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The Big Dogma	Larry Harmon, longtime Bozo the Clown, dead at 83	Lead	[-]
Posts: 728 (07/03/08 6:52 PM) GOMOTB Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Another television Icon gone. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080703/ap_on_en_tv/obit_harmon I remember watching this show along with the Cartoon Bozo. It ranked up there with Beany & Cecil. In this Jan. 24, 1996 file photo, a man dressed as Bozo, left, poses with Bozo creator, Larry Harmon, as they celebrate the character's 50th birthday during the National Association of Television Program Executives convention in Las Vegas. Harmon, who appeared as Bozo the Clown for decades and licensed the name to other Bozos around the world, died Thursday, July 3, 2008, at his home of congestive heart failure,according to his longtime publicist, Jerry Digney. He was 83.(AP Photo/Lennox McLendon, file) RIP Larry. Thanks for bringing so much fun & joy to kids of all ages. *"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how* the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." Theodore Roosevelt..."Citizenship in a Republic," Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910 "They call me the Bandit without any Pants." BD the GOMOTB(Grumpy Old Man of the Board.....Yeah thats me! whatcha gonna do about it?) "Weasles! They're not just for breakfast anymore!"
25or6to4		#1	[-]
Posts: 4542 (07/03/08 8:04 PM) Mr. Smarty Pants Treasure Chest Rock of Gibraltar Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Gosh, I remember seeing Bozo on WGN on cable every now and again when I was a kid. Sad loss, indeed. Shane Keep an eye out for Public Enemies!
cindycinnamon		#2	[-]
Posts: 6078 (07/03/08 8:14 PM) Animation Guru Lucky Duck Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Bozo was a permanent fixture in my life growing up. And even as a grown up, I still continued to watch the show with my child. Rest in peace Larry and thank you for the wonderful childhood memories!
Mare55		#3	[-]
Posts: 570 (07/03/08 9:14 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	How sad! I loved that show as a kid...
rvm67		#4	[-]
Posts: 3455 (07/04/08 9:37 AM) FVB Video Sleuth Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	So this is the man who created the character of Bozo? I watched Bozo's Circus regularly in my early gradeschool years, on WGN channel 9. Bob Bell (also deceased) played Bozo in my area. It came on at 12 noon - I lived 2 blocks from my school and was one of those who often went home for lunch. My Mom had a sandwich, potato chips, and milk waiting for me when I got home. Then she let me watch Bozo for the first half hour. (Lunch hour was 11:45 till 12:45.) It was quite a popular show, with a ticket reservation back-up for years. Parents got tickets when their kids were infants even, so that when the kids were 7 or 8, they'd be able to go. Rest in peace Mr. Harmon. Rachael
Writer2Be2007		#5	[-]
Posts: 558 (07/04/08 9:48 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	It is very sad indeed. I used to watch the Bozo Show all the time on WGN, especially when I got out of morning kindergarten classes. I always loved the one game where they throw the golf balls into the buckets and win prizes. Sooooooooooo many celebs have passed away this year. It is SCARY. Love always, Cheri Flylady says: "You can do anything for 15 minutes a day." Did you know that?
theory536		#6	[-]
Posts: 8480 (07/05/08 1:15 PM) elxxxx doolittle bright pink stripey sock Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Awww no! I love his Laurel and Hardy!!! elxxx ******** Every man is a fool in some man's opinion
cindycinnamon		#7	[-]
Posts: 6095 (07/05/08 11:55 PM) Animation Guru Lucky Duck Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Cheri, That was the Grand Prize Game and they used ping pong balls. That too, my favorite part of the show!
numberonecubsfan		#8	[-]
Posts: 75 (07/06/08 10:29 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Not Bozo -----
cindycinnamon		#9	[-]
Posts: 6101 (07/06/08 1:11 PM) Animation Guru Lucky Duck Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	The original Bozo, Bob Bell died in 1997. The one who uttered the famous words after ringmaster Ned would say, "Who's your favorite clown". And then the kids would all shout, "Bozo" and Bozo in turn would say,"Hey, that's me"!