july 4 AMC runing marathon of jaws shark movie all 4 movies
jaws,jaws2, jaws 3, jaws revendge
i think jaws 3 was in 3D and the guy in this movie has his own cool
tv seris called manimal
on NBC
PS EXTRA here info on bozo the clown watch him in 70s while
getting ready for school to cath the school bus at 7:30 am
had to get up at 6:00am then my parents said i take tooooo long
gettin up and get out the door to ca5tchthe schoolbus they got me up
at 5:00am in the morining to teach me a lesson to get up and out of
bed and down the stairs on the first time they say BILL TIME TO
GET UP!
one time my dad got really mad so he yelled and ran fast up the
incline staris that he doesnt like to climb they are steep stairs
so he wasnt a happy camper to be forced to run up the stars and
pull the covers off of me to get me up!
updated 5:43 p.m. ET July 3, 2008
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Larry Harmon, longtime Bozo the Clown, dies
Wasn't first to play character, but licensed rights to others
International Clown Hall of Fame via AP
Larry Harmon trained more than 200 clowns to play Bozo in local
markets. =93I=92m looking for that sparkle in the eyes, that emotion,
feeling, directness, warmth,=94 he said of his clown criteria.
The Associated Press
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 ****trayed 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.
=93You might say, in a way, I was cloning BTC (Bozo the Clown) before
anybody else out there got around to cloning DNA,=94 Harmon told the AP
in a 1996 interview.
=93Bozo is a combination of the wonderful wisdom of the adult and the
childlike ways in all of us,=94 Harmon said.
Pinto Colvig, who also provided the voice for Walt Disney=92s Goofy, was
the first Bozo the Clown, a character created by writer-producer Alan
W. Livingston for a series of children=92s records in 1946. Livingston
said he came up with the name Bozo after polling several people at
Capitol Records.
Harmon would later meet his alter ego while answering a casting call
to make personal appearances as a clown to promote the records.
He got that job and eventually bought the rights to Bozo. Along the
way, he embellished Bozo=92s distinctive look: the orange-tufted hair,
the bulbous nose, the outlandish red, white and blue costume.
=93I felt if I could plant my size 83AAA shoes on this planet, (people)
would never be able to forget those footprints,=94 he said.
Susan Harmon, his wife of 29 years, indicated Harmon was the perfect
fit for Bozo.
=93He was the most optimistic man I ever met. He always saw a bright
side; he always had something good to say about everybody. He was the
love of my life,=94 she said Thursday.
The business =97 combining animation, licensing of the character, and
personal appearances =97 made millions, as Harmon trained more than 200
Bozos over the years to represent him in local markets.
=93I=92m looking for that sparkle in the eyes, that emotion, feeling,
directness, warmth. That is so im****tant,=94 he said of his criteria for
becoming a Bozo.
The Chicago version of Bozo ran on WGN-TV in Chicago for 40 years and
was seen in many other cities after cable television transformed WGN
into a superstation.
Tickets to 'Bozo Show' sold out for a decade
Bozo =97 ****trayed in Chicago for many years by Bob Bell =97 was so
popular that the waiting list for tickets to a TV show eventually
stretched to a decade, prompting the station to stop taking
reservations for 10 years. On the day in 1990 when WGN started taking
reservations again, it took just five hours to book the show for five
more years. The phone company re****ted more than 27 million phone call
attempts had been made.
By the time the show bowed out in Chicago, in 2001, it was the last
locally produced version. Harmon said at the time that he hoped to
develop a new cable or network show, as well as a Bozo feature film.
He became caught up in a minor controversy in 2004 when the
International Clown Hall of Fame in Milwaukee took down a plaque
honoring him as Bozo and formally endorsed Colvig for creating the
role. Harmon denied ever misrepresenting Bozo=92s history.
He said he was claiming credit only for what he added to the character
=97 =93What I sound like, what I look like, what I walk like=94 =97 and
wha=
t
he did to popularize Bozo.
=93Isn=92t it a shame the credit that was given to me for the work I have
done, they arbitrarily take it down, like I didn=92t do anything for the
last 52 years,=94 he told the AP at the time.
Harmon protected Bozo=92s reputation with a vengeance, while embracing
those who poked good-natured fun at the clown.
As Bozo=92s influence spread through popular culture, his very name
became a synonym for clownish behavior.
=93It takes a lot of effort and energy to keep a character that old
fresh so kids today still know about him and want to buy the
products,=94 Karen Raugust, executive editor of The Licensing Letter, a
New York-based trade publication, said in 1996.
A normal character runs its course in three to five years, Raugust
said. =93Harmon=92s is a classic character. It=92s been around 50
years.=94
On New Year=92s Day 1996, Harmon dressed up as Bozo for the first time
in 10 years, appearing in the Rose Parade in Pasadena.
The crowd reaction, he recalled, =93was deafening.=94
=93They kept yelling, =91Bozo, Bozo, love you, love you.=92 I shed more
crocodile tears for five miles in four hours than I realized I had,=94
he said. =93I still get goose bumps.=94
Born in Toledo, Ohio, Harmon became interested in theater while
studying at the University of Southern California.
=93Bozo is a star, an entertainer, bigger than life,=94 Harmon once said.
=93People see him as Mr. Bozo, somebody you can relate to, touch and
laugh with.=94
Besides his wife, Harmon is survived by his son, Jeff Harmon, and
daughters Lori Harmon, Marci Breth-Carabet and Leslie Breth.
=A9 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may
not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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