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Gemini Cricket 07-04-2008 12:13 AM

Bozo the Clown is Dead
 
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Larry Harmon, who turned the character Bozo the Clown into a show business staple that delighted children for more than a half-century, died Thursday of congestive heart failure. He was 83.
Source

That's what he gets for being a clown.

Bornieo: Fully Loaded 07-04-2008 12:21 AM

Beep Beep
Beep Beep
Beep Beep
Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-----*

Alex 07-04-2008 12:49 AM

I saw that earlier and was very confused since I very specifically remembered Bozo the Clown dying while I was living in Hawaii back in '96-'98.

That was Bob Bell, the WGN version of Bozo the Clown. I've never seen any version of Bozo (we had Ramblin' Rod in the Portland TV market) and didn't know it was a franchise.

CoasterMatt 07-04-2008 01:05 AM

Larry Harmon was kind of like the Ray Croc of Bozos.

The original Bozo was Pinto Colvig, known for his voicing of "Goofy" around these parts :)

Morrigoon 07-04-2008 01:11 AM

I like that analogy.

lashbear 07-04-2008 03:11 AM

That's spooky, since I mentioned the little golden book about Bozo just the other day !!

3894 07-04-2008 06:26 AM

Acta est fabula. Ave atque vale, Bozo.

Chernabog 07-04-2008 07:26 AM

We allllllllllllllllllll float down here...........

€uroMeinke 07-04-2008 07:51 AM

This is the Bozo I met in 1964, I got a Water Wiggle out of the deal - Mom says he was drunk.


3894 07-04-2008 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by €uroMeinke (Post 222861)
This is the Bozo I met in 1964, I got a Water Wiggle out of the deal - Mom says he was drunk.

*sniff!* Memories are all we really have.

Edited to add: I had a Bozo punching bag, now that I think of it.


Disneyphile 07-04-2008 11:22 AM

I loved my Water Wiggle! :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1ZeS6vF1-M

Then Mom threw it away when she saw on the news about a child being strangled with one somewhere in the country. :rolleyes:

BarTopDancer 07-04-2008 11:58 AM

I still have my water wiggle.

Please don't ask me why I'm posting in a thread about a clown.

Tref 07-04-2008 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Disneyphile (Post 222891)
I loved my Water Wiggle!

I love my water wiggle, too, though, be careful about taking it out in public. Strange as it seems, not everybody is as happy to see it as you are to show it.

Deebs 07-04-2008 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by €uroMeinke (Post 222861)
This is the Bozo I met in 1964, I got a Water Wiggle out of the deal - Mom says he was drunk.

That's the creepiest looking party entertainment I've seen in a while.

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Originally Posted by 3894 (Post 222887)
I had a Bozo punching bag, now that I think of it.


I had that exact punching bag! I loved that thing.

Also had a Water Wiggle, loved it. We used to play with it while frolicking in the shallow end of the swimming pool in my backyard. I wish I could be doing that today, actually.

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Originally Posted by Disneyphile (Post 222891)
I loved my Water Wiggle!
Then Mom threw it away when she saw on the news about a child being strangled with one somewhere in the country. :rolleyes:

This sounds just like my mom. She wouldn't let me have an Etch-a-Sketch because she was certain I'd shatter it and eat the mercury.

Not Afraid 07-04-2008 10:11 PM

My friend's brother (age 9) once got chosen from the audience to participate on the Bozo show. He apparently got mad at Bozo for telling him to do something and told him to fu<k off. :)

katiesue 07-05-2008 11:03 AM

I've got th Bozo punching bag in my living room. And Maddy took a photo of it and made it so it shows up every time her dad calls my phone :)

Deebs 07-05-2008 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by katiesue (Post 223029)
I've got th Bozo punching bag in my living room. And Maddy took a photo of it and made it so it shows up every time her dad calls my phone :)

Visible mojo for Maddy.

katiesue 07-05-2008 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Deebs (Post 223045)
Visible mojo for Maddy.

It makes me laugh every time. I'm not sure she actually gets what a Bozo is. She's also got his ringtone set to Macho Duck.

RStar 07-05-2008 11:51 PM

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Originally Posted by €uroMeinke (Post 222861)
This is the Bozo I met in 1964, I got a Water Wiggle out of the deal - Mom says he was drunk.


Caption for the picture: "What the hell is this I just pulled out of my nose??!!"

And I like the sleves on the outfit so that if he had a few too many drinks and forgot who he was suppose to be he could look down and read the Bozo on there!

Bornieo: Fully Loaded 07-06-2008 01:40 PM

Best drunk clown was in "Uncle Buck."

A bit on the life of the dead Bozo...

http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2...04.html#015485

Gemini Cricket 07-07-2008 12:04 AM

One of my favorite bits:
Mary Tyler Moore's Chuckles the Clown Funeral Episode

CoasterMatt 07-07-2008 05:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Bornieo: Fully Loaded (Post 223200)
Best drunk clown was in "Uncle Buck."

Here's that scene. - audio may be NSFW


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