CHICAGO -- Bozo the Clown, who goofed off on a Chicago TV stage for 40 years, will bow out and make way for a modern version of the carrot-topped character, the show's creators said Friday.

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Boston’s original Channel 5, WHDH-TV, produced a local, weekday version of the “Bozo the Clown” children’s program between 1959 and 1970. Booth announcer Frank Avruch played the title role.

While the man George Bush called a bozo is now president, the television clown who calls himself Bozo has become a leading U.S. export. “I have 76 Bozos all over the world,” Larry Harmo… ...

Harmon protected Bozo’s reputation with a vengeance, while embracing those who poked good-natured fun at the clown. As Bozo’s influence spread through popular culture, his very name became a ...