Celebrity Name : Bozo the Clown

Celebrity Real Name : Larry Harmon

Biography :
Bozo the Clown (also known as Bozo), is the name of a clown whose widespread franchising in early television made him the best-known clown character in the United States. Partly as a result, the word “bozo” has become synonymous with a foolish person. It also was a common name given to hobo or tramp clowns.Bozo the Clown was created in 1946 by Alan W. Livingston, who wrote and produced a children’s storytelling record-album and illustrative read-along book set which Livingston called a “Record Reader”, the first of its kind, titled Bozo at the Circus for Capitol Records. Pinto Colvig portrayed the character on this and subsequent Bozo read-along records.
The albums were extremely popular and the character became a mascot for the record company and was later nicknamed “Bozo the Capitol Clown.” In 1949, Capitol and Livingston began setting up royalty arrangements with manufacturers and television stations for use of the Bozo character. KTTV-TV in Los Angeles began broadcasting the first show, “Bozo’s Circus”, featuring Colvig as Bozo with his blue-and-red costume, oversized red hair and classic “whiteface” clown makeup (as seen in photo) on Fridays at 7:30 p.m.

Bozo on Chicago TV :
The Chicago Bozo franchise was the most popular and successful locally-produced children’s program in the history of television. It also became the most widely-known Bozo show as WGN became a national cable television staple. Chicago’s Bozo debuted in 1960 starring Bob Bell on a live half-hour show weekdays at noon, performing comedy sketches and introducing cartoons. It evolved into Bozo’s Circus in 1961, as a live hour-long show with additional cast members, a 13-piece orchestra, circus acts, games and prizes before a 200+ member studio audience.[wikipedia]