User talk:BigTexan

In response to BigTexan's statements...

I'm not one of the "bitter people" who "would not like to give Harmon his due."

BigTexan's belittlement of Pinto Colvig (the original "Bozo the Clown"), creator Alan W. Livingston and Capitol Records is unnecessary. Unlike BigTexan who grew up with Larry Harmon's Bozo, I grew up with Bob Bell and Joey D'Auria as Bozo.

Neither Harmon, nor his company hired and trained all of the Bozos. Each television station hired its own Bozo. According to interviews with the late Bob Bell and Joey D'Auria, neither was trained by Harmon. Harmon even admits to Bell being self-taught in his interview with ABCNews.com.

Harmon wasn't the only individual who modified Bozo's look and the evidence lies in the publicity shots from various TV stations that often appear on the Internet.

According to interviews with WGN cast members and production staff, including one by WGN producer Don Sandburg on ChicagoTelevision.com, WGN did not get "permission from Harmon to add a unique spin including the red version of the costume." Harmon didn't get his way on changing the color to blue until 1970, a year after Sandburg left the show and the station, and 10 years after Bell's June 20, 1960 debut as WGN's Bozo. In fact, WGN's Bozo never wore Harmon's trademark Bozo costume with the blue collar, red sash and brown shoes. Bell and D'Auria wore a white collar with blue shoes and no sash. Their makeup was also modified from Harmon's Bozo. Sandburg and other cast members and crew have also expressed their displeasure in interviews with Harmon's longtime attempts to take credit for the unique elements of the 40-year-old WGN version, which was unlike most of the other Bozo shows, most of which lasted only a few years. Non of this is mentioned on Wikipedia.

Harmon's partnership with Jayark Films Corporation and KTLA-TV in Los Angeles among others is documented in the January 26, 1966 "Hollywood Reporter", when he bought them out and became the sole owner of the "Bozo the Clown" licensing rights. Saw it on eBay.

Bozo would not have survived if Harmon had not marketed the character but Bozo would not have existed had it not been for Capitol Records, Livingston and Colvig.

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