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1950

KTTV (CBS) in Los Angeles ended its broadcast of Bozo's Circus, starring Pinto Colvig Sr. Capital Records, which had also created several Bozo shows for television receiver, shut down its idiot box sectionalisation. (picture courtesy of WGN-TV)

C l o w northward Hall of Fame inductee Bob "Clarabelle Hornblower the C l o w n" Keeshan was fired from The Hello Dowdy Show, as the result of a personality conflict with the evidence's star, Buffalo Bob. He was rehired a few months subsequently because children didn't like the actor who took over the Clarabelle role.

That same year Bob married Anne Jeanne Laurie. (Flick courtesy of the Helm Kangaroo website)

1951

C 50 o w n Hall of Fame inductee Steve "TJ Tatters" Smith was built-in.

C l o due west n Hall of Fame inductee Otto Griebling joined the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus.

C l o w northward Hall of Fame inductee Francois Fratellini died. (Born in Paris in 1879)

Emmett, Sr. co-starred every bit the villian in the movie The Fat Human , playing Ed Deets, a murderer hiding behind a c fifty o w n face. He refused to stain the image of his Weary Willie grapheme with such a role, so the producers allowed him to play the part as a whiteface c l o due west n (left) .

1952

Cecil B. Demille'south circus epic, The Greatest Show on World , Cecil B. Demille'due south circus ballsy was released to theatres and won the coveted Academy award for best motion-picture show that year. The ballsy co-starred Jimmy Stewart (above) as Buttons the C l o w due north , and featured existent C l o west north and Circus Hall of Fame inductees Emmett Kelly (right) , Otto Griebling (left) ,  and Lou Jacobs, and C l o w northward Hall of Fame inductee Jackie LeClaire (middle right) , forth with cameo appearances by C l o due west n Hall of Fame inductees Paul Jung (lower right) and Frankie Saluto (lower left) , and many other performers of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. (Frankie'due south picture courtesy of the International C l o westward northward Hall of Fame)

Lou Jacobs (Lou's picture, left, is role of Wheeler the Clown'south private collection ) was given the choice consignment of teaching Stewart the fine art of c l o w n ing. Jackie LeClaire, an accomplished aerialist as well as c fifty o w n , stunt doubled for Cornell Wilde on the trapeze. The Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus was paid $1,000,000 in royalties for their role in the box office striking. (The film grossed over $40,000,000)

C l o westward north Hall of Fame inductee Bob "Clarabelle Hornblower"  Keeshan was fired from The Howdy Dowdy Show, as the event of a wage dispute. Several members of the technical crew were besides terminated. Two other actors, Bobby Nicholson and Lew Anderson, took over the part of Clarabelle for the residual of the Hullo Doody Show'due south run, but neither were as successful in the function. (picture courtesy of the Captain Kangaroo website)

Roy Brown began his Chicago career in children's television as a graphic artist. A couple of years later, he moved into puppeteering, starting the path that would pb to his induction into the C l o w n Hall of Fame. (Flick courtesy of WGN-TV)

1953

Tramp c l o west n Freddie the Freeloader , definitely one of C l o w northward Hall of Fame inductee Carmine Skelton's well-nigh endearing characters, made his first appearance on theRed Skelton Goggle box Prove.

C l o west n Hall of Fame inductee Oleg Popov joined  the Moscow Circus.

C l o westward n Hall of Fame inductee Arthur "Vercoe" Pedlar began his career by joining the Spider Austin troupe in French republic. (Picture courtesy of the International C fifty o w n Hall of Fame )

C l o w n Hall of Fame inductee Michael "Coco" Poliakov came to perform in the United States for a curt time with the Mills Bros. Circus. (Film courtesy of the International C 50 o westward due north Hall of Fame )

C l o w n Hall of Fame inductee Barry "Grandma" Lubin was born.

C l o west due north Hall of Fame inductee Bob "Clarabelle Hornblower" Keeshan created his second C l o due west n character, " Corny " (left) to narrate a cartoon program Time for Fun / The Johhny Jellybean Evidence . At this time Bob exerted pressure on the program's executives to remove from the air cartoons he felt were too violent or perpetuated racial stereotyping. (Motion picture courtesy of TVParty.com)

1954

C l o w n Hall of Fame inductee Adrian "Grock" Wettach gave his final performance (in Germany) and retired to a villa on the French Riviera.

At the age of 63, C fifty o west n and Circus Halls of Fame inductee Edwin "Poodles" Hanneford gave up his equestrian antics, but continued his whip act and general c l o westward north ing.

C 50 o due west n Hall of Fame inductee Glen "Frosty" Piddling began his career in entertainment at an entertainment park in Denver, Colorado.

Hal Roach, Jr. produced a 30-minute "Bozo the C 50 o due west due north " television pilot for Capitol Record. This time, Gil Lamb starred as Bozo. (motion-picture show unavailable)

C l o w northward Hall of Fame inductee Bob "Clarabelle Hornblower the C l o westward due north " Keeshan hosted a children's television set show Tinker's Workshop ; this time every bit Tinker, an Alpine Toy maker. (Picture courtesy of TVParty.com)

1955

Marcel Marceau first performed in the United States as Bip, his silent whiteface character.

C l o westward north Hall of Fame inductee Oleg Popov became the first Soviet c l o w n to be seen in a live performance by western audiences when the Moscow Circus toured Europe.

C l o w n Hall of Fame inductee Bob "Clarabelle" Keeshan left Tinker's Workshop to star equally Helm Kangaroo , his most famous television set office, and ane that he played for 29 years. (picture courtesy of the Captain Kangaroo website)

"Bozo and His Friends" (the adjacent Bozo the C fifty o westward north goggle box bear witness) premiered on WHBQ-Tv (Memphis). This time Jim Chapin (left) was the homo backside the Bozo makeup. The telly testify was cancelled the post-obit year when the legal rights to the Bozo the C l o w northward graphic symbol changed hands. (Picture courtesy of WGN-TV)

1956

This was the last year that the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus performed under the canvass large top. From that time on, indoor arenas housed the circus. This modify was largely due to the efforts of Irvin Feld in persuading John Ringling Due north that the days of sheet big tops were over. Many circus diehards never forgave North for getting rid of the traditional canvass big pinnacle.

C fifty o w n and Circus Halls of Fame inductee Emmett Kelly Sr.(right) left the circus to work as the mascot of baseball's Brooklyn Dodgers , still as his Weary Willie character. His departure was at to the lowest degree in function due to back up of a union strike of the circus's non- performing personnel.

C l o w north and Circus Halls of Fame inductees Felix Adler (correct) and Otto Griebling (left) also left the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus that year in support of the union strike.

C l o due west north and Circus Halls of Fame inductee Edwin "Poodles" Hanneford also left circus life and became a prospector c 50 o westward due north at Borderland Boondocks , an entertainment park in New York.

Larry Harmon formed a partnership that purchased the rights (except for records) to the Bozo the C l o westward n character, and turned it into a nationwide franchise He oft took over the role of Bozo the C l o w north which he had been occasionally hired in the by to play at promotionals, and credits himself as preparation over 200 Bozo the C 50 o west n due south . (Larry Harmon's and Pinto "Bozo" Colvig'south pictures courtesy of WGN-TV)

The one-act squad of Bob Bell (right) and Wally Phillips were hired past WGN-TV (Chicago). The one-act team starred in a number of diverseness shows (i.due east. The Wally Phillips Show, and Midnight Ticker) before Bob was bandage equally Bozo the C fifty o w northward , a office that would lead to several Emmy awards and his induction into the C l o due west n Hall of Fame. (Movie courtesy of WGN-TV)

Danny Kaye showed off his great c l o w n ing talents every bit the star of the movie The Court Jester . He played Hubert Hawkins, a revolutionary who was undercover in a usurper king'southward court, posing as Jacimo, king of jesters. In my personal opinion, this is without a dubiety his best comedic flick.

1957

C fifty o w n David Larrible was born in Italy.

C l o w northward & Circus Halls of Fame inductee Emmett "Weary Willie" Kelly Sr. went to piece of work for the Shrine Circus .

1958

C fifty o w n Hall of Fame inductee Oleg Popov was designated a People'due south Creative person of the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic. Popov was the youngest performer to date to receive this high honour. (historic period 28 at the time).

The Circus Hall of Fame was created.

Several Bozo cartoons were made and then distributed to television stations all over the country (forth with the rights to hire a live "Bozo" host to introduce them). The vocalisation of cartoon Bozo was Larry Harmon . (motion-picture show courtesy of WGN-Television)

Rebo the C l o w n was created to co-star with Marker Wilson and Nani Darnelle in the telly series, Magic Circus and the Magic State of Allakazam .  Bevely Bergeron (right) was the man behind the makeup.

Danny Kaye over again showed off his great c 50 o w n ing talents as the star of the movie Merry Andrew . This time he played a professor searching for an old statue who ends up working in a circus.

1959

C l o w n Hall of Fame inductee Karl Adrien "Grock" Wattach died in the French Riviera. (born 1880 in Switzerland)

C l o west n Hall of Fame inductee Dimitri began his c l o w n career equally an auguste. His later fame would come up from his whiteface/mime grapheme (right) .

The Bozo the C l o westward due north Show began to air all over the United States, commencement with KTLA-TV in Los Angeles, equally individual television stations purchased franchises. Each station had its own actor portraying Bozo the C l o w n , such as Pinto Colvig, Jr. (son of the original Bozo; at left) at KTLA  in 50.A. and Neb Britten (right) who was Bozo for WPIX in New York. Although each local Bozo looked slightly dissimilar, each wore the traditional pointed tufts yak hair wig.  Over the years, the proper noun of the show has inverse slightly (i.e. Bozo'southward Circus, Bozo and his Friends,etc.). (picture courtesy of WGN-TV)

In what was most likely his first "bearded" television role,C l o w n Hall of Fame inductee Bob Bong portrayed an elderly theater custodian, Andy Starr, the host of WGN-TV's Iii Stooges Weekday Afternoon Showcase . (picture courtesy of WGN-TV)

Tv set c fifty o westward n Bev "Rebo" Bergeron is credited for creating the commencement one balloon animate being (a dog with a bubble tail). He then began selling balloons at personal appearances for l cents a bag.

The annual c l o due west n s worship service and tribute to Joseph Grimaldi in Great United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland was transferred to Trinity Church (At present also called C l o w n s Church ) in Dalston. St. James Church building, the original location, was demolished except for the graveyard, which was transformed into a memorial garden.

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