About the time WGN-TV went on the air 75 years ago, Larry Harmon was starting to make appearances as the clown that later helped make the station a lunchtime and then an early morning destination for ...

Home video recording of WGN-TV’s “Bozo’s Circus” from October 31, 1979. The live broadcast features cast members Bob Bell as Bozo, Marshall Brodien as Wizzo, and Frazier Thomas as the circus manager; ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Dave Plier and Dean Richards reminisce about ...

This weekend, Chicagoans can catch a celebration of the WGN icon and red-haired jester Bozo the Clown. The three-day event will be hosted by Chicago native and Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan ...

This weekend brings a memorabilia-packed Bozo’s Circus jamboree at Billy Corgan’s Highland Park tea shop Madame Zuzu’s. Ahead of the event, WBEZ asked Chicagoans about their most memorable Bozo the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. September 11, 1961 marked the first episode ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHICAGO — When the new medium of television ...

The broadcast greeting “Bozo’s Circus is on the air!,” framed by a familiar whistle blow and audience applause, still ranks as a favorite memory for generations of fans of children’s TV, including ...

Here’s a bonus segment from “Bozo’s Circus: The 1960s,” featuring a digitally remastered recording of a sketch from a live 1968 broadcast starring WGN’s original “Bozo’s Circus” cast: Bob Bell as Bozo ...