RIP Frank Avruch "Bozo the Clown"

[RicInOR]

TV personality who played Bozo the Clown dies at 89

I grew up watching Bozo on WGN.

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[Medic!]

NOPE! CANT WATCH!









There be Clowns!

 

[Hop Sing]

NOPE! CANT WATCH!

There be Clowns!

You sir, are my brother.

 

[cigars]

I remember Bozo. I never really got the concept of clowns when I was younger. But back then clowns were generally regarded as harmless and friendly.
I also remember when Willard Scott was Ronald McDonald.

 

[partsed]

When I saw online that Bozo the Clown died, I thought they meant #44....

 

[Stomper]

Die motherbubblegummer, die, Die, DIE!!!!





Burn the body, QUICK!!

 

[CatScat55]

thxs Stomper... Im trying to calm down and go to sleep and you post that motherbubblegummer! now instead of going to sleep im checking my glk...

 

[Caveman Jim]

So long Bozo, you are in the hearts of many old farts that can remember that far back.

 

[SIG34]

What a shame.. well I can sleep better tonight

 

[ma96782]

No more....."Bozo no nos." Not safe for work, etc....

LOL....that's historic. R.I.P. Frank Avruch

Aloha, Mark

 

[Dirt Sample]

Don't like clowns, but RIP Bozo.

 

[Mikej]

Clowns weren't scary to so many people back in those days........

 

[Oregonhunter5]

Creepy azzzz clowns
No thanks

 

[CountryGent]

We didn't have television when I was a youth, so I never saw an episode of this program. I was never a fan of clowns either and to this day do not understand the appeal. However, he did seem to make an impression on popular culture.

 

[Mikej]

We didn't have television when I was a youth, so I never saw an episode of this program. I was never a fan of clowns either and to this day do not understand the appeal. However, he did seem to make an impression on popular culture.

WOW! You were a kid before TELEVISION? Holy crap! I thought I was old!

 

[Oregonhunter5]

We didn't have television when I was a youth, so I never saw an episode of this program. I was never a fan of clowns either and to this day do not understand the appeal. However, he did seem to make an impression on popular culture.

I'm not sure he's old. I think they just didn't have a tv. Which ain't all bad. Unless your a JR Ewing fan like myself.

 

[CountryGent]

WOW! You were a kid before TELEVISION? Holy crap! I thought I was old!

No, I'm not that old (just past the four-o mark). We just lived in a remote location in Oregon. We could pickup a little radio. Kinda/sorta/not really a single television signal (ABC). Cable wasn't a thing back then outside of town. We were on a party line for telephone.

The family did eventually invest in a television set and connected it to a craptastic CED player*, which was quickly replaced with a VHS, for the watching of home movies.

* Anyone remember these?

I'm not sure he's old. I think they just didn't have a tv. Which ain't all bad. Unless your a JR Ewing fan like myself.

Correcto. Most people in town, including some relation, had access to said. Just not us.

 

[Mikej]

No, I'm not that old (just past the four-o mark). We just lived in a remote location in Oregon. We could pickup a little radio. Kinda/sorta/not really a single television signal (ABC). Cable wasn't a thing back then outside of town. We were on a party line for telephone.

The family did eventually invest in a television set and connected it to a craptastic CED player*, which was quickly replaced with a VHS, for the watching of home movies.

* Anyone remember these?

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Correcto. Most people in town, including some relation, had access to said. Just not us.

WOW! Just past Four-0! You're just a kid! Just having fun with you, no offense intended.

No TV and only 40-ish. That must have been some remote area. Not that there's one thing wrong with that. I kind of crave something more like that now rather than living IN PDX! I do remember when I was like, eight maybe, going to stay a couple of weeks with some family friends in Gunnison, Utah. 1963-4 maybe. We lived in SLC. They were pretty remote. When they wanted to watch TV, they had a tower, that they'd crank up into the sky to get the antennae high enough to get a signal. They couldn't leave it up, I guess, because it would blow over with wind.

 

[Roger65]

We never had TV when I was a little kid either. My dad worked for a goverment contractor that maintained radio communications for the military.

So we lived in eastern Turkey, not too far from the Syrian border. Fun place for a little blonde kid!! It actually wasn't that bad, all Americans in our building, but crappy TV reception.

Except once a month, I could get Felix the Cat cartoons out of Syria using a dipole antenna my dad built for me.

 

[CountryGent]

WOW! Just past Four-0! You're just a kid! Just having fun with you, no offense intended.

No TV and only 40-ish. That must have been some remote area. Not that there's one thing wrong with that. I kind of crave something more like that now rather than living IN PDX! I do remember when I was like, eight maybe, going to stay a couple of weeks with some family friends in Gunnison, Utah. 1963-4 maybe. We lived in SLC. They were pretty remote. When they wanted to watch TV, they had a tower, that they'd crank up into the sky to get the antennae high enough to get a signal. They couldn't leave it up, I guess, because it would blow over with wind.

Most certainly no offense taken. And it was indeed a remote area, at least back then. Though our circumstances were "humble", to put it charitably, it was a lovely childhood.

My family lives out in the country presently, but candidly, I wouldn't mind living much farther away from "civilization". Perhaps when we retire and the wee-ones are adults. But that is another topic.