[link|http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/shows/saturday/sa1374.php|Bozo The Clown](from Yesterday Land)

The first version of the TV show, Bozo's Circus, appeared on KTTV in Los Angeles in 1949 and starred Pinto Colvig, the voice of Bozo on the records.
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In 1959 the idea took hold, and Harmon soon had 100 Bozos in the U.S. with additional clowns in Germany, France and Japan.
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The most successful Bozo in the franchise aired on WGN in Chicago from 1960 until 2001. The show\ufffds popularity created a ten-year waiting list and celebrated The Bozo 25th Aniversary Special in 1986.

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