Bozo Show

[@kfaberdnt]

I grew up watching this and dont remember Bozo being loaded during the show.

[@hilljack2yackie]

😂😂😂😂😂 I just watched another video and literally said “why does he sound drunk?” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@shannonfreeman2024]

Sure sounds overloaded

[@lindaeasley4336]

Lol! My immediate reaction to his first verbal stammer in first 40 seconds of the video 😂

[@Maggie22002]

@@lindaeasley4336 probably just fatigue or burn out from work. He needed a vacation to unwind from being Bozo.

[@viviennewilson2508]

You should’ve said I don’t remember because of being Lozo

[@lakebay972]

Bozo was definitely 100 proof in this episode.

[@rayjeanfrench8658]

On a 100proof bender for at least half the week straight haha

[@kimt4565]

😂😂😂

[@EllEff652]

And it was probably Jack Daniels

[@lakebay972]

@@EllEff652 Bozo strikes me as more of a wine drinker than whisky. Since this video's old and he's in Chicago, I'm guessing either Night Train or Thunderbird. However, if he were to drink whisky, it'd likely be Jim Beam since it's more popular in the North. Jack Daniels is more popular in the South. Rumor had it Bozo's assistant Cooky would drink shots of Jim Beam before each taping.

[@Alaska-Jack]

Shut up idio

[@SunnysFilms]

My mom was on the Bozo Show when she was little. We still have the photo of her with Bozo and Cookie. It's a prized family momento :)

[@genevieves8908]

My mom just told me today that she was on the show too when she was a kid! I had no idea. She said she was Bunky on Bozo. I think she said Bunky. They called her up and she said her name and then had to wear a special hat the whole show! I wish we had a picture. 😂

[@preston....]

My mom is too

[@alanwarnock71]

same here my mom was on the show to in the 70s in massachusetts , that what i was looking for, her.. bozo was drunk in this one i think.

[@ForrestWalters]

This show is ridiculous 😂

[@ricarleite]

Did she suck the clown?

[@onechristwoncity]

I wanted to play this so badly as a kid

[@lanthonyperdum6430]

I did to and I’m 46 years old !!!

[@jedijud]

45 and I still want a crack at this!!

[@llGzUsll]

44

[@JerAugst-vn8bg]

44 😊

[@theresabailey7307]

With a drunk?

[@viawilderness]

I was an 80's and 90's kid. Television shows were..."different" lol. From the startup of MTV, to the weird Canadian cartoons and sketches that Nickelodeon aired. I don't regret one minute of it. So weird, but I consider myself very lucky to have grown up in that time.

[@rickharris4579]

I lived in Illinois as a kid and grew up watching the Bozo show. And got to watch double dare & the legend of the hidden temple. And definitely enjoyed the early mtv shows like remote control & headbangers ball. I wouldn’t trade growing up in the 80’s or 90’s for anything!!

[@d.almeida3633]

Which weird Canadian ones ? I'm curious cause I'm Canadian

[@derrickbyers5087]

Bozo was definitely on one😂😂. Real life Krusty the Klown.

[@geoffreylamberts]

hahahahaha

[@jeopardy60611]

I was on the show in 1976, and they picked the contestants by "Magic Arrows." The problem with that is that the arrows would often land on adults or babies, and they would have to keep spinning. That is probably why they changed to the "Bozoputer." It's probably not really a computer, as it looks like an analog display that someone is manually changing. They probably issue raffle tickets to the kids and draw tickets from a hat, then display whatever number they draw, and it's probably a computer like many other science fiction shows that had things that looked like computers.

[@diegodelgado9764]

they prolly choose seat number by whoevers mom bozo was banging at the time

[@johnzeszut3170]

Yes Bozo was pickled.

[@jquaildurham3066]

I was thinking the same thing drunker than a cooter brown slurring and all

[@johnalang]

If kids missed Bucket #1, it was declared a "bad ball" and got a "do-over"

[@christiangonzales7429]

They probably didn't want another "Cram it clownie" incident.

[@glenbard07]

I was a D'Auria Bozo viewer, and I remember this one girl, who was pretty small, must have missed Bucket 1 four or five times before she finally got it.

[@christiangonzales7429]

@@glenbard07The D'Auria era was when I was watching as well. Wish they'd post some episodes up as WGN has the D'Auria era 100% intact in their archives.

[@yourenotjames568]

My mom tells me she was on this show in the 60’s and said she peed her pants on thw show lmao

[@scottbakanumba1heathen313]

Bozo been guzzling that clown seltzer! 😸💀

[@themaestromegatron4488]

🤣🤣🤣

[@kylecarson5723]

this is how we got Krusty

[@richcar3434]

Drunk or not (I think not) this was the best Bozo ever, imho.

[@Atomic.101]

How much did Bozo have to drink 🍺😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫.. lol 😂

[@Alaska-Jack]

Maybe not as nearly as much as you do and get away with it at your job. What are you an air traffic support controller hope not ever explain a lot of plane crashes.

[@graciegirl600-cp7dp]

Bob made a great Bozo and Roy was a great sidekick...may the both rest in peace.

[@heidiholom8086]

Loved this show when I was little!

[@citizenofcorona8783]

This was actually the most famous Bozo and became the inspiration for Krusty the Clown.

[@geoffreylamberts]

seriously?

[@citizenofcorona8783]

@@geoffreylamberts yes. Look up Bob Bell.

[@itjustlookslikethis]

Bozo was tanked "Two tickets to watch the Cubs play at Cubs Park" He couldn't remember it was called Wrigley Field, OMG!

[@thefamouseugenekrabs]

Best Bozo-and I loved Cookie's facial expressions when presenting the prizes!

[@shadowtail4063]

Yeah I was just noticing cookies facial expressions 😅

[@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854]

Cookie throwing the Bozo doll on the floor was TOO funny! 😂🤣4:05

[@user-rt4zm7ic2d]

Thanks for reminding me of that from the show.😂😂😂😂

[@RJS1974]

That Chicago accent Bozo has is really something. That’s a NW Side accent alright.

[@duckman23]

Man I grew up watching this the best of all time I used to practice the grand prize game in my dining room with my mom's pots

[@natdbrat9800]

Holy cow he's totally drunk.

[@rayjeanfrench8658]

I was just saying I’m 33 an grew up watching the bozo show every weekend totally didn’t realize until now just how wasted bozo was on a regular basis the show was on once a week lol I mean how many shows were they taping daily? Totally awesome job tho I mean he got payed to be a drunk high ass a kite crazy ass clown on a kids show on tv lol #goals

[@BrianRetro]

@@rayjeanfrench8658 You are referring to The Bozo Super Sunday Show which aired from 1994 until 2001. That was another actor playing Bozo, Joey D'Auria. This is the original actor who played the character, Bob Bell, shortly before he retired in 1984.

[@KentKaliber]

Except he's NOT drunk, he's playing Bozo. WGN did not allow Talent to appear on air drunk.

[@Aqua.man045]

@@KentKaliber If you say so

[@justinhackstadt6677]

​@@KentKaliber Bullshit sir. I have a license in addiction disorders, LADC, and he exhibits heavy inebriation. 🤔🤦‍♂️

[@boataxe4605]

Sadly,Bob Bell died a tragic death. He was found dismembered,his arms were in one room,his legs were in another, and his balls were in bucket number six.

[@BrianRetro]

I'm amazed at how many of you posters think Bozo is drunk in this clip. I can assure you that he is NOT DRUNK!!!! This is how the actor, Bob Bell, portrayed the character. He always had a gravely type of voice. In fact, when he first started playing the character, his voice was much higher. Plus he wore a red suit in the first decade of the shows existence. If you remember hearing a much more cheerful Bozo growing up watching the show on WGN, you're thinking of Joey D'Auria playing Bozo. This was one of the last few tapings in Bob Bell portrayed the character. The set you are seeing premiered in early 1984. Bob Bell retired April 4th of that year. Why did he retire? He played the character for 23 years and was part of the WGN Staff even longer. He also did early morning Staff Announcements before he would get into his Bozo character. He worked hard at his job and always gave it 100%, especially as Bozo. He was not fired. He was NEVER intoxicated while as the Bozo character. He simply retired, and it was a well deserved retirement.

[@Patriotic327]

I agree. That’s Bob’s like 60 year old clowning around act.

[@BrianRetro]

@@Patriotic327 He was 62 at the time.

[@alexkx8599]

Lol.

[@lauriehand1021]

He doesn’t seem intoxicated to me

[@americandevo]

Bob Bell was a professional, not only would he not drink while working he would have never been intoxicated in front of children.

[@upnorthvlogs]

Loved that as kid now 40 memories

[@SuzanneLewinson]

I'll have what Bozo's having

[@mstoi3326]

I got to play a game on this show when my aunt took me and my cousins! I would love to find that footage!

[@antoniod]

He sounds like Krusty! This must be the Bozo who inspired Krusty on The Simpsons!

[@glenbard07]

That it is!

[@LaCroixCreative]

Yep! It's him.

[@KT72273]

Dan Castellenta said so much!

[@theonesyt1375]

And also Pennywise, from Stephen King's "it

[@ryansmith4494]

I don't remember Krusty being that drunk!

[@joenitro2991]

Bozo sounds a little drunk. 😂

[@jaffee26]

I don't remember him being that drunk. And I think cookie was kind of p***** off at him especially with the dropping bozo toy.

[@DieBrunovsky]

A friend sent me this link as a birthday present... What a friend! 😄

[@briankleinschmidt3664]

Maybe I loved Bozo because he reminded me of my sainted mother.

[@ItsToXxy]

Imagine if he just started randomly sipping booze from the number 6 bucket lol.

[@DomFalance]

Poor Bob Bell sounding rough. This must be towards the end of his run.

[@BrianRetro]

It actually was. This set premiered in early 1984 and Bob Bell retired as Bozo on April 4th of that year.

[@fan4life345]

Drunk as a skunk

[@cpmow831]

This isn’t Bob.

[@kim20525]

One of my favorite shows! Thanks for the upload 🥰🥰

[@beckyphebus17]

Before i saw any of these comments, i told my fiance "Damn. I dont ever remember Bozo being shitfaced!"🙄🤣

[@BlackPopeye44]

Bozo had too many gin martinis this day

[@a3321fa]

Bozo is loaded.

[@scottbakanumba1heathen313]

He sure is! 😸💀

[@skullboy379]

"The fashion conscious bike for the fascist conscious girl".

[@jasont9947]

0:20 Bozo sounded boozed up

[@debidehm9129]

Is it just me or does it sound like Bozo has been nipping on the bottle during commercials?

[@urmailman]

Nipping is an understatement. Thats chugging whiskey behind the curtain

[@singledijjiti.q.2294]

Bozo suddenly became funny again. In fact I dont think I ever laughed as much when I was a kid watching this as I am right now fr it's hard to hit the keys. That first stumble with the words was epic. I wonder if like every single parent in there was looking around at each other what that is it just me or does everyone else think he's faced too? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 I gotta watch it again 😂😂😂😂

[@georgenambo2685]

He's seemed pretty happy & focused for someone doing a children's show, betcha secretly the kids knew Bozo reeked from grandpa's cough syrup😅 but didn't care as long as they were in the show

[@paypaysmygirl]

Bozo needs that 50 for some more mad dog

[@lanthonyperdum6430]

Yep…That’s exactly right !!!

[@PrimarchX]

"Fashion-conscious bike for the fascist-conscious girl"? It was a weird time.

[@1976P]

4:24 That losing music is hilarious.

[@ThunderFist1978]

This is the Bozo Show I remember!

[@anthrocoon]

A tv special about kids TV says Dan Casteneleta based his voice for Krusty on the Simpsons on Bob Bell

[@RAYTHEONGAMING]

Watching this at 42 years old I'm actually disturbed that I loved this game as a kid

[@KentKaliber]

This is BOB BELL ---- my FAVORITE and most well known WGN Bozo !!!!

[@nicholasmardis9846]

He was the original Chicago Bozo till his retirement in 1984 ,than Joey D' Auria would take over.

[@KentKaliber]

@@nicholasmardis9846 Honestly, even as a kid, I never liked Joey as much. Bob felt like he WAS Bozo, while Joey felt like he was PLAYING Bozo.

[@lowprofile513]

Watching this now as an adult... I’m not sure I’d want my kids around Bozo alone.

[@joewhitehead3]

It’s not like Bozo was a pervert

[@ryansmith4494]

He would be way too drunk to do anything. Not that he would.

[@ronaldjeffers2415]

I will never get old without you both so and Rain Rainier and Garfield goose and cuddly Dudley and Travis in the dark how I miss those days I love all of you

[@joegaito702]

Appreciate the memories thanks to bozo and cookie always enjoyed watching you on tv or my cell phone RIP cookie and bozo job well done you should be proud after all these years thanks for a good laugh and the memories. Joe

[@missybrannam7163]

He sounds drunk. Lol. I went in 1983 I wish I could find that episode.

[@OMGTWENTYONE]

I think he is drunk

[@kimt4565]

😂😂😂

[@JamesRomero-ym4rp]

Ikr, still 1/2 way professional.

[@paolobautista970]

I was watching the Bozo show when we were in Chicago in 1987😀😀🇺🇸

[@johnalang]

The Bozo-Puter was added to clear up the confusion regarding the Magic Arrows

[@JD-xt8cj]

I was a kid in the crowd around 1979 or 1980, they specifically told us *not* to stand up for the magic arrows, but I still did anyway. I really wanted to play those buckets! heh

[@sergeantsapient]

To me this is how I grew up thinking clowns sounded like but I can see why people sounds like he dipped into the sauce.

[@WilliamRobd]

My mom said he smelled like whisky.

[@Agent_Hercules914]

Holy cow, Bozo was a bit.. pickled

[@Jeremiah_Johnson139]

Wow! That took me back!

[@vaibanez17]

The Bozo doll is creepy AF.

[@theprivateer4961]

I wanted to play this so bad I never knew he was hammered lol

[@davidthieroff9452]

That other clown was pssed off at something. Slamming the Bozo clown doll to the ground wasn't subtle and Bozo was not happy with it.

[@user-rt4zm7ic2d]

I always loved this part of the BOZO SHOW, since this was so unpredictable with the players for the Grand Prize Game.😊

[@quiquemorones]

me quedo sin palabras

[@cyrusbuelton11]

Like everyone else said...... I never remember Bozo being loaded either I grew up in northern Indiana, so Chicago wasn't that far away.....all the begging in the world never got them to get us tickets to a show!

[@marlenemeinhard8956]

I was picked in 1968. I was 6 years old and it was my Birthday. Bozo spun around and up into the crowd and fell on my lap. I have wanted that particular show. It was April 22, 1968. Of anyone has this Day. There could have been more then 1 show taped but. We watched it on TV, 2 weeks later. My 4 siblings and my parents. I remember the hat kept falling off my head. That's when it was Butch for the day or Belinda, I think. But he is creepy now when I see him. I remember sitting on his lap too. Ugh...

[@etc834]

WGN unfortunately regularly recycled all of their television show tapes until about 1984. There's only one episode from the 60s in total available online. It will likely live on as a good memory!

[@nicholasmardis9846]

This is Bob Bell ,as Chicago Bozo here for all of you wanting to know who is playing Bozo on this segment.Joey D' Auria would take over the role as bozo after Bob Bells retirement, this includes the Bozo Show as well as The Bozo Super Sunday Show.

[@BrianRetro]

Joey D'Auria became the next Bozo after Bob Bell RETIRED. He didn't die until 1997.

[@nicholasmardis9846]

@@BrianRetro Oh ,well thanks for correcting me .I should have read Bob Bells biography online a little more to get more details on his death an retirement.

[@BrianRetro]

@@nicholasmardis9846 It's okay. As a native Chicagoan and huge fan of the show, I read countless articles and books all about the show as well as the life of Bob Bell, Frazier Thomas, Ray Rayner and many other performers for their work on WGN Children's Television. So whenever I see someone post something about someone that I know is false, I have to correct them. Nothing personal. I just like it being correct.

[@nicholasmardis9846]

@@BrianRetro Well ,thanks for correcting me . Now I know Bob Bell died in 1997 but retired from the show in 1984 .

[@BrianRetro]

I wonder how the at home player would have been able to see the Cubs game since she lived in Kentucky. Did they include air fare and lodging in Chicago as well? How about the birthday party?

[@chrissmith3668]

We had WGN in Louisville KY in the 80s and 90s. That’s why I’m a Cubs fan

[@BrianRetro]

@@chrissmith3668 That's how many fans who didn't live in Chicago became Cubs fans, by watching them on the WGN Suoerstation on their cable boxes. I find it interesting that it didn't have the same effect for the Atlanta Braves when they were seen on TBS for many years, considering that TBS had a was a superstition longer than WGN. Of course, the Braves didn't have a flashy ballpark like Wrigley Field. Also, they didn't have a colorful personality calling the games like Harry Caray. However, they did have his son, Skip Carey call Braves games.

[@richardhowle8591]

@@BrianRetro Harry was definitely a HUGE part. I'm still a cubs fan in Florence SC thanks to satellite TV and WGN in the late 80's.

[@urmailman]

This should be a required video for all congressmen and women to watch. Kids didnt understand what was going on with bozo because they were innocent and too young to understand ADULT SITUATIONS.

[@itjustlookslikethis]

I always felt the bozo show would have been more effective if it had an adult theme to it, like Rocky and Bullwinkle.

[@pibarrante6901]

He drove drunk into our car when i was little. He brought us a big teddybear to compensate!

[@slayerdearly]

I remember watching bozo(vividly)but I remember watching him

[@ParvezKhan-jg8gj]

Bozo the tax accountant 😂

[@Thoughtsnprayers35]

I loved this show as a kid! They don’t make shows like this anymore

[@TheChiefsDude0]

Damn they really hit the kid with the Wa Wa Wa Waaa sound when she missed 😂

[@melissaperez784]

Bring back The Bozo show! Can you imagine ?

[@waltertomaszewski1083]

They must have been tossing them back pretty good backstage just before doing this skit,....😜🤪😉😎

[@feleciagrasty3880]

😄😄😄 I always wondered why he sounded like that when I was a kid!

[@tammyhill2874]

I loved the Bozo the Clown show

[@MayhemAndGridlock]

Baseball at Cubs Park? Not Wrigley Field? OMG.

[@RevenNeveEnco]

I’m convinced Nick Nolte was under the paint

[@joegaito702]

Good stuff really miss him and cookie hope the bring back it back on tv. Joe

[@RTD8481]

I swear he was drunk as hell here!!!😂😂😂

[@zyloooooo]

Wow. I would have been happy w the prizes w the first bucket. Cub seats? Heck yeah lol

[@user-sn3mo9je3q]

Krusty the clown?...""😮

[@goldeneve]

PATRICK MAHOMES MVP 2020-2030 yup

[@jonflowers8823]

He was a really creepy clown back in the day when kids thought that he was pennywise.

[@Alaska-Jack]

Not really, but your mom stuck with your dad, so and created somebody creepy like a son like you for instance or do you identify as female nowadays?

[@aprilhenry8292]

I always remembered the kids winning toys, not advertising gimmicks. What crappy prizes. A bike lock and haircut? Poor kid😂😂😂

[@waynerogers5384]

Can't stand CLOWNS ! LOL

[@anthonyanguiano5348]

Bob Bell was totally drunk during this!

[@diegodelgado9764]

the fact kids werent scaree of these freaky clowns puzzles me

[@4x4pup51]

Couldn't do that show today, too many genders! They'll never be able to finish the games!😂

[@regularguyfixes3142]

This is the first recording of Beer Pong and inspiration of Insane Clown Posse

[@ericm215]

Bozo is sweet!!

[@johnmccullough1401]

Bozo sounds drunk

[@whitedog510]

Bozo did the dub.

[@ul7185]

Easter Sunday Version of Bozo, Gar & Ray: WGN TV Classics Only

[@TerraCar_nes]

"The Bucket Game" is actually kinda hard.

[@TheMilomack]

This brings back memories

[@The_Bi-polar_Express]

Cookie was bitter at that doll, lol.