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  Encyclopedia: Bozo the Clown
Bozo the Clown is the name of a clown whose widespread syndication in early television made him the best-known clown character in the United States.
Bozo was created in 1946 by Alan W. Livingston, who wrote and produced a children's storytelling record-album and illustrative read-along book set, the first of its kind, titled Bozo at the Circus for Capitol Records.
The most famous tale involves Bozo attempting to manage the behavior of an outspoken child by making the comment, "That's a Bozo no-no," which is said to have elicited the response from the kid: "Cram it, clownie!" On a Kermit Schaefer compilation of bloopers, a clip appears with the retort, "Fuck off, clown!".
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 Bozo the Clown -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Partly as a result, the word "bozo" has become synonymous with a generic clown or a foolish person: For example, "I Think We're All Bozos on this Bus" was the title of a 1971 album by the comic group (Click link for more info and facts about Firesign Theater) Firesign Theater.
Bozo on Chicago TV The Chicago Bozo franchise was the most popular and longest-running.
The show's format was revised in 1997 in response to an (An independent governmeent agency that regulates interstate and international communications by radio and television and wire and cable and satellite) FCC rule requiring broadcast television stations to air a minimum three hours per week of "educational and informational" children’s programs.
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 Encyclopedia article on Bozo the Clown [EncycloZine]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Bozo became even more famous after Larry Harmon purchased the rights to the character in 1956, and franchised it to local television stations as a daily half-hour show with a live Bozo the Clown — a different man in each city in front of a studio audience of children — as well as five-minute cartoons.
The Chicago Bozo franchise was the longest-running and longest-lasting; it also became the most widely-known as WGN became a national cable television staple.
Chicago's Bozo's Circus debuted in 1961 as a live, daily half-hour show and underwent various format changes over the years; the final version, The Bozo Super Sunday Show, aired its final episode in 2001.
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 HPL: Wizards A-C   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
While experimenting with ways to create tasty candies from food, Bott accidentally included a pair of dirty socks in one of his trials, and created the first of the many surprises found in Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans.
A paunchy man working as a photographer for the Daily Prophet, Bozo was Rita Skeeter's co-conspirator during their coverage of the Triwizard Tournament (GF18,19,24).
Chief of the Wizards' Council in 1262, attended a Quidditch match and offered 150 galleons to whomever caught a Golden Snidget which he released onto the pitch (at that time, 150 Galleons was the equivalent of over a million Galleons today).
www.hp-lexicon.org /wizards/wizards-a-c.html   (2845 words)

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