WGN Channel 9 - Bozo's Circus (Complete Broadcast, 6/15/1978) 📺 🤡

[@KentKaliber]

FINALLY WGN IS RELEASING THE BOB BELL EPISODES!!!!! I have been waiting my entire lifetime to see BOB BELL as BOZO again!

[@stevemeinecke5240]

Now that's fantastic television right there that you will never get back😂😂😂😂😂😂😅😊 I love how they're both trying to hold it together and they're cracking up like crazy

[@George-l4h]

I definitely remember watching this. Who could ever forget the golden 70s?❤❤ The best years Of My life😃😀🙂😉❤️

[@frankrizzo4460]

Yes same here some of the greatest memories of my life were from those days I miss them now more than ever before.

[@AJAXKID123]

This will be fun. I had just turned 8 when this one aired so I probably actually watched this one. Every so often, Bob Bell and Roy Brown would get to laughing, like they cracked each other up, and it was funny.

[@r3db0x]

Because they were drunk as skunks! 🤣

[@darwinblinks]

They also told sly jokes that were often risque.

[@normanhowe4938]

You know you did , I know, I never missed an episode.

[@BluetheFortune2006]

Glad to see full episodes of the Chicago version of Bozo getting posted online, Bob Bell is definitely is one of my favourite Bozo portrayals in my opinion.

[@57buickcentury]

6:03 "Lower!" And off the rails it goes! Love when they crack each other up!

[@kbramlett6877]

I grew up in Jacksonville, FL, and I definitely remember watching this show when I was a kid. Who could forget “Bozo'a Grand Prize Game?” Since I was watching this show via cable TV, I had no idea that this show was being broadcast out of Chicago. To this day, I remember during one of the commercial breaks, they did a weather report. That is when I ran up to my father and said that it was snowing outside.

[@nathancoleman7235]

No kidding!!! A complete episode.I grew up watching this in that period as a kid.

[@Spookyjimm]

Same

[@donc7354]

Thank you for posting this. What a fun trip back in time.

[@kbramlett6877]

This particular episode was aired when I was 3. Boy does this make me feel OLD. One character I remember is Wizzo the Wizard and his Magic Pendant.

[@mresturk9336]

Fun stuff. I grew up during the Joey D'Auria era of the Bozo show. It is interesting to finally see how the show was during Bob Bell's era.

[@mandychapin9411]

I'll never forget, I got to meet Bozo when I was about 4 or 5 at a carnival. He gave me a big hug! I was really shy but I was so excited!

[@BrianRetro]

It's really nice that you are able to upload these old episodes. I know you have a library of old Bozo shows, and shows from Chicago in general. I'd love it if you would post episodes from different eras of the show. My earliest memories of Bozo was seeing the Red "In-the-Round" set. I know there was a different introduction for that version and there was no Grand March at the end. I would like to see what a complete episode from that era looked like. Also, to this day, I have been wanting to see Bob Bell's last show as Bozo the Clown in its entirety. The archives at the old Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago had that episode, but it cuts off right when the final sketch started, which was a huge pie fight! Finally, my most coveted sought after episodes were the earliest episodes with Joey D'Auria portraying Bozo and Frazier Thomas was still a part of the show until his sudden death in April of 1985. Since they only got to work for about six months, there are few episodes so whatever episodes are out there are a rare find. Anyway, thank you for all the hard work you do preserving these Chicago classics!

[@KentKaliber]

I LOVED THE RED SET!!!! Do you have any links to episodes with the RED set?

[@michaelschultz5127]

I love an remember all of these old commercials too.

[@theworldwariioldtimeradioc8676]

There’s a really good chance that I watched this.

[@michaelschultz5127]

I miss ray, I watched so many bozo shows an out right loved them!

[@RusstheTroubadour]

8:46 forever yours was introduced in the early 1930s and discontinued in 1979. It was re-introduced in 1989 as Milky Way Dark In the early 2000s it was renamed Milky Way Midnight and is still available. 24:14 Gerry Matthews as the voice of Sugar Bear. He voiced the character for nearly 40 years. 42:14 King Ding Dong and Twinkie The Kid were voiced by Allen Swift known for voicing various characters on King Leonardo and His Short Subjects ( aka The King and Odie) and Underdog.

[@OofusTwillip]

17:15 - The juggler's first music is "Java", a tune that was used by the Muppets, and as the closing theme of the classic BBC children's show, "Vision On". His second music is the "Galop Infernal" (AKA "The Can-Can") from Offenbach's opera, "Orpheus in the Underworld". His third music is Herb Alpert's "Spanish Flea". also used as the theme-tune of "The Dating Game". His fourth music (after "Chopsticks") is "The Impossible Dream", from "Man of La Mancha".

[@randycunningham7318]

I liked that. They were a couple comedic geniuses. Thank you for the episode. I hope you start releasing more episodes; I'll watch them all.

[@radionoakmont7756]

very hilarious i tried a lot to see any Bozo up ehre in Washington state but hardly seen anything though either aired at the wrong times but this is funny and also the Forever Yours candy bar reminds me of the Milky Way Dark candy bars making me super hungry for one thank ya m8's for posting this bonzariffic memory it rocks.

[@BeliaLastes]

In 1969 I met Bozo the Clown 🤡 when I was 2 year's old at a Shopping plaza called Dealy Center in Honolulu, Hawaii with my Mom and Dad and I always watched Bozo's Big Top on TV but to meet him in person was horrifying to me, I screamed and clung on to my Mom as she was holding me and he was coming towards me with that gaping smile and his arms outstretched that must of been a nightmare for the guy dressed up as Bozo having to deal with kid's like me 🤣🤣

[@BrianRetro]

I wonder why Garfield Goose was introduced in the opener, but not featured in the episode. My guess is that because the show was live, they were pressed for time and because some parts of the show may have gone on too long, in order to fulfill their obligation of running so many ads during the show, some parts had to be shortened (such as one of the sketches) or scrapped altogether. They most likely did have a skit prepared with Garfield Goose but got dropped because of time.

[@reallystraightguy2716]

'"It's stuck on something....It's not that!" LOL!

[@nicholasmardis9846]

Love Bozo's Circus ,with Bob Bell playing Bozo.

[@normanhowe4938]

As a kid , Bozo was the highlight of the day . Like Mom's Price is right .

[@randycunningham7318]

Look forward to it.

[@miket7330]

Thank you!❤

[@ToddLorencUkuleleMusic]

This is awesome I was blessed uk be on the Bozo show my mom took my brother and I in 1978

[@vashtikelly6837]

GREAT I LOVE 💗 THIS❤ KEEP FINDING BOZO AND POSTING ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@GLING17]

I remember those Forever Yours candy bars shown here! They were my favorite. They tasted just like the Milky Way Midnight bars do now. My dad used to buy them!

[@TheShortsDepartment]

Fun stuff! Thanks, Fuzz

[@WonkaVator72]

Hey - @9:04 I saw actor Michael Warren (who played, famously, Bobby Hill in Hill Street Blues) in the Forever Yours candy bar commercial. Meager beginnings :-).

[@bethdibartolomeo2042]

Oh wow, it's amazing to see a Bozo episode from the day I was born.

[@kathys1285]

🤣🤣🤣 I remember watching this but I was very young I just realized they were both were cracking up 🤣🤣🤣🤣 watching as an older adult this is too funny 😁 hysterical 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@MisterJessel]

Bozo sounds like he smokes 2 packs of PallMall unfiltered every day. 😆

[@frankrizzo4460]

Yeah and a couple of shots of Jack Daniels during their breaks.😅

[@radionoakmont7756]

AWWWWWWWWWWS Papa Bear Baloo the classic Jungle book one just so adorably huggable and always looking for that ultra rare one of Baloo, and super cool find Charlie's Angels action figures when he did the cake i immediately thought of dandy boy candy apples from Fallout, loving this and real good prizes too was hoping they both do very well, and awesome bonzariffic juggling skills too m8.

[@fromaggiovagiola9128]

I remember catching some of this and thinking it was Red Skelton.

[@idelsagil9129]

Wowie Cant Wait

[@garybernstein3539]

Watch Cookie crack up turn his head after Bozo delivered an impromptu line.

[@OofusTwillip]

One of the joys of vintage kids' shows is that so much of the content was improvised. You're watching the cast members having fun playing together, like overgrown children.

[@garybernstein3539]

@@OofusTwillip When I saw Bozo live (years before this video) during the commercial breaks and cartoons, the cast did allot of improv not broadcast on TV. Those people were so multi talented. Miss good entertainment like this for adults and kids.

[@HonestGeorgeThePeoplesFriend]

That rope bit killed me 🤣😆🤡

[@JD-xt8cj]

This song is “Java”

[@Spookyjimm]

Omg this brings back memories

[@melaniesmith1313]

I adored Bozo when I watched in the early to mid1960s. Hate that his name is used in slang to denote foolish people these days. He was warm and funny.

[@WinterInTheForest]

I haven't heard anyone called a bozo in 30 years lol Younger people wouldn't even know what that means

[@TheJimMix]

There is a Fair and Square contest where Cookie got to lead the Grand March because Bob Bell (Bozo) went blank on spelling out “Alphabet” on the blackboard. LIVE TV! True story!

[@ken_danerdiest1]

Okay, we all know Empire Carpets, but I never knew that there was a different kind of Empire that makes toys. Somebody shed some light on Empire toys for me.

[@badeugenecops4741]

Does anyone remember IMAGE UNION? It was a video shorts show on WGN(?) I remember that just blowing me away.

[@dennismorneau9016]

The famous Mike Stoklasa of Redlettermedia fame was a guest on this show when he was around 7 years old.

[@BoB-yb3wx]

Well, being from the Chicago land area, I learned something here. I always thought it was strictly a regional Chicago area only (except for maybe reruns) show. I did not know it was franchised out. One commenter says they saw it with a southern accent, lol. That would be .......unsettling lol. I suspect though that , that was only after it became a bigger hit and cable TV (opening up new channels). I know it originated in Chicago along with Ray Rainer whom I adored and still miss. Wish my kids had only Ray to tell the weather and entertain before school instead of today's crap (and internet). My understanding is that most of those shows were done live and never recorded so all that great wholesome talent and entertainment exists mostly just in the minds of us Boomers.

[@carlg5838]

The Bozo television shows did not begin in Chicago. But the Chicago franchise did become the most successful and long-lasting one. The Bozo character had been around since 1946, long before the original Bozo voice actor, Pinto Colvig, first portrayed Bozo on live television in 1948. A decade later, the rights to Bozo and the other characters were turned into a franchised show for local TV station productions. The first regular Bozo show debuted in Los Angeles, with Colvig's son stepping into his father's big shoes for the role. Followed quickly by local Bozo shows in Detroit, Washington DC, New York, Boston, Denver, Nashville, New Orleans, and Minneapolis in 1959. The Chicago version did not go on the air until the following year, in 1960.

[@wmbrown6]

@@carlg5838 - Then there was that '54 pilot which turned up here.

[@cindy-qq2ls]

Oh God I would scream when this came on, I was 5 years old here. Ronald McDonald and Bozo together were like apostles from hell. Might have well been Satan as far as I was concerned, LOL ! 😂

[@MrDuds1984]

It’s crazy to think that at the time the waitlist for tickets was ten years

[@pika23]

What perplexed me is how some kids could not hit the bucket. I dont know if i could either though

[@michaelaiken6482]

I like the guy in this Bozo with the yellow suit jacket. He's really good.

[@crikker9447]

Looked like Jimmy McNicholl in the forever yours commercial too

[@TheMusicinMe-yt2ey]

That had the shortest cartoon I ever seen.

[@wmbrown6]

See the description for why. (C).

[@bryanloveseighties]

This comment is from a guy who wishes TV stayed like this to this very day. No new TV networks, no morning news shows, just great kids shows made just for local independent VHF and UHF channels. First I'd give anything to have the Fuzzy guy find a Bozo show where one kid actually made it to bucket 6 in the Grand Prize Game, even though that was very rare. Secondly, (and I'll try to keep this as G-rated as possible) when the girl made it to bucket 3, one of the prizes was a Charlie's Angels gift set. Bozo said, "Cooky has one of these" and Frazier said, "I'll bet he does". I guess even clowns like to fantasize over Charlie's Angels, too.

[@dennismorneau9016]

Now I know where the writers of The Simpsons got the idea for Krusty the Clown.

[@timharrod]

You are correct. Dan Castellaneta, Krusty's voice, is a Chicago native and deliberately based the voice on Bob's Bozo.

[@OofusTwillip]

Krusty the Clown was inspired by J.P. Patches, the clown host of a local Seattle show. But Krusty's personality and situation are completely different from J.P. Patches, who was a very happy, successful, and beloved person. There's a statue of J.P. and his clown sidekick, Gertrude, in downtown Seattle. There are episodes of his show on KZbin.

[@ericharper5361]

Bozo 🤡don’t get too close to it you might fall in hahaha 😆

[@catherine59226]

Bozo scared me as a kid and petrifies me now. I hate clowns! 😱🤡

[@joshstephens3650]

Reminds me of the golden age of the Krusty The Clown show.

[@darwinblinks]

That Hasbro Charlie's Angels dolls are worth $300 now

[@brandongaming1049]

16:29-16:57 that is very Local Rare of Ronald AD from 1978

[@normanhowe4938]

Sugar crisps,? does any one remember kaboom?

[@markgannett5948]

Cookie sounds like Paul Rubens aka Pee Wee Herman.

[@andyrose5616]

16:04 Wendell Craig voices the Speed Burners commercial.

[@AmandaWoolsey]

Was this thanks to Marion Stokes?

[@FuzzyMemoriesTV]

No.

[@Kanezilla66]

THE GREAT OLD DAYS .

[@normanhowe4938]

They had to make up things everyday.. genius.

[@JaydenK-nb1sr]

Anymore updates

[@kevinszaflik]

Bozo's Circus was still live at this point... so why does Fraiser Thomas change his sportscoat so many times in an episode? In the taped episode days years later I thought the different color suit jackets was because they shot individual sequences in addition to full episodes, and those clip shows had several different taping days in an single episode. It's not like he got into a pie fight and needed to change, nor is it a chroma key thing. Maybe he just likes changing blazers multiple times an hour?

[@OofusTwillip]

Maybe it's so he could deduct the cost of his entire wardrobe as a business expense. As long as he wore an item of clothing on the show, it was deductible as a business expense. Or maybe it was because a sponsor gave him the clothes in exchange for him wearing them on the air, and a credit at the end of the show, thanking the sponsor (which is actually an advertisement for the sponsor).

[@suroguner]

I didn't think Bozo was a regional show.

[@AJAXKID123]

I’m from Chicagoland and I remember visiting Grandma in Tennessee as a kid. My sis and I found Bozo on TV there and we were rolling laughing because Bozo had a Southern accent. Not sure why we found it so funny. Anyway, that Bozo wasn’t our Bob Bell and we considered him an imposter!

[@Mark.G475]

It was a Franchise, Boston had one, Milwaukee briefly. WGN Chicago by far had the best!!

[@ricarleite]

I think the Chicago one eventually became a national syndication in the 80s

[@someguy23475]

Chicago had the longest lasting Bozo. WGN became a national superstation via cable in the late 70s, as the local Bozos were starting to phase out, thus why so many growing up in that era on only associate the WGN Bozo(s). By the early 90s, only a few remained, namely Grand Rapids and Philadelphia.

[@michaelslifestory5600]

Is there a reason WGN isn't releasing Bozo/Ray Rayner/Garfield Goose full episodes in some physical or even streaming format? Licensing with Warner Brothers? (They played a lot of early WB cartoons) Okay, omit the WB cartoons. Problem solved.

[@someguy23475]

Very few exist in broadcast quality. Most of what you see is from home recordings.

[@darrylh1971]

Fuzzy: Will you upload someday to KZbin the July 1980 Bozo's Circus episode where Ray Rayner fills in for Fraizer Thomas?

[@Peter-fc6wp]

Cooky cheated again!!!

[@colincofield3747]

Kathline of BERRWYN!

[@ChipChippersonsBBF2]

12:48 BERWYN !!!

[@ricarleite]

15:30 that kid had problems

[@Sunmoon-gj9gy]

I remember watching this high on LSD in high school

[@OofusTwillip]

You should try watching the 1971 Canadian kids' show, "Hilarious House of Frightenstein" that way. (Many people did, at the time.) It features Vincent Price, and it's on KZbin.

[@mistervacation23]

So I don't know Bozo what was he a clown or something? You're a hung up on some clown from the 60s man

[@mjoven1975]

George, Bozo’s out, he’s finished. It’s over for Bozo!

[@toddg.1198]

OK just go fold your little balloon animals Eric...what kind of a name is that for a clown!

[@Donkey1668]

Innocent times

[@GabrielSigala6]

16:30 McDonald's

[@towers415]

I was 14 I was done with bozo

[@michaelaiken6482]

This has to be the worst Bozo I have ever saw I have liked a lot of Bozo"s but this one is the worst. I even like the black and white Bozo more. There was an obnoxious Bozo in Massachusetts that I saw I have watched Bozo recently and own episodes and they are still worth watching. Watching this Bozo at that time I don't think I would have liked Bozo.

[@Albendova666]

I remember the bucket toss as Bucket Bonanza not the grand prize game, weird