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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.
Bob Bell as Bozo with Cooky the Clown (), on Bozo's Circus, 1976In 1960, station management asked the character actor and staff announcer to portray Bozo on a live, 30-minute show weekdays at noon, consisting of one-man sketches and cartoons, which debuted on June 20, 1960. [9]
The filmmakers traveled to Chicago to explore the previous clown panics that swept the city in 1991 and again in 2008, linking them to serial killer John Wayne Gacy, and the Stranger Danger panic. It was around this time in 2014 that some of the first clown sightings appeared in the U.S., including early sightings in Staten Island, New York.
Aug. 14, 1945: Two of the clowns who will perform at the Community Circus of the Recreation Department are, left to right, Joe Cameron and Don Quinn. They will be featured in an act with 30 other ...
Brown won a Chicago/Midwest Emmy Award in 1992. [27] He was elected into the International Clown Hall of Fame the next year; it was not until three years later that his colleague, Bob Bell, joined him. [25] [28] [29] Roy also became a member of the Chicago chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Silver Circle in 1993. [30]
Frenchy the Clown – character of the national lampoon comic Evil clown comics series. Fun Gus the Laughing Clown - cursed character in the cosmic/folk horror novel, "The Cursed Earth" by D.T. Neal (Nosetouch Press, 2022). The Ghost Clown – evil hypnotist clown featured in the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! episode titled "Bedlam in the Big Top"
A clown is a person who performs physical comedy and arts in an open-ended fashion, typically while wearing distinct makeup or costuming and reversing folkway-norms.The art of performing as a clown is known as clowning or buffoonery, and the term "clown" may be used synonymously with predecessors like jester, joker, buffoon, fool, or harlequin.
Jon Hamm gave fans a night to remember when he took to the stage at a popular Chicago karaoke event on New Year's Day. On Wednesday, Jan. 1, patrons of Bub City were treated to a New Year's ...