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The Man Behind the Nose: Assassins, Astronauts, Cannibals, and Other Stupendous Tales, by Larry Harmon

book review of The Man Behind the Nose: Assassins, Astronauts, Cannibals, and Other Stupendous Tales, written by Larry Harmon Although Larry Harmon was instrumental to the success of Bozo the Clown, I personally think of him in similar terms to P.T. … Continue reading

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The Unusual History of Bozo the Clown – attempting to unravel who did what when in the creation of Bozo, the World’s Most Famous Clown

The Unusual History of Bozo the Clown – attempting to unravel who did what when in the creation of “Bozo, the World’s Most Famous Clown” Most clowns are created and performed by one individual. There are exceptions, of course, such … Continue reading

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Biography of Larry Harmon, promoter of Bozo the Clown

Biography of Larry Harmon (January 2, 1925 – July 3, 2008) better known as Bozo the Clown Born as Lawrence Weiss, he was better known to the world as Larry Harmon, the man who purchased the licensing rights to Bozo the … Continue reading

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Roy Brown – our kooky cook Cooky from WGN-TV’s Bozo the Clown TV show

Roy “Cooky” Brown (1932 – 2001) Roy Thomas Brown (July 8, 1932 – January 22, 2001), the man behind Cooky the Cook for 25 years on “Bozo’s Circus” and “The Bozo Show” on WGN-TV, passed away on January 22, 2001 … Continue reading

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Photos of Bozo the Clown

Two of the great clowns, Bozo and Milton Berle Alan Livingston, while an executive at Capital Records,created the original “record book” where a child would look at a book while a record played, with a “beep” telling the child to … Continue reading

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Bob Bell (1922 – 1997), WGN-TV’s “Bozo the Clown, the world’s most famous clown”

Biography of Bob Bell, WGN-TV’s original Bozo the Clown (January 18, 1922 – December 8, 1997) (Editor’s note: for fans of Bob Bell, WGN-TV will be showing Special: Bozo, Gar & Ray: WGN TV Classics, on Christmas Eve from 7-9 … Continue reading

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