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Bozo the Clown returns for a weekend at Billy Corgan’s Madame ZuZu’s in Highland Park Generations of fans of the beloved character flock to Madame ZuZu’s for a packed weekend of sold-out ...
The Bozo Show was once must-see noontime television. The clown, which is the inspiration for a weekend event at Madame Zuzu’s, still remains in the memories of Chicagoans. AP Photo/M. Spencer Green ...
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 ...
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 ...
Avruch played Bozo from 1959 to 1970 and was the first nationally syndicated version of the clown. Other performers of the popular character were Willard Scott, Bob Bell and Joey D’Auria.
Actor Bob Bell, who portrayed Bozo the Clown on Chicago television station WGN-TV, is shown before taping his last show on April 4, 1984. (Mark Elias/AP) ...
Actor Frank Avruch, who portrayed Bozo the Clown from 1959 to 1970, has died at 89. Avruch died Tuesday at his Boston home from heart disease.
The news coming out of Chicago, where Bozo's kiddie show ran for almost 41 years on WGN, is that children grew bored with clowns, particularly this one; the ratings had finally sunk too low.
“Bozo’s Circus” went off the air 22 years ago, but all things related to the fabled clown and his various incarnations live on thanks to the archival efforts of Elgin native and s… ...
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