Larry Harmon ( Bozo The Clown ) Dead at 82

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Are there any local morning kids TV show's left? When I was a kid, just about every station had one.
I went to a Bozo show at the TV studio in Birmingham. It was a birthday deal for a friend. The main thing I remember is some girl spilled her coke in my chair. From some research, it looks like the guy who did Bozo at WBRC was Ward McIntyre when I went.
 
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As Seinfeld observed, calling him “the Clown” was a redundancy. The very name sounds like a clown.
 

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Are there any local morning kids TV show's left? When I was a kid, just about every station had one.
Well Captain Kangaroo was played locally on CBS. But we had a guy named Buckskin Bill in Baton Rouge. He was a cowboy guy who would play guitar and do a Monday Morning March, etc.

http://www.wafb.com/story/37249140/buckskin-bill-passes-away-at-age-88

Say the name "Buckskin" to longtime residents of Baton Rouge and immediately, their eyes light up, smiles appear on their faces, and the trips down memory lane begin.

What was it about this young entertainer and salesman that captured the hearts of children and their parents in the Capital City?

RELATED: Who is "Buckskin" Bill?

In 1955 William P. Black was working at a television station in Tulsa, Oklahoma when he was contacted by a former boss, who had signed WAFB Channel 28 on the air. He offered the tall, youthful radio personality a job as an entertainer and salesman. Black packed his bags and made his way to Baton Rouge.

Bill Black began his television career as a cameraman and floorman. During that time, he wanted to create a television character children could relate to. Black had worked his way through college as a rodeo clown and was a comic and emcee in Army shows during his stint in the Korean War. He knew how to command an audience.
 
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Anyone remember Sgt. Jack in Birmingham? He dressed up like a cop and showed cartoons. I think he had a puppet sidekick that came out of a hole in the wall.


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