The Aging Disco Diva is back on the dance floor. The granddivo arrived about a month earlier than he was supposed to and was released from the hospital two days after his coming out party, and then re-hospitalized for a few more days . Thankfully he is back home groovin' to the oldies (which for him would be whatever was on the radio a week ago, LOL)
Chuckles the Clown goes to that Clown Car in the sky
Well, not quite Chuckles, but Bozo the Clown.
LOS ANGELES—Larry Harmon, who turned the character Bozo the Clown into a show business staple that delighted children for more than a half-century, died Thursday of congestive heart failure. He was 83.
His publicist, Jerry Digney, told The Associated Press he died at his home.
Although not the original Bozo, Harmon portrayed the popular clown in countless appearances and, as an entrepreneur, he licensed the character to others, particularly dozens of television stations around the country. The stations in turn hired actors to be their local Bozos.
Dear lord, cloning clowns...that will keep me up all night long. The Diva hates clowns. If there is a hell, it is not populated with red creatures with pitchforks, it is run by clowns.... scary clowns...
Wait a minute, that is redundant...all clowns are scary. REALLY, really scary.
Clowns creeped me out when I was a kid. I am so friggin' old I remember Bozo the Clown on WPIX back in the early 60s...shudder... and then Steven King just solidified my clown phobia with his book "It" The television movie just put onto celluloid my deepest horrors. Thanks a lot Mr. King.
For the rest of you: enjoy this classic Chuckles the Clown clip from The Mary Tyler Moore Show aka "Chuckles Bites the Dust"
"Life's a lot like that. From time to time we all fall down and hurt our foo-foo's."
R.I.P. Bozo
Have a great holiday weekend!
