The “Scream” star isn’t kidding about his attachment to clowns, as he bought the rights to Bozo the Clown in 2022. “We’re on a mission to sort of bring joy back to the world and sort of ...

One of Bozo’s biggest fans — Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan — is bringing the clown and a heaping serving of tube TV nostalgia to Madame ZuZu’s, the art and dining space he runs ...

One of Bozo’s biggest fans — Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan — is bringing the clown and a heaping serving of tube TV nostalgia to Madame ZuZu’s, the art and dining space he runs ...

The Bozo the Clown I recall most from my youth is the late Bob Bell, who wore the famed red bulb nose when WGN-TV launched their “Bozo’s Circus” broadcast in 1960 and carried on the clowning ...

In 1996, my assigning newspaper editor sent me to attend the 50th birthday party for “Bozo the Clown.” The guest list had more than 500 children attending, plus parents and adults, all jammed ...

Bozo fan Billy Corgan plans three-day celebration of beloved clown “Bringing Bozo to Highland Park is both surreal and fun,” says the Smashing Pumpkins frontman and Madame ZuZu’s co-founder.

From playing circus games on Bozo’s show to seeing Cookie with his wig off, listeners share stories that run the gamut. This weekend, Chicagoans can catch a celebration of the WGN icon and red ...

WGN-TV’s Bozo Circus remains one of the most iconic children’s television programs of all-time. For 40 years, it was must-see TV for kids around Chicago, and also around the country on the old ...

A Chicago kid, Corgan, 57, grew up watching Bozo's Circus, and even performed a song on the clown's farewell special in 2001. In opening his café doors to the recent Bozo-themed event, his hope ...

HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. – A Highland Park restaurant will transform into Bozo’s Circus for three days. Billy Corgan, The Smashing Pumpkins front man and cofounder of Madame Zuzu’s, is hosting a ...

Avruch played Bozo the Clown from 1959 to 1970, a clown character particularly popular in the U.S. in the 1960s because of widespread franchising in television.

Capitol Records created the red-nosed, huge-grinned Bozo in the 1940s to narrate a children's storytelling record and read-along book. The first Bozo show, "Bozo's Circus", was launched in 1949 in ...