for baby boomers like us, larry harmon was not bozo the clown. our bozo the clown was a fellow in windsor, ontario, that was trained and licensed by larry harmon. kids in chicago had a different bozo - so did kids in a lot of towns. that was what larry harmon did - he trained and licensed bozos for local television stations, produced cartoons and coloring books and whatnot, and fiercely defended the character of bozo.in a time when every licensed character is all about selling cd's, dvd's, and every other kind of chinese-manufactured crap, it may seem an odd concept that bozo was much more about entertaining kids and being kind than anything else.
larry harmon didn't originate the character but, as far as we're concerned, he was the heart and soul of bozo. we miss those days, and we will miss him.