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Bozo: The World's Most Famous Clown, Vol. 1 (1958)

Bozo: the Worlds Most Famous Clown , Various  |  NR |  DVD
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  • Actors: Bozo: the Worlds Most Famous Clown
  • Directors: Various
  • Format: Box set, Color, NTSC, Original recording remastered
  • Language: English
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 4
  • Rated: NR (Not Rated)
  • Studio: Infinity Entertainment Group
  • DVD Release Date: July 17, 2007
  • Run Time: 780 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000P1KPGI
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #149,578 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

Bozo is the World s Most Famous Clown! The Bozo the Clown show ran for 47 years on TV, making it one of the longest running shows ever! 30 live-action ½ hour full color episodes. Each features a 5-minute cartoon! Contains a special interview with Larry Bozo the Clown Harmon. Digitally re-mastered and transferred from Larry Harmon s original film masters.

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We loved the show when the kids would play games! debug  |  2 reviewers made a similar statement
As Cooky, Roy Brown was equally brilliant. TomH1138  |  2 reviewers made a similar statement
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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful
I'm from Chicago and therefore I am most familiar with the Bob Bell/Joey D'Auria Bozos. I purchased Volume 2 of the Larry Harmon Bozo the Clown DVD a couple years ago and I must say, Frank Avruch did do a good Bozo. HOWEVER, if we want to be technical about this whole Bozo ordeal, the original and therefore REAL Bozo was neither Bob Bell or Frank Avruch. Pinto Colvig was the voice of Bozo when the character started out as a children's storybook and record from Capital Records. Colvig also was the first LIVE Bozo when KTTV in Los Angeles broadcast the first Bozo show in 1949. Also, Larry Harmon did not originate the character as I mentioned before, Capital Records was the Bozo originator. Harmon licensed the character and made the clown as popular as he became with the cartoons and different Bozo shows throughout the country, and of course the merchandise.

Anyway, with all that aside, I now switch back to Chicago's Bozo. As much as I wish that Bob Bell's Bozo come to DVD, the reality is that this may be more difficult to achieve. Don't forget that the show was broadcast live from 1961 to 1980 and tapes of these would be scarce if they exist at all! Of the shows that could be put on DVD would be Ned Locke's final show in July 1976, Bozo's live broadcast from Chicagofest in 1979, the Bozo 25th Anniversary special that aired live from Medinah Temple in 1986, the 30th Anniversary Special, Bozo: 40 Years of Fun, and a special on Bob Bell entitled Bozo: The Man Behind the Makeup that aired on WGN in 1984 when Bob Bell retired. Plus let's not forget about the special, "Bozo, Gar, and Ray" that airs on WGN every Christmas Season.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars A Hallucinatory Time Capsule In Popsicle Colors October 4, 2007
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'Bozo: The World's Most Famous Clown, Vol. 1' (2007) features 30 full-color episodes of the famous children's program which reached the zenith of its popularity during the 50s and 60s, when 'Bozo' was then both a national treasure and a national franchise. Those episodes included here were culled from the Boston show, which featured Frank Avruch as the title character.

Depending on the viewer's taste and on which Bozo they experienced in childhood, Avruch either makes an excellent Bozo or merely a serviceable one. Immediately noticeable is the fact that Avruch doesn't play the High Clown role in any appreciable sense: he essentially speaks and behaves just as any average male adult would when dealing with fairly small children in public.

This is a failing of the show in several ways, since Avruch is neither particularly poised, charming, nor amusing. He doesn't try to be funny, and isn't. The program's other performers, who hurry on and off the stage with both forced and sincere abandon, are equally awkward and amateurish, even clumsy.

Most of the skits, which are completely without wit, appear to have been creatively drummed up moments before their execution, leaving viewers very likely to feel embarrassed for everyone involved.

The games are rushed and the hazy rules arbitrarily shouted out to the dazed children, who are rushed from their seats and then rushed back to them; giant beachballs go array, bouncing out of camera range or right into the camera. Younger viewers may wonder how and why this program, or the larger Bozo franchise, ever became successful to any degree.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars this is great September 16, 2007
Ive been waiting for classic childrens TV like this to be rediscovered for years. Lets not kill chances for further releases just because you dont like the host of this set. This is americana at its best. Please release more soon.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Frank Avruch was the best Bozo July 24, 2008
I have purchased vol 1 + 2 Bozo 30 episode DVDs and they are fantastic and I hope more of Frank Avruch Bozos are released soon as I want to buy all his shows as he was the BEST of all the TV clowns.

For all those people wanting the Bill Bell versions released I have seen many of his shows that are availible on several bootleg quality DVDs and he is nothing special , in fact after releasing all of the Frank Avruch Bozos I hope the next Bozo they release are the Bill Britton ones as he was the 2nd greatest Bozo next to Avruch who was the King of Bozo.
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4.0 out of 5 stars BOZO! March 21, 2013
By debug
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I wish Bozo was still on tv! My kids and I would watch it every morning. We loved the show when the kids would play games!
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5.0 out of 5 stars great find! January 11, 2013
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love bozo so this was a real deal...love this gave it for present and they loved it ..we all remember bozo
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4.0 out of 5 stars Bozo minus Miss Valentine! July 25, 2010
By Rocco
Loved the idea of getting these DVDS! Alas, there is always a downside! Where is the lovely and talented Miss Judy Valentine , who was a rregular on the show! Guess she demanded higher royalties! lol Anyway, its delightful to see these old shows! Wish there were more!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Show I grew Up With October 20, 2009
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The Classic TV Show Bozo The Clown is a TV Show I grew Up Watching and loved, I Know it couldn't have been an easy task re-recording this great classic, so I have to say honestly that the copy was a little blurry, but watchable.
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