The Bozo Show (later known as
The Bozo Super Sunday Show) was an hour-long live kids show that aired on WGN-TV 9 in Chicago and its' superstation feed,
WGN America (
back when it actually carried WGN programming). It stars Bozo, the world's favorite clown. Assisting him were Kookie the Chef, Ringmaster Ned, Professor Andy, and many others. The show always promised tons of fun, and generations of Chicagoans grew up with Bozo (once WGN went national, so did many others). In 1994, the show moved to Sundays (as to accommodate the new
WGN Morning News) and the show was retitled as
The Bozo Super Sunday Show. 1997 saw a further
Retool to comply with the newly-instituted E/I laws. The show was officially cancelled in 2001; Bozo does pop up from time to time, including some segments on the aforementioned
Morning News.
Segments included:
- Boz-Goz: Where Bozo goes to different places in Chicago (*)
- What is It?: A mysterious antique thing. Some kid would win a prize for guessing the answer correctly at the end of the show.
- Bozo's Grand Prize Game: A game show segment where a contestant has to throw a ping-pong ball to a bucket to win a prize. If the contestant makes it to bucket 6, they won the titular grand prize.
- Bozo's Book of the Week: Bozo shows us a popular kids book. (*)
- Bozo's Hobby Corner: Showing different hobbies and careers.
- Mr. Music Man: With Professor Andy.
- Pets 4U: A pet owner does a show and tell about their pets.
- Bozercise: A workout segment.
- Let's Find Out!: How things are done or made. (*)
- Clown About Town: Where Kookie (and later Rusty) went to places in Chicago. Similar to Boz-Goz.
- Bozo Online: Online question that Bozo would answer.
The (*) indicates segments that were forced onto the show after the E/I laws were passed.
The Bozo Show contains examples of:
- Christmas Episode: They did a Christmas episode during Christmas of each year and run some Christmas cartoons (such as Hardrock, Coco, and Joe).
- Confetti Drop: When a contestant hits bucket 6 on Bozo's Grand Prize Game, confetti and balloons poured onto the contestant.
- Consolation Prize: If you missed buckets 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 (the grand prize), you would keep your prize in The Grand Prize Game. If you miss bucket 1 though, you keep on going until the ping-pong ball goes to bucket 1.
- Every Episode Ending: The Grand March
- Game Show Host: Bozo hosted a segment called Bozo's Grand Prize Game.
- Long-Runners: It lasted 40 years.
- Punctuated! For! Emphasis!: It's time to play Bozo's (Audience says along) GRAND! PRIZE! GAME!
