Cast of Bozo's Circus, 1967. From left: Ringmaster Ned (Ned Locke), Mr. Bob (bandleader Bob Trendler), Bozo (Bob Bell), Oliver O. Oliver (Ray Rayner), Sandy (Don Sandburg)
Based on
Bozo the Clown created by Alan W. Livingston
Directed by
Ron Weiner[1]
Starring
Bozo the Clown
Opening theme
"The Greatest Show on Earth" (closing theme from film)[2]
Ending theme
Various Circus Marches (1960s-1981; 1984-2001) Tom Fitzsimmons Arrangements (1981-1984)
Country of origin
United States
Original release
Network
WGN-TV
Release
20 June 1960 (1960-06-20) – 14 July 2001 (2001-07-14)
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The Bozo Show was a locally produced children's television program that aired on WGN-TV in Chicago and nationally on what is now NewsNation. It was based on a children's record-book series, Bozo the Clown by Capitol Records. The series is a local version of the internationally franchised Bozo the Clown format and is also the longest-running in the franchise. Recognized as the most popular and successful locally produced children's program in the history of television,[3] it only aired under this title for 14 of its 40+ years: other titles were Bozo, Bozo's Circus, and The Bozo Super Sunday Show.
^Chavis, Blair (4 December 2009). "Get to know…three-time Emmy winner Ron Weiner". Trib Local-Highland Park-Highwood. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
^Hollis, Tim, ed. (2001). Hi there, boys and girls! America's local children's TV shows. University of Mississippi. p. 361. ISBN 1-57806-396-5. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
^"Local Kids' TV". Pioneers of Television. 8 February 2011. PBS.
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