Bozo's Big Top -Part 1 March 1975

My sister (Age 9) and I (Age 10) were on a local TV show back in 1975 {We're in the front row, I'm in a green shirt & plaid pants & my sister is next to me in a red shirt with long blond hair}. The old video is choppy at first, but gets better later. Enjoy.Description

[@bryanjohnson8796]

All those belly dancers in front of those boys, that was a special treat for them, they'll never forget it!

[@robbourassaguitarist]

That's Bozo playing the banjo on the theme song. When I was a young guy, (13 or so) Bozo had my friend and I play guitar and banjo on his show for the kids to show them that kids could be musicians. Afterward, he invited my dad and I backstage to have milk and cookies and play banjos. It was surreal. What a nice guy. Mr. Houdini was a great guy too. He picked my pocket, stole my belt, my watch and my wallet. He called me back to return everything to me. I was floored. Sir Grave's coffin was backstage as well but I was surprised how short of a guy he was. Everyone at the studio was super nice.

[@pika23]

What a neat story! Thank you for sharing!!

[@fonacier5]

I was one of the girls belly dancing !

[@mikeries6930]

R.I.P. Mr. Art Cervi who died Monday at the age of 86

[@rodbottomley4514]

I saw Bozo back around this time. I was 7. Thanks bozo for the dancing girls! Man we grew up fast back then lol.

[@kevins.butler3402]

I remember seeing this show on a local tv station in Southern,Cal. during my first trip to Los Angels in the 1970's.

[@johnkretzschmar1103]

I think this was from the Windsor, ON/Detroit, MI version of Bozo since they had Mr. Whoodini, Bozo's musician sidekick. I wish they had archives of all the shows ( I was on in '73) but apparently they just recorded over the old tapes as needed....

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

That was typical in those days. Romper Room is another show lost to the ages that way.

[@kimberelyjones9509]

I was on the show in June 1974 or June of 1975

[@aedrew1965]

My wife said she was on the show but finding this video in next too impossible it would be somewhere between 1974-1976...

[@BrianRetro]

That was a common practice in those days. That's why you don't have many recordings of the Bozo Show in Chicago, because they just taped over the shows without any knowledge of how priceless they would be years in the future.

[@DanConroy78]

I watched reruns of this version on WLVI-TV Ch. 56 back in the 1980s.

[@jbro8934]

Me too. Grew up in Cambridge!! 70s were the best times. Peace!

[@antoniod]

I think that was when they were alternating these with episodes taped in Boston in the mid-60s.

[@booberry349]

This was our Bozo from the Detroit area

[@BrianRetro]

For those of you who remember these old Bozo shows back in the day, if I recall, many of these shows were still on the air well into the 80s. If you were a kid back then and you had cable with WGN on the system, you also got the Bozo Show from Chicago. Did it strange and kind of surreal having two Bozos with completely different personalities, completely different looks and two shows with different formats? You ever get into a conversation with one of your friends and you talk about what happened on "Bozo" that day? Did your friend ever ask which one or say, "That's not what happened " because you two watched completely different shows?

[@cwf1701]

And in some parts of the country, if you lived near 2 markets that aired Bozo (or had cable in the 70s/80s), you could catch one version a hour before the other version. As for why some Bozo shows was lost, it was because many stations aired the show live and did not tape the show. a great example of a live Bozo that is lost is the 11-22-63 WGN Bozo Show. If WGN did tape anything in the time slot, it was likely after the Bozo show had a sudden end (about 12:45 PM CST) due to news from Dallas.

[@ul7185]

Bozo: 75 Years of Fun (1946-2021)

[@darrinjones1738]

HOLY JUST KEEP LAUGHING BAT MAN BOZO ALWAYS HAS&ALWAYS WILL. DARRINJONES

[@lorigonzalez1829]

As a small child, I loved Bozo. RIP, sir.

[@tvtimetravel]

I watched this version on KBHK San Francisco.

[@pika23]

We had local philly shows chief halftown and captain Noah. Chief halftown was at my cousin's bowling party. I wasnt there, but he was at the alley doing a meet and greet. He had a thing with bowling i think he may have held a title even. Capt. Noah was an old man in a red captain/conductor /bellhop amalgamation of a suit and sorta sounded like wc fields. Oh and al albert with the teeny boppers . Hid show was a talent show of teens and kids. Teenyboppers were 4-6 year olds dressed like they were going for easter service or a fancy outing...telling jokes.

[@ashleygeoppo1032]

That was great dancing on the show 🙂💗

[@wecontrolthevideo]

The song the belly dancers are dancing to was made famous by Dick Dale as “Misirlou” It was first heard in the Eastern Mediterranean in the 1920’s.

[@farmertice7064]

Thanks for posting this!

[@Chris-pi6gl]

I don't think I watched this when I was a kid. Probably wasn't allowed to... it seems weird.

[@charleskeefer9030]

Cole. the hug for boys and girls.

[@dtq73880]

Wow a lot of creep factor in this episode! Underage harem dancers creepy banana feeding!

[@timjoseph90]

Yeah....."Reminds me of a game we're gonna play later, Bozo"..... WTH?

[@DARisse-ji1yw]

Amen.

[@SeafairZombies]

"Creep factor" is right. And that's the creepiest Bozo I've seen. Watch with the sound turned off. Super creepy show.

[@puntinprincess7343]

@@timjoseph90 and he giggles, so bizarre!

[@Aemolnarhyatt]

wow now you cant laugh "cancel culture" strikes again...

[@bradalexander1700]

Nice job Juan!! 😇

[@rwlwrestlingleague2975]

This is making me way uncomfortable. Dan Schneider vibes.😂

[@rafaelhakimian6873]

Uncool

[@partrobot]

Is that Sam Seder bottom right in the red shirt and glasses?

[@booberry349]

R I H Art Cervi Detroit’s Bozo The Clown

[@kevings1150]

Creepy comment at 4:43...

[@TheHardTruth315]

That's not for the guys, that's for the girls... When Life was sane...

[@A2Z83]

oh lord

[@BrianRetro]

Wow, is that the whole audience? Definitely wouldn't qualify as a "cast of thousands " as the audience in Chicago was known to be, even though you were only able to fit about 200 people on those bleachers. I guess they were referring to the audiences watching on television as well as though seeing it live.

[@someguy23475]

CKLW had a very small studio. The surviving Swingin’ Time tapes also have the kids and the band cramped.

[@rwjack]

No wonder some kids are creeped out by clowns.

[@Blazers04]

I keep waiting for Bozo to morph into Pennywise

[@ul7185]

45th Comment

[@booberry349]

The intro is funny it describes the POTUS 45

[@booberry349]

POTUS 45 grew on meSo funny and still my president

[@booberry349]

He’s better than the current POS we have as President

[@jhonnyrotten9860]

The man from the algebra feeding a creepy clown with a banana in front of a bunch of kids. That was weird and creepy as fuck.

[@Aemolnarhyatt]

so sensitive...you cant try to be to be funny anymore "cancel culture is ruining everything we once enjoyed!

[@johnnycash578]

creep