigs for Bozo were originally manufactured through the famous Hollywood firm, Emil Corsillo Inc. This long time Hollywood company designed and manufactured toupees and wigs for the entertainment industry. Bozo's headpiece was made from yak hair, which was adhered to a canvas base with a starched burlap interior foundation. The hair was first styled, formed, then sprayed with a heavy coat of lacquer to keep its form. From time-to-time, the headpiece needed freshening and was sent to the Hollywood factory for a quick refurbishing. The canvas top would slide over the actor's forehead. With the exception of the Bozo wigs for WGN-TV Chicago, the eyebrows were permanently painted on the headpiece. In 1965, Harmon bought out his business partners and became the sole owner of the licensing rights. Thinking that one national show would be more profitable for his company, Harmon produced 130 of his own half-hour shows from 1965 to 1967 titled Bozo's Big Top with WHDH-TV (now WCVB-TV) Boston's Bozo, Frank Avruch, for syndication in 1966. Avruch's portrayal and look resembled Harmon's more so than most of the other portrayers at the time. Harmon was met with resistance though and the show's distribution was limited as most television stations preferred to continue producing their own versions, the most popular being Bob Bell and WGN-TV Chicago's more elaborate Bozo's Circus which ultimately went national via cable and satellite in 1978. Bell retired in 1984 and was replaced by Joey D'Auria. Larry Harmon (born Lawrence Weiss in 1925 in Toledo, Ohio, USA), is the longtime owner of the characters Bozo the Clown and Laurel and Hardy. ... A television station is a type of radio station that broadcasts both audio and video to television receivers in a particular area. ... KTLA, channel 5, is a television station in Los Angeles, California. ... is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Vance DeBar Colvig, Jr. ... Franchising (from the French franchir: vt to clear an obstacle or difficulty)[1] refers to the method of practicing and using another persons philosophy of business. ... In the television industry (as in radio), syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast programs to multiple stations, without going through a broadcast network. ... Romper Room was a childrens television series which ran in the United States from 1953 to 1994 as well as at various times in Canada, Australia, Northern Ireland, Great Britain, Puerto Rico and Japan. ... Bob Bell (January 18, 1922 â€“ December 8, 1997) was famous for his alter-ego, Bozo the Clown. ... WCVB-TV, channel 5, is an ABC-affiliated television station in Boston, Massachusetts. ... Bob Bell (January 18, 1922 â€“ December 8, 1997) was famous for his alter-ego, Bozo the Clown. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Joey DAuria is an actor and a voice actor who was best known for his role of Bozo the Clown. ...

The series successfully survived competition from syndicated and network children's programs for many years until 1994 when WGN management decided to get out of the weekday children's television business and buried The Bozo Show in an early Sunday timeslot as The Bozo Super Sunday Show. It suffered another blow in 1997 when its format became educational following a Federal Communications Commission mandate requiring broadcast television stations to air a minimum three hours of educational children's programs per week. In 2001, station management controversially ended production citing increased competition from newer children's cable channels.

In 2005, Chicago's Bozo returned to the national television airwaves in a two-hour retrospective titled Bozo, Gar & Ray: WGN TV Classics. The primetime premiere was #1 in the Chicago market and continues to be rebroadcast annually during the holiday season. In 2003, Harmon released six of his Bozo's Big Top programs with Avruch on DVD and a box set of 30 episodes in 2007 retitled "Larry Harmon's Bozo, The World's Most Famous Clown Vol.1". The WGN-TV Chicago Bozo shows have not been released commercially in any video format.

Following is a partial list of Bozo television portrayers since the original (Pinto Colvig): Vance DeBar Pinto Colvig was a vaudeville actor, radio actor, newspaper cartoonist, prolific movie voice actor, and circus performer whose schtick was playing clarinet off-key while mugging. ...

United States

Nationally syndicated Bozo

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National cable and satellite TV Bozos

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Local Bozos

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International

Brazil

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Mexico

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Bozo on Boston TV

The local WHDH-TV (now WCVB-TV) Boston production of Bozo's Circus with Frank Avruch aired from 1959 until 1970, and 130 episodes taped between 1965 and 1967 were produced and syndicated by Larry Harmon Pictures Corporation to local U.S. television markets that did not produce their own Bozo shows. The half-hour syndicated shows were retitled Bozo's Big Top and included Caroll Spinney as "Mr. Lion" and "Kookie The Boxing Kangaroo", who later went on to portray "Big Bird" and "Oscar the Grouch" on PBS's Sesame Street. Licensor Larry Harmon supervised the taping of these episodes, with Harmon-approved characters added, some based on characters in Harmon's classic animated Bozo cartoon shorts. The series was rerun locally in the late 1970s and early 1980s on WLVI-TV. In 2003, Harmon released six of these shows on DVD and, in 2007, 30 of them in a DVD box set entitled "Larry Harmon's Bozo, The World's Most Famous Clown Vol.1". Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... WCVB-TV, channel 5, is an ABC-affiliated television station in Boston, Massachusetts. ... Spinney appears on a 1970s episode of Whats My Line Caroll Spinney, sometimes credited as Carroll Spinney or Ed Spinney (born December 26, 1933 in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA) is a puppeteer most famous for playing Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on the childrens television show Sesame Street. ... For other uses, see Big Bird (disambiguation). ... An Oscar the Grouch puppet, at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. Oscar the Grouch, reading to Slimey. ... Not to be confused with Public Broadcasting Services in Malta. ... Sesame Street is an American educational childrens television series for preschoolers and is a pioneer of the contemporary educational television standard, combining both education and entertainment. ... WLVI-TV, channel 56, is a CW Television Network affiliate licensed to Cambridge, Massachusetts, and serving the Boston, Massachusetts television market. ...

Bozo on Chicago TV

The Chicago Bozo franchise was the most popular and successful locally produced children's program in the history of television. It also became the most widely known Bozo show as WGN-TV became a national cable television Superstation in 1978. Chicago's Bozo debuted on June 20, 1960 starring Bob Bell on a live half-hour show, weekdays at noon, performing comedy sketches and introducing cartoons. It evolved into Bozo's Circus on September 11, 1961, as a live hour-long show with additional cast members, a 13-piece orchestra, circus acts, games and prizes before a 200+ member studio audience. Erstwhile WGN-TV children's show host Ned Locke of Lunchtime Little Theater and Paddleboat presided as "Ringmaster Ned." Although Bell had previously portrayed Bozo, the character did not appear on the September 11th telecast due to a budgeting error by producer Jim McGinn. Hal Taylor, an NCAA trampoline champion from the University of Wisconsin, performed and served as Locke's foil in comedy sketches. Bell returned as Bozo the next day. In the early months of the series, a respected English acrobatic clown, "Wimpey" (played by Bertram William Hiles) worked on the show, providing some legitimate circus background and performing opposite Bell's Bozo in comedy sketches. Hiles continued to make periodic guest appearances on the show into the mid-1960s. In October 1961, Don Sandburg joined the show as producer and principal sketch writer, and also appeared as the mute clown "Sandy", a character partly inspired by Harpo Marx. (He was announced by Locke at the start of each show as "Sandy the Tramp", although Sandburg himself preferred to be called "Sandy the Clown"). By November, another eventual Chicago television legend joined the show's cast, Ray Rayner, as "Oliver O. Oliver", a country bumpkin from Puff Bluff, Kentucky. Rayner was hosting WGN's Dick Tracy Show (which also premiered the same day as Bozo's Circus) and later replaced Dick Coughlan as host of Breakfast with Bugs Bunny, which was rechristened Ray Rayner and His Friends. WGN musical director Bob Trendler led the WGN Orchestra, dubbed the "Big Top Band." Games on the show included the "Grand Prize Game" created by Sandburg, whereby a boy and girl were selected from the studio audience by the Magic Arrows, and later the Bozoputer (a random number generator), to toss a ping-pong ball into a series of successively numbered buckets until they missed. If they made the winning toss into the sixth bucket, they (and an "at-home player") received a cash prize, a bike and, in later years, a trip. (For many years, one "silver dollar" was dropped into Bucket #6 each day "until someone wins them all." When the show changed to a 90-minute format, shows no longer aired consecutively, so the final bucket now contained a $50 bill, increased to $100 in 1989.) The Grand Prize Game became so popular, Larry Harmon adapted it for other Bozo shows (as "Bozo Buckets" to some and "Bucket Bonanza" to others) and also licensed home and coin-operated versions. (On occasion, the child would miss the first bucket completely, prompting Bozo to take the ball, look at it, and say it was a lottery ball before throwing it away and giving the child a new ball and another chance.) Image File history File links Merge-arrow. ... Pinto Colvig, the original Bozo the Clown. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Cable TV redirects here. ... is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bob Bell (January 18, 1922 â€“ December 8, 1997) was famous for his alter-ego, Bozo the Clown. ... is the 254th day of the year (255th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Norbert Locke, better known as Ned Locke(December 25, 1919-February 4, 1992) was an American television personality and radio announcer, best known for the role of Ringmaster Ned on WGN-TVs Bozos Circus from 1961 to 1976. ... Don Sandburg (1930-) is an American writer, actor, and producer who has worked in television, most notably as producer of The Banana Splits for Hanna-Barbera as well as WGN-TVs Bozos Circus. ... This article is about Harpo Marx, brother of Groucho et al. ... Ray Rayner and His Friends WGN-TV Chicago Ray Rayner (b. ... Dick Tracy is a long-running comic strip featuring a popular and familiar character in American pop culture. ... Bugs Bunny is an animated rabbit/hare who appears in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of animated films produced by Warner Bros. ... A random number generator is a computational or physical device designed to generate a sequence of elements (usually numbers), such that the sequence can be used as a random one. ...

Over time, new characters were introduced to the cast. Some made a lasting impression while others were briefly tenured. In October 1968, Bell was hospitalized for a brain aneurysm and was absent from the show for several months. Meanwhile, Sandburg resolved to leave the show for the West Coast but stayed longer while Bell recuperated. To pick up the slack, WGN floor manager Richard Shiloh Lubbers appeared as "Monty Melvin", named after a schoolmate of Sandburg's, while WGN Garfield Goose and Friends and Ray Rayner and His Friends puppeteer Roy Brown created a new character, "Cooky the Cook." Magician Marshall Brodien, who had been making semi-regular guest appearances in which he frequently interacted with the clowns, also appeared as a wizard character in an Arabian Nights-inspired costume and by the early 1970s evolved into "Wizzo the Wizard." Sandburg left the show in January 1969 and Bell returned in March. Lubbers left as well with Brown staying on as a permanent cast member. By 1971, Rayner began appearing less frequently and last played Oliver on March 1 of that year. Rayner was briefly replaced by Pat Tobin as Oliver's cousin "Elrod T. Potter", and then by magician John Thompson (an acquaintance of Brown's and Brodien's) as "Clod Hopper." (Tobin previously had played Bozo on a local production on KSOO-TV in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Thompson has appeared on A&E's Criss Angel Mindfreak.) Rayner periodically returned to guest host as himself in his morning show's jumpsuit as "Mr. Ray" when Ned Locke was absent. By 1973, WGN gave up on Thompson and increased Brodien's appearances as Wizzo. In 1975, Bob Trendler retired from television and his Big Top Band was reduced to a three-piece band led by Tom Fitzsimmons. Ned Locke also retired from television in 1976 and was replaced by Frazier Thomas, host of WGN's Family Classics and Garfield Goose and Friends, at which point Garfield Goose and Friends ended its 24-year run on Chicago television with the puppets moving to an abbreviated segment on Bozo's Circus. As the storyline went, Gar "bought" Bozo's Circus from the retiring Mr. Ned and appointed "Prime Minister" Thomas as the new Circus Manager. Post surgical photo of brain aneurysm survivor. ... Garfield Goose and Friends was a childrens television show shown by WGN-TV in Chicago, Illinois in the United States during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. ... Roy Thomas Brown (July 8, 1932-January 22, 2001) was an American television personality, puppeteer, clown and artist best known for playing Cooky the Cook on Chicagos long running Bozos Circus and The Bozo Show. ... Wizzo the Wizard, also known as Marshall Brodien, was a wizard clown that performed on WGN-TVs Bozos Circus and The Bozo Show from 1968-1994. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. ... Norbert Locke, better known as Ned Locke(December 25, 1919-February 4, 1992) was an American television personality and radio announcer, best known for the role of Ringmaster Ned on WGN-TVs Bozos Circus from 1961 to 1976. ... Frazier Thomas, born William Frazier Thomas in Rushville, Indiana, USA on June 13, 1918 and died in Chicago Illinois, USA on April 3, 1985, was an American television personality. ...

By 1980, Chicago's public schools stopped allowing students to go home for lunch and Ray Rayner announced his imminent departure from his morning show and Chicago television. Bozo’s Circus was renamed The Bozo Show and moved to weekdays at 8:00 a.m., on tape, immediately following Ray Rayner and His Friends. On January 26, 1981, The Bozo Show replaced Ray Rayner and His Friends at 7:00 a.m. The program expanded to 90 minutes, the circus acts and Garfield Goose and Friends puppets were dropped, while Cuddly Dudley and more cartoons were added. In 1983, Pat Hurley, from ABC's Kids Are People Too, joined the cast as himself mingling with the studio audience and periodically participating in sketches. The biggest change occurred in 1984 with the retirement of Bob Bell, with the show still #1 in its timeslot and over a 10-year wait for studio audience reservations. After a nationwide search, Bell was replaced by NBC's Gong Show contestant Joey D'Auria, who would play the role of Bozo for the next 17 years. One of the characters D'Auria performed and won for on The Gong Show was Dr. Flameo, which he also performed on The Chuck Barris Rah-Rah Show and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. In 1985, Frazier Thomas died and Hurley filled in, serving as host for the final six shows to be taped that season, stepping into a semi-authority character through the end of the 1986–1987 season. At that point, Hurley was "downsized" in a series of cutbacks, the selection of cartoons featured on the show was streamlined, with the show's timeslot being reduced to 60 minutes. Also that year, a synthesizer performed by Andy Mitran as "Professor Andy" replaced the three-piece Big Top Band. Roy Brown began suffering heart-related problems and was absent from the show for an extended period during the 1991–92 season. Since this coincided with the show's 30th anniversary, a reunion special was produced (telecast September 8, 1991) and Don Sandburg returned to play Sandy, filling in for Cooky for the first two weeks of the season. Actor Adrian Zmed (best known from ABC-TV's T.J. Hooker), who was a childhood fan of Bozo's Circus and former Grand Prize Game contestant, also appeared on the special and portrayed himself as a "Rookie Clown" for the following two weeks. Actor Michael Immel then joined the show as "Spiffy" (Spifford Q. Fahrquahrrr). Brown returned in January 1992 initially on a part-time basis but suffered additional health setbacks and took another extended leave of absence in the fall of 1993. Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... AUGUST 25 1981 US Marine Sean Vance is Born on the 25th of August {ear nav|1981}} Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... Ray Rayner and His Friends WGN-TV Chicago Ray Rayner (b. ... For the Jimi Hendrix song, see 1983. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American television network. ... This article is about the television network. ... The Gong Show was a television variety show/game show spoof that was broadcast in first-run syndication in the United States from 1976 until 1980. ... Joey DAuria is an actor and a voice actor who was best known for his role of Bozo the Clown. ... Adrian Zmed (born March 14, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois) is a Romanian-American television and film actor. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ...

Brown's presence on the show remained as previously aired segments with Cuddly Dudley (and a few with Cooky) were incorporated until 1994, when he and Marshall Brodien retired from television and the show was moved to Sunday mornings and rechristened The Bozo Super Sunday Show on September 11th. Brown, Brodien and Immel were replaced by new characters: Robin Eurich as "Rusty the Handyman" (whose father, Howell Eurich, had been the local Bozo in El Paso, Texas), along with the show's first female characters, "Pepper" (Cathy Schenkelberg) and "Tunia" (Michele Gregory). Schenkelberg and Gregory rotated each week until Schenkelberg left in 1996. The show's format was revised in 1997 in response to an FCC rule requiring broadcast television stations to air a minimum three hours per week of "educational and informational" children's programs. In 1998, Gregory left the show. The last show taped on June 12, 2001 was the Bozo: 40 Years of Fun! special, and aired on July 14, 2001, featuring a guest appearance by singer Billy Corgan, a loyal fan of the WGN show, who performed Bob Dylan's "Forever Young." The final rerun of The Bozo Super Sunday Show was broadcast August 26, 2001. FCC redirects here. ... Example of an E/I bug; this one used for PBS programs. ... is the 163rd day of the year (164th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... is the 195th day of the year (196th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... William Patrick Corgan, Jr. ... This article is about the recording artist. ... is the 238th day of the year (239th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ...

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Chicago Bozo trivia

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Bozo around the world

Bozo TV shows were also produced in other countries including: Mexico, Thailand, Australia, Greece and Brazil. Larry Harmon has claimed that more than 200 actors have portrayed the clown.

Brazil

In 1981, Brazil's famous TV show host Silvio Santos (founder and owner of the SBT television network) decided to produce a national Bozo show for the extinct TVS-Record TV station. Comedian Wandeko Pipoca was chosen by Larry Harmon to be the first Brazilian Bozo. AUGUST 25 1981 US Marine Sean Vance is Born on the 25th of August {ear nav|1981}} Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... Silvio Santos (born Senor Abravanel on December 12, 1930) is a TV show host in Brazil and owner of SBT, the second largest Brazilian television network. ... For other uses, see SBT (disambiguation). ... Larry Harmon (born Lawrence Weiss in 1925 in Toledo, Ohio, USA), is the longtime owner of the characters Bozo the Clown and Laurel and Hardy. ...

With the clown's large success in Brazil, two more actors, Luís Ricardo and Arlindo Barreto, were hired to play Bozo for additional shows which ran from mornings to afternoons and more comedians were chosen to play Bozo in other parts of the country. Brazil's Bozo shows ended in 1991, following the death of Décio Roberto, the last actor to portray the clown in that country. Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar. ...

Brazil's Bozo won five Troféu Imprensa, a famous Brazilian award given to personalities and productions in the media (in 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1989), as well as three Gold Albums. This article is about the year. ... This article is about the year. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the year 1987. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with RIAA certification. ...

Mexico

In 1961, Mario Quintanilla, chairman of XEFB-TV Channel 3 obtained the local rights of the original Bozo Cartoons, incluiding the autorization of the Bozo's characterization. José Marroquín was choosen as the first Mexican Bozo. He portayed the character in local Channel 10 Monterrey TV shows until 1963, when the licensing rights ended.

After that, Jose Manuel Vargas Martinez under sponsoring of Clavillazo takes the character as his own. He was the most famous Bozo in Latin America, and created his own version of Bozo's Circus, which traveled all along Latin America for decades. He started as a TV artist participating in a dance marathon in which he became victorious after 27 and half days with their respective nights included, dressed as Bozo. After his success as Bozo, he was the only one among all clowns who traveled to several countries solely to represent the Bozo character. He made special presentations in Italy, Greece, Spain, Hawaii and Canada with his circus. In 2000 he received the ANDA's Arozamena Award for 50 years of uninterrupted career. He died one year later, October 19 2001 due to a lung disease.

In Mexico, TV star, comedian and political commentarist Victor Trujillo created in 1988 the character of "Brozo, El Payaso Tenebroso" (Brozo, the Creepy Clown) as a parody of Bozo for a TV Azteca program with Ausencio Cruz called La Caravana (The Caravan). He pleased the audience with his typical Mexican double-entendre humor and adult, telling sarcastic and sometimes obscene versions of classic children tales. He became so popular that TV Azteca asked him to join the reporters and anchors during coverage of the FIFA World Cup in 1994, 1994, 1998 and 2002. He also gave his commentary on the Olympics, starting with the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain until the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. From 2002 to 2004, Trujillo as Brozo was anchor of a popular and successful TV news show, El Mañanero[1]. It was broadcast on Canal 40 XHTVM-TV and later Televisa, as their offer improved enormously what Canal 40 or TV Azteca could give him. Trujillo discontinued the Brozo character, mostly in respect for his late wife, producer Carolina Padilla. However, due the popularity of the character, Trujillo brought back Brozo in a new TV program that began in early 2006 on Televisa´s XEW-TV "El Notifiero". Up to date, he is considered one most influencial political commentarists in Mexico. Víctor Trujillo is a Mexican host, comedian and political commentator, best known for his character Brozo the Clown, a green-haired, unkempt and aggresive clown (an anti-clown). ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... TV Azteca is the second largest Mexican television network. ... The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup or the Soccer World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the mens national teams of the members of FÃ©dÃ©ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the... The 1990 FIFA World Cup, the 14th staging of the World Cup, was held in Italy from June 8 to July 8. ... Qualifying countries The 1994 FIFA World Cup, the 15th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in the United States from June 17 to July 17, 1994. ... 1998 World Cup redirects here. ... The 2002 FIFA World Cup, the 17th staging of the World Cup, was held in South Korea and Japan from May 31 to June 30. ... The 92 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were held in 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. ... The ceremony for the lighting of the flame is arranged as a pagan pageant, with priestesses dancing. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... XHTVM-TV channel 40, also known as Proyecto 40, is an independent television station in Mexico City, Mexico, owned by Televisora del Valle de MÃ©xico. ... For the article on the defunct Venezuelan television channel, see Televisa Venezuela. ... For the article on the defunct Venezuelan television channel, see Televisa Venezuela. ... XEW-TV (Channel 2) is a television station in Mexico City featuring programs such as En familia con Chabelo (In family with Chabelo), Hoy (Today), La risa en Vacaciones, (The laughter in vacations), and CV Directo (CV Direct). ...

Ronald McDonald

Immediately following Willard Scott's three-year-run as WRC-TV Washington, D.C.'s Bozo, the show's sponsors, McDonald's drive-in restaurant franchisees John Gibson and Oscar Goldstein (Gee Gee Distributing Corporation), hired Scott to portray "Ronald McDonald, the Hamburger-Happy Clown" for their local commercials on the character's first three television 'spots.' McDonald's replaced Scott with other actors for their national commercials and the character's costume was changed. One of them was Ray Rayner (Oliver O. Oliver on WGN-TV's Bozo's Circus), who appeared in McDonald's national ads in 1968. Image File history File links Willard Scott as the original Ronald McDonald - screencap from a 1963 commercial as used at the site http://www. ... Willard Herman Scott, Jr. ... McDonalds Corporation (NYSE: MCD) is the worlds largest chain of fast-food restaurants, primarily selling hamburgers, chicken, french fries, milkshakes and soft drinks. ... Ronald McDonald is a clown who is the primary mascot of the McDonalds fast-food restaurant chain. ... Ray Rayner and His Friends WGN-TV Chicago Ray Rayner (b. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

"Bozo" as generic noun or verb

Although the generic name Bozo is reckoned "of uncertain origin" by the Random House Unabridged Dictionary^[1] and given an earliest use of c. 1915–20, when it was a common term referring to hobo or tramp clowns, the equation of "Bozo" and "dunce" may be credited to Anselm of Canterbury, who laid out many of his treatises in the familiar form of a dialogue, between A, who was Anselm, and B, who was Boso, who never got it right. Bozo has been named in several US presidential elections as a write-in candidate when people felt they were choosing between the lesser of two evils. The name had previously been carried by numerous Carolingian aristocrats (see Boso of Provence).^[2] The Random House Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged was the original name of a large American dictionary, first published in 1966, and recently renamed the Random House Websters Unabridged Dictionary. ... For entities named after Saint Anselm, see Saint Anselms. ... Boso was a Frankish noblemen, related to the Carolingian dynasty, and rose to be King of Provence. ...

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Contents

History

United States

Nationally syndicated Bozo

National cable and satellite TV Bozos

Local Bozos

International

Brazil

Canada

Mexico

Bozo on Boston TV

Bozo on Chicago TV

Chicago Bozo trivia

Bozo around the world

Brazil

Mexico

Ronald McDonald

"Bozo" as generic noun or verb

See also

Notes

External links

Links for Bozo the Clown on WGN-TV (U.S.)

Contents

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United States

Nationally syndicated Bozo

National cable and satellite TV Bozos

Local Bozos

International

Brazil

Canada

Mexico

Bozo on Boston TV

Bozo on Chicago TV

Chicago Bozo trivia

Bozo around the world

Brazil

Mexico

Ronald McDonald

"Bozo" as generic noun or verb

See also

Notes

External links

Links for Bozo the Clown on WGN-TV (U.S.)

History