Larry "Bozo" Harmon, R.I.P.
Larry "Bozo" Harmon, R.I.P. July 3rd, 2008 (Associated Press photo) The most important of the Bozo the Clowns on TV has died at the age of 83. This is at once a shock to your childhood memories, and an event at some remove from your youth. As the AP story linke above notes, Harmon was both Bozo and the trainer and franchiser of other Bozos. So the clown that you knew on local TV in your youth was very likely a complete different person. In my days of watching hosted weekday cartoons, for
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Clowns everywhere mourn tonight.Larry Harmon, who popularized Bozo the Clown through the new medium of television 50 years ago, died today of heart failure in his Los Angeles home. He was 83. Harmon was not the original Bozo, who was created by Alan W. Livingston in 1946. Harmon exaggerated the original look, then donned the distinctive make-up, hair and suit for countless appearances as "Bozo, The World’s Most Famous Clown." More important, however, he licensed the character to TV stations
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Larry Harmon, the man who turned Bozo the Clown into a household name, passed away today at the age of 83. Bozo had a cartoon show, inflatable punching bags with his face on it and was referenced on Seinfeld. Good luck finding that on someone else's resume. I am not sure how those size 77 shoes are going to fit into a standard sized coffin. Could be trouble. Have no fear, the spirit of Bozo will live on. Scaring children and freaking out adults who have read Stephen King's It. Leav
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* Eddie Vedder is heading out on an East Coast solo tour which includes shows in Montreal and Toronto in August. * Bozo the Clown died?! * Kim Stewart gets all nasty on Jennifer Aniston. * Amy Winehouse took drugs in rehab. Erm, how does that even work? * Jake Gyllenhaal on a horse! Jake Gyllenhaal on a HORSE! * Ashley Tisdale celebrates her bday with an iced coffee. Beats a cake! * Mandy Moore & Ryan Adams enter Splitsville. (To be honest, somehow I didn't even know they were together.)
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Larry Harmon, known to millions of children as Bozo the Clown, died Thursday in Los Angeles. He was 83.
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Larry "Bozo" Harmon, R.I.P. July 3rd, 2008 (Associated Press photo) The most important of the Bozo the Clowns on TV has died at the age of 83. This is at once a shock to your childhood memories, and an event at some remove from your youth. As the AP story linke above notes, Harmon was both Bozo and the trainer and franchiser of other Bozos. So the clown that you knew on local TV in your youth was very likely a complete different person. In my days of watching hosted weekday cartoons, for read
Clowns everywhere mourn tonight.Larry Harmon, who popularized Bozo the Clown through the new medium of television 50 years ago, died today of heart failure in his Los Angeles home. He was 83. Harmon was not the original Bozo, who was created by Alan W. Livingston in 1946. Harmon exaggerated the original look, then donned the distinctive make-up, hair and suit for countless appearances as "Bozo, The World’s Most Famous Clown." More important, however, he licensed the character to TV stations read
Larry Harmon, the man who turned Bozo the Clown into a household name, passed away today at the age of 83. Bozo had a cartoon show, inflatable punching bags with his face on it and was referenced on Seinfeld. Good luck finding that on someone else's resume. I am not sure how those size 77 shoes are going to fit into a standard sized coffin. Could be trouble. Have no fear, the spirit of Bozo will live on. Scaring children and freaking out adults who have read Stephen King's It. Leav read
* Eddie Vedder is heading out on an East Coast solo tour which includes shows in Montreal and Toronto in August. * Bozo the Clown died?! * Kim Stewart gets all nasty on Jennifer Aniston. * Amy Winehouse took drugs in rehab. Erm, how does that even work? * Jake Gyllenhaal on a horse! Jake Gyllenhaal on a HORSE! * Ashley Tisdale celebrates her bday with an iced coffee. Beats a cake! * Mandy Moore & Ryan Adams enter Splitsville. (To be honest, somehow I didn't even know they were together.) read
Larry Harmon, known to millions of children as Bozo the Clown, died Thursday in Los Angeles. He was 83. read
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