June 1, 2004
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By CARRIE ANTLFINGER
Promoter and entertainer Larry Harmon portrays Bozo the Clown in this undated file photo. (AP Photo/International Clown Hall of Fame)
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- For years, promoter and entertainer Larry Harmon claimed to have both created Bozo the Clown and said he was the original.
Now the International Clown Hall of Fame in downtown Milwaukee is formally endorsing a different version: Capitol Records executive Alan Livingston created Bozo for recordings in 1946, and the late Vance "Pinto" Colvig was the first person to play the clown.
On Friday, the hall is posthumously inducting Colvig as the first Bozo.
That reverses the hall's "Lifetime of Laughter Award" given to Harmon in 1990 as Bozo's creator. The hall has since taken Harmon's plaque off its honor wall.
Kathryn O'Dell, the hall's executive director, said the hall was duped to believe Harmon created Bozo
Comments (2)
thats sad, i met the bozo when i was a kid, now i will never know if it was the real bozo or not. he was just about to retire back then.. well now you have put that experience in the fantasy fields of santa, and the tooth fairy....
if it was your chicken you would be dead!
Clowns. Very scary.
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