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unusual facts about Bozo


Ed Alberian

Projects in which he worked include appearances as Bozo and in the Banana Splits.


Bozo the Iron Man

Justin Gray has said that the character concept for the villain Gonzo the Mechanical Bastard was derived from a character proposal by Grant Morrison updating Bozo.

Buddy the Dentist

Later on, as Bozo chases the cat (and drags Buddy along), they pass a billboard that advertises "Frisby", a reference to Friz Freleng; a similar reference to Freleng occurs in High Diving Hare.

Buddy's Day Out

In subsequent cartoons, Buddy (or Cookie) owned a dog called Bozo, and in others Buddy's friend is a larger dog called Towser (cf. Buddy and Towser).

Cheese and Jam

After Špela leaves Božo because of his laziness and lack of will to find a job and moves back to her parents, he asks his friend Goran for help and gets a job as a Mickey Mouse impersonator at a local fair.

International Clown Hall of Fame

In 2004, ABC News Columnist Buck Wolf settled a long-running clown controversy by inducting Pinto Colvig as the original Bozo.

Marshall Brodien

Marshall Brodien, known for his role as Wizzo the Wizard, played a wizard clown that performed on WGN-TV's Bozo's Circus and The Bozo Show from 1968-1994.

Memphis Jug Band

Songs led by Charlie "Bozo" Nickerson, like "Everybody's Talking About Sadie Green" and "Cave Man Blues," were boisterous and funny; songs led by Charlie Burse, like "Little Green Slippers" and "Insane Crazy Blues," were more musically complex and jazz-oriented; while songs led by Charlie Pierce sounded like Appalachian fiddle tunes, albeit backed by impressive jug playing and various shouted challenges from his bandmates.

Mopti Region

The region contains a number of ethnic groups including Bozo, Songhai, Dogon, Fulani and Bambara.

Road Dog Trucking

Open Road launched on XM with from the America's Trucking Radio network, including Bill Mack, Dave Nemo, and Truckin' Bozo Dale Sommers.

Rudy Giuliani during the September 11 attacks

"You didn't bring us together, our pain brought us together and our decency brought us together. We would have come together if Bozo was the mayor", said civil-rights activist Al Sharpton, in a statement largely supported by Fernando Ferrer, one of three main candidates for the mayoralty at the end of 2001.

The Bozo Super Sunday Show

It aired on July 14, 2001, featuring a guest appearance by singer Billy Corgan, a loyal fan of WGN's Bozo series, who performed Bob Dylan's "Forever Young."

The Greater Key

The album included remix tracks by prominent genre DJs and groups, including Masquerade, Weltklang, The Evolutionaries (best known as a contributor to the Xbox 360 Dead Rising soundtrack), Endymion Stark of Written in Ashes and Chris Lane from Bozo Porno Circus.

Yasushi Ishii

After Boyo-Bozo broke up, Ishii composed music for a number of other artists including Lazy Knack, Tomoe Shinohara, Masayuki Suzuki, and V6.


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