CHICAGO — WGN-TV’s Bozo show went off the air in 2001, but this week the station received a card for “Bozo’s Circus” postmarked August 20, 1977 — and we found the girl who s… ...

As a little girl, Sonali Dighe sent a post card to Bozo’s Circus in hopes of making a pen pal out of her favorite TV personality. 40 years later, her letter finally arrived.

CHICAGO — WGN-TV’s Bozo show went off the air in 2001 but on Tuesday, the station received a card for “Bozo’s Circus” postmarked August 20, 1977! It was sent by Sonal Dighe, a 7-year-old ...

He appeared Sunday mornings until 2001, when the Bozo show closed up shop for good. D’Auria’s big break came in 1977. To make rent money, he performed on “The Gong Show” as Dr. Flame-O.

The Bozo Show was once must-see noontime television. The clown, which is the inspiration for a weekend event at Madame Zuzu’s, still remains in the memories of Chicagoans.

Long before reality shows and Big Bird or Dora the Explorer, Bozo the Clown entertained children on television shows broadcast throughout the country.

Burbank resident Joey D'Auria has just finished a 17-year stint on "The Bozo Show," donning the red wig, oversize shoes and red nose of the famed clown for WGN-TV in Chicago and grabbing five Emmy ...

Capitol Records created the red-nosed, huge-grinned Bozo in the 1940s to narrate a children's storytelling record and read-along book. The first Bozo show, "Bozo's Circus", was launched in 1949 in ...

In 1996, my assigning newspaper editor sent me to attend the 50th birthday party for “Bozo the Clown.” The guest list had more than 500 children attending, plus parents and adults, all jammed ...