Larry Harmon, longtime Bozo the Clown, dead at 83

SF Gate ^ | 7/3/2008 | JOHN ROGERS

[Political Junkie Too]

Larry Harmon, who turned the character Bozo the Clown into a show business staple that delighted children for more than a half-century, died Thursday at his home of congestive heart failure, his publicist told The Associated Press. He was 83.

[Political Junkie Too]

-PJ

[Doctor Raoul]

Don’t worry, there’s no shortage of clowns with the VVAW and IVAW types around.

[Siberian-psycho]

That is creepy enough in life. I've always been scared of clowns.

[Borges]

Can we post AP articles now?

[Coffee200am]

$$$$$$$$$

[sinanju]

You should read the comments for the story on SFGate. You wouldn’t believe some of the nasty comments, especially from the libs who try to work politics into everything.

[fkabuckeyesrule]

So sad. I remember watching him on WGN. That was fun.

[Political Junkie Too]

Can we post AP articles now?

Did I make a mistake posting one sentence from SF Gate?

[sinanju]

The story doesn’t mention The Simpsons immortal take on Bozo, Krusty the Klown.

[Borges]

I thought we couldn’t post any content from them including headlines. I hope it changes soon but there it is.

[SpaceBar]

I heard he resented the use of his stage name to refer to an incompetant or fool. RIP Mr. Harmon aka Bozo the Clown. You made the world a better place.

[andy58-in-nh]

A little song, a little dance. A little seltzer down your pants.

[newfreep]

Krusty is my favorite character on the Simpsons - love the attitude! And his insincerity is upfront and honest. :-)

[EggsAckley]

Can we post AP articles now?

That's still a Bozo No-No.

[Political Junkie Too]

I wasn't sure. I know there was the issue with Drudge Retort, but then there were the article from AP claiming that they didn't mean to infer they were suing bloggers for fair use. And then there was the article that they settled. Now I don't recall what the policy is here. I thought JR posted a rant after the Drudge Retort story came out, but I didn't know if it was official policy.

Do whatever is appropriate.

-PJ

[mgstarr]

Bob Bell played Bozo on WGN. He died in 1997.

[Yaelle]

The first thing I thought of too when I heard this. Mary Tyler Moore!

[ConservaTexan]

The first thing I thought of too when I heard this. Mary Tyler Moore!

A little song,

A little dance...

A little seltzer, down your pants.

[JMJJR]

RIP Bozo !

I was on ‘A’ (syndicated ?) “Bozo The Clown show”, bout a half century ago, 1961 or 2 in Rochester NY.

First time I’ve though of it in almost that long. Wonder if my mother remembers.

[x]

Clowns are about ready to start making a comeback.

It was funny the first time you heard somebody say that they were scary and stupid, but that's become the accepted view now, so clowns have nowhere to go but up.

Of course, the "neoclowns" of the future will have to be hip and ironic about themselves ...