Bozo: The World's Most Famous Clown is a 1958–1962 American animated television series based on the children's record book series, Bozo the Clown by Capitol Records.[1] This series was produced by Larry Harmon Pictures, which began syndication in 1958.[2] Lou Scheimer, of Filmation fame, was the art director for the series. The voice cast includes Larry Harmon starring as Bozo, with Paul Frees as the narrator.
| Bozo: The World's Most Famous Clown | |
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| Genre | Slapstick comedy and Animation |
| Created by | Alan Livingston |
| Written by | Alan Livingston Charles Shows Homer Brightman Paul Fennell Larry Harmon Carl Kohler |
| Directed by | Paul Fennell Larry Harmon Jerry Hathcock Ed Solomon Anatole Kirsanoff Brad Case Volus Jones Tom Baron |
| Voices of | Larry Harmon Paul Frees |
| Theme music composer | Gordon Zahler Alec Compinsky |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 157 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Larry Harmon |
| Producers | Paul Fennell Theodore Ticktin |
| Running time | 5 minutes |
| Production company | Larry Harmon Pictures |
| Original release | |
| Release | 1958 – 1962 |
A total of 157 five-minute shorts were produced: 20 in 1958, 85 in 1959 and 52 in 1962.[3]
Summary
editThe animated adventures of Bozo and his young sidekick Butch as they journey to crazy, wild and exciting places.
Episode list
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References
edit- ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 90–91. ISBN 978-1538103739.
- ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 153–155. ISBN 978-1476665993.
- ^ Bozo: The World's Most Famous Clown[dead link] at The Big Cartoon DataBase
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