Bozo the clown

Bozo the Clown

Bozo is a clown character very popular in the United States, peaking in the 1960s as a result of widespread franchising in early television. Originally created by Alan W. Livingston for a children's storytelling record-album and illustrative read-along book set and portrayed by Pinto Colvig, the character became very popular during the 1940s and was a mascot for record company Capitol Records. The character first appeared on television in 1949 starring Pinto Colvig. After the creative rights…

They say I'm crazy. Yep. It's a warning. I am educated although I never seem to learn and repeat the same mistakes. I keep looking for Merlin. Geez, no wonder he wouldn't show up. I'm not even British. Besides, I wouldn't dare compete with Morgana. She could turn me into a Coqui frog. I'm forgetting Merlin and instead settling for Bozo, the clown. Nope I'm not lowering the bar. On the contrary, I'm raising it. Looking for magic is no longer practical for a gal like me, who's getting on…

WGN Television, whose call letters are derived from the Chicago Tribune's first slogan, "World's Greatest Newspaper", hit the airwaves on April 5, 1948. "Not long ago, people said it couldn't happen," the Trib noted of the station's debut. "But last night, with the speed of light, a stellar program was flashed in all its sparkling beauty to screens as far away as 45 miles." Colonel Robert McCormick led the Tribune Company into the TV era, which would bring viewers such treasures as "Bozo's…

Bozo the Clown

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