Long before he became a TV personality in cities like Chicago and Boston, Bozo the Clown was a fixture on children's records. Here is where the seeds for his later TV fame got started a filmed pilot for a potential Bozo the Clown TV series, back when he was owned by Capitol Records and before Larry Harmon got his hands on the clown played here by Gil Lamb. The format is a little different too from what we all know and love.

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Opening titles

Act I at the home of the Carlson family as Amy arrives in the living room for breakfast with her Bozo doll; Ramsey arrives with news that his prize hen is gone and blames Amy; in her room, Bozo comes to life and complains about her father pinching his arm; they then shrink to doll size, and venture out to ask a squirrel about Truesdale the dog's whereabouts and refers them to Oscar the Owl who's not so cooperative; Bozo's arrow leads them to Truesdale whom they ask about the hen

In the next act, Truesdale has been caught and sent to the pound; after making it to the animal shelter, Bozo paints himself invisible; while Amy deals with the dog catcher, one dog escapes and creates mayhem; after Truesdale escapes, he leads Bozo and Amy to where the hen is in a henhouse, having had six chicks, much to Ramsey's relief (the hen has told Bozo and Amy that any time she lays an egg, he takes it away); the dog catcher arrives to recount his tale of dealing with the invisible Bozo, and this scene ends with her embracing her Bozo doll

For the finale, a sleeping Amy reminds Bozo that it's the end, and rearranges the blocks to spell it such, after which he too falls asleep

Ending credits:

Directed by Hollingsworth Morse
Teleplay Howard Harris
Format Created by Frank Fox, G. Carleton Brown, Hal Yates
Produced by Hal Roach, Jr.
Associate Producer Sidney Van Keuren
Cast:
Bozo Gil Lamb
Amy Carlson Jeri Lou James
Henry Carlson David Bruce
Martha Carlson Aline Towne
Ramsey Florenz Ames
Dog Catcher Bob Foulk
Truesdale Corky
Bozo the Clown Created by Alan Livingstone[sic] for Capitol Records, Inc. Copyright MCMXLVI
Production Supervisor E.H. Goldstein
Photography Lucien Andriot, A.S.C.
Photographic Effects Jack R. Glass
Film Editor Thomas Neff, A.C.E.
Art Director William Ferrari
Set Decorator Rudy Butler
Assistant Director William Forsyth
Sound William Randall, Joel Moss
Copyright MCMLIV by Capitol Records, Inc.
Filmed in Hollywood by Hal Roach Studios

"Starring Gil Lamb as Bozo the Capitol Clown"

This was produced in 1954 (Bozo copyrighted 1946).

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