Em in Ohio
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Does anyone else remember this TV personality?
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StarSong
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Bozo always creeped me out.
Em in Ohio
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You win! (No prizes, sorry!) I don't even know why he popped into my head this morning. I just wondered if anyone else would recognize him (-; and yes, as I recall, there were a couple really creepy characters on TV in my youth.
hollydolly
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No!!
JaniceM
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Bozo- yes, one of my neighbors watched the show every day after school.
Em in Ohio
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Now I think that McDonald's "borrowed" Bozo's look! They just rearranged his hair with a comb-over!Cookie too...
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jujube
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One of my sister was obsessed with Bozo as a little one. She was going to marry him, she said. She would pull a lace curtain over her head and enact their marriage.
I seriously considered finding someone to dress like him and show up at her second wedding.
Frankly, as much as I like clowns, I've always found him creepy to the max.
I seriously considered finding someone to dress like him and show up at her second wedding.
Frankly, as much as I like clowns, I've always found him creepy to the max.
JaniceM
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I didn't know Bozo was widespread- I'd heard the Bozo on the local t.v. channel was actually the t.v. channel's weather guy playing that role.
Em in Ohio
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I didn't know his range either, until now. I guess he got around!
Butterfly
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All clowns have always creeped me out, even when I was a little kid. I have no real idea why, but they do.
mike4lorie
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I was a clown at the town fair for many years in my younger days...
JaniceM
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Oh, if @Pappy is reading this thread he might know, as we were in the same t.v. viewing-area at that time- WKTV's Ed Whittaker,not Lyle Boseley as I'd thought.
Pappy
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Janice, I believe you are right. WKTV was our go to station. Remember Baron Demone?
JaniceM
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No, sorry, I don't. For the longest time after we moved to central NY, the only t.v. channel we got was channel 2. A couple of years later we were able to bring in the channel that had Walter Cronkhite and Ed Sullivan- the latter, in time to see the Beatles' debut.
StarSong
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I was ok with clowns, but Bozo wasn't my cuppa...
The character first appeared on US television in 1949 portrayed by Colvig. After the creative rights to Bozo were purchased by Larry Harmon in 1956, the character became a common franchise across the United States, with local television stations producing their own Bozo shows featuring the character. Harmon bought out his business partners in 1965 and produced Bozo's Big Top for syndication to local television markets not producing their own Bozo shows in 1966, while Chicago's Bozo's Circus, which premiered in 1960, went national via cable and satellite in 1978.
Performers who have portrayed Bozo, aside from Colvig and Harmon, include Willard Scott (1959–1962), Frank Avruch (1959–1970),[1] Bob Bell (1960–1984), and Joey D'Auria (1984–2001). Bozo TV shows were also produced in other countries including Mexico, Brazil, Greece, Australia, and Thailand.
DannyDoughboy
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Only kids program that creeped me out was on "Andy's Gang" hosted by Andy Devine,. And that was that damned FROGGY! Scared the begebbers out of me, and I would go in another room till it was over! There are clips of froggy on youtube for those who may have not seen him.
This cute little guy?
I hope this doesn’t spook you. He isn’t moving or saying anything. 
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