When was the last bozo show

I remember watching this show in my home in Racine, Wisconsin--in the WGN viewing area--during the s. What distinguishes the show in my mind is the fact that it spawned a rumor that swept my junior high about The rumor had it that the 9 year-old contestant chosen from the audience to play the ball-in-the-bucket game described in another review had missed the sixth bucket, hence the biggest prize.

He snapped out an on-air obscenity at Bozo! Whether it was true or not, most of the kids at school thought the story was hilarious, and it was still being repeated when I graduated from high school in Details Edit. Release date September 11, United States. United States. Bradley Pl. Technical specs Edit. Color Color. Contribute to this page Suggest an edit or add missing content.

Top Gap. What is the English language plot outline for Bozo's Circus ? See more gaps Learn more about contributing. Bob Bell Bozo as Bozo Pat Hurley Self as Self Joey D'Auria Bozo as Bozo Michael Immel Spifford Q. Fahrquahrrr as Spifford Q.

Fahrquahrrr More like this. Storyline Edit. Add content advisory. Did you know Edit. User reviews 2 Review. Top review. Later on, as I got older, I realized how much that meant not only to the young child but to his family. They lost their child, but they will live with a beautiful memory of the joy and happiness he had for that brief moment.

A moment where he didn't have to think about being sick. One brief afternoon turned into an eternal memory for these people. From that day on, Bozo became one of my heroes. Bell appeared towards the end of the show sporting a beautiful black tuxedo, white hair and mod metal rimmed eyeglasses. Bell and the other cast members - "Oliver O.

Don "Sandy" Sandberg and the other cast members along the show's hosts Tim Reid and Mary Gross getting hit with a barrage of shaving cream pies as the show went into its final credits. Butler Bozo on DVD! The wait for tickets to see the show spanned several years and it was due to a very talented cast which included Ringmaster Mr. Ned Ned Locke , Oliver O.

The success of this wonderful show is very complex. It came under fire for not having any educational value BUT the fact of the matter was that it was entertainment at it's purest form. This show gave kids a break from their everyday school lives and adults enjoyed it as well. Starting out as a cartoon program hosted by Bob Bell as Bozo, it began to take on it's Circus form in the early 's. In a WGN Broadcast trade magazine it describes the show, "There are live animal acts and guest performers alternating with games and prizes.

Chicago children are released from school. Nobody seems to have a comprehensive list of exactly how many Bozo shows there were altogether.

But there were unique Bozos all over the place, from Moline, Illinois, to Miami. Detroit alone had four different Bozos over the years. Windsor, Canada, had its own Canadian Bozo. One of the Washington, D. Avruch, the man who died this week, portrayed Bozo from to in Boston, and his version was also the one that appeared in the first nationally syndicated episodes of the show, which meant he was an Elite Bozo.

Rest in peace! Ready for the drama? So Harmon, the man who owned all the licensing rights, had a habit of telling reporters that he invented Bozo, even though technically he only popularized Bozo.

Later, he argued that he was consistently misquoted. His tales of spreading the gospel of Bozo internationally were very entertaining and very, very fake sounding.