Uncle Bobby Show - Bimbo the Birthday Clown at 9 Number Nine Court (1970s) 🤡🤡🤡

[@Brockton]

Damn you, Retrontario. I was so happy having Bimbo left to the darkest corner of my mind, but you had to re-release the trauma of that monster. I’m pretty certain he was why I had a mild fear of clowns for a good part of my childhood.

[@DaFactsNoNonsense1713]

This represents the "misery" kids my age went through in the 80's, when NOTHING was on Sunday mornings = it was so bad, this song literally brainwashed us into liking it

[@JenMistress]

Bloody hell, stand back Chucky, Freddy, Michael, and Jason. That has to be one of the most scariest things I've seen in awhile. 😂🤣

[@sandramackay2575]

😂

[@robinballantyne5314]

Welcome to my childhood!

[@bababooey7576]

Uncle Bobby drove a school bus to supplement the money he didn't make on Canadian tv

[@kerrbear1980]

My dad was on this show once to talk about TTC Safety with Barney the Beaver.

[@guardiane]

I vaguely remember this, but I must have been SUPER small...I remember that Bimbo mannequin and the singing...and the Mr. and Mrs Happy, weird nostalgia vibe hit me just now.

[@infowarriorone]

Wow, I remember this like it was yesterday. Bobby was quite the showman. Thanks for the memories.

[@drdelewded]

I know ill one day find that clown packed away in some corner of the attic in Agincourt.

[@kerrbear1980]

Omg aaahahaaaa

[@drdelewded]

@@kerrbear1980 Im sure its somewhere. The channel 9 studios have all this old stuff stored away in the attic

[@pinlight97]

😂😂😂 no doubt! That building has been there for decades!

[@78zappaf]

Oof. I remember this. Clown freaked me out when I was little. Those beady little eyes.

[@incensejunkie7516]

Uncle Bobby creeped me out more than the clown ever did. Never understood why, but he terrified me as a kid.

[@CelesteKTheNewWaveRevue]

Nothing says "happy birthday" quite like a giant clown pushing his way out of a closet.

[@dereksnider7148]

Roberta certainly looks thrilled 😆 Heh... wow, I remember watching this as a kid, but don't remember how terrible the Bimbo clown was...

[@ChrisHansonCanada]

I remember "Big Al's Talent Showcase". I think it was broadcast from Kitchener, Ontario. At the end of one episode, the closing credits began and Big Al's microphone was still on, and we heard him say, "That oughta satisfy the little bastards!"

[@paulmaul2186]

That's hilarious!

[@paulmaul2186]

@@whoreratio You're joshing!

[@daddyofisabel]

Completely forgot about this show. I don't really remember him that well, but that stage colour scheme instantly jogged my memory of it. Truly for when nothing else was on.

[@marksmith9295]

"Big Al the kiddies pal" as he used to say. LOL.

[@mcaducker]

I reminder watching this as a kid when I lived in Brampton in the late 1980’s, early 90’s. I also remember watching the tributes after his death in 2007.

[@MuskokaLocal]

The clown used to freak me out with the demonic voice. No thanks.

[@timobrien8809]

Loved Bimbo as a kid. Creepy in a good way now !!

[@vincevega0]

I have to disagree with some of the “modern” comments about this show. As a kid, it was decent… inevitably one grows older and it’s becomes just another show on TV. There was nothing scary or creepy about this show. Bimbo was not creepy! Some of the comments about Uncle Bobby’s personal life are really not necessary. Some time back there were no videos on KZbin of this show, thank you Retrontario for bringing back our innocent memories.

[@infowarriorone]

I remember enjoying Uncle Bobby. Yes it was a little weird but kids like weird stuff. At least I did.

[@christopherwelch136]

Brings back nightmares.

[@cherryjulz]

One of my favourites😊

[@robertc5200]

Remember this being on CFTO back in the day. We’re the Flintstones on before or after this show ?

[@vincevega0]

Based on my memory, the Uncle Bobby Show aka Kids’ Corner were on in the morning, just after Romper Room. Flintstones were on in the afternoon and the outro was an indication for me that lunchtime was finished and I had to return to school.

[@robertc5200]

Yes ! Flintstones at noon maybe ?

[@sandramackay2575]

Now I know what started my fear of clowns!😂😂😂😂😂

[@stewburner8498]

This is what always comes to mind when someone is referred to as a Bimbo.

[@cartola71]

Looks like our PM

[@MM1717mm]

I wish he was... cuz the doofus we got ain't helping a damm thing

[@cartola71]

@@MM1717mm indeed

[@JohnBobRoger]

We loved Bimbo...and Bobby...and Canada...and high Canadian standards in all things...and real hockey players tough as nails...then post-modernism (Bolsheviks) from Murica & France spent 50 years perverting and ruining everything..long live Bimbo & Uncle Bobby.

[@Lurvy1963]

As a child in the 1970s, watching The Uncle Bobby Show was like watching a bad rerun on television, every Saturday morning over and over again. Wasn't very inspirational. The host basically did the same thing in every episode. Such as the repetitive appearance of a cardboard cutout of a clown named....Bimbo?? The children he brought in were anything but excited or interested. I wonder how many drinks did he have after each recording of the show. One of the worst children's shows I ever saw. I preferred The Electric Company and J.P. Patches. Those shows were entertaining to watch as a child.

[@seansmith3058]

After? I think you mean before.

[@Carnage6X]

I saw Uncle Bobby at my local beer store here in Scarborough when I was a kid. The clerk told me he came in there all the time.

[@benrichards6087]

wow i just had a major flashback

[@mysterion]

Gin plus Bobby equals this

[@joadhenry]

any full episodes?

[@NormAppleton]

No, CFTO reused the tapes. What you see here what people recorded.

[@SweetMsAdventure]

[@MM1717mm]

The overly dramatic comments here 🤣🤣🤣🤡