Home video recording of WGN-TV’s “Bozo’s Circus” from October 30, 1979. The live broadcast features cast members Bob Bell as Bozo and Frazier Thomas as the circus manager; Ringling Bros. and Barnum & ...

Home video recording of WGN-TV’s “Bozo’s Circus” from June 15, 1978. The live broadcast features cast members Bob Bell as Bozo, Roy Brown as Cooky and Frazier Thomas as the circus manager; comedy ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. Billy Corgan, founder of The Smashing ...

Love or hate clowns now, chances are you were a fan of “Bozo’s Circus” if you were a kid growing up in the Chicago area during the 1960s or even decades later. One of Bozo’s biggest fans — Smashing ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- If you grew up anywhere in the Chicago area, you know Bozo the Clown. His show was filmed in Chicago for decades, going back to 1960. Generations of children got to watch and take ...

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 ...

Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio’s investigative correspondent, joins Wendy Snyder (in for Bob Sirott) to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include the reveal of Al Capone’s vault, ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- Roy Brown, who played the clown Cooky for 25 years on television's ``Bozo's Circus'' and ``The Bozo Show,'' died Monday of a heart ailment. He was 68. Brown created the character of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. – A Highland Park ...

The Bozo Super Sunday Show is the final version of WGN-TV's 40+ year-old Bozo series, which aired on Sunday mornings for seven seasons. It was taped in Chicago. The lead star of the show was Bozo the ...