And, this was the Bob Bell version of Bozo. Best Bozo EVER. He had the best ad libs, and they were often meant only for the parents in the audience. Mr. Bell could mock the shit out of Trump to his face, and Trump would be one of the few who would be oblivious to the mockery. He was that subtle in his humor. I really wish MeTV or one of the other rerun channels would replay that show.

The message was something like, "If you're going to elect a clown to be president, why not elect a real one."

Also, the Simpsons Dan Castellaneta (Oak Park, IL native) based Krusty the Clown on the Chicago Bozo's Bob Bell, a chain smoker.

a nudist camp in indiana.

uncovering of something hidden; i.e., something negative.

IDK; the wording just is wrong to me.

That's what it sounds like to me. I wouldn't ascribe any particular significance to it.

I wonder if I saw the Pope?

just to watch Bozo. The cast were hilarious when they went off-script. There was lots of humor that was over the heads of the intended audience, but high schoolers caught onto it.

Thinking I might have seen the future Pope, as well...

their children were born. The story was that there was about a seven-year waiting list.

I babysat for kids whose family had the tickets. The kids got the chicken pox and could not go. They gave the tickets to other friends.

We never went. By the time our turn would have come up, I was no longer interested in going.
The waiting list sure seemed real.

We managed to go when I was around 6.

I remember it being quite fun.

I didn't go, but watched it for years.

I was born 1957 in Chicago. WGN-TV with Frazier Thomas and Garfield Garfield Goose after school.

My mom got tickets for my sister and I and we went when we were ~ 6 and 8 y.o. While we were in line waiting to get in, a man approached my mother and asked her if my sister and I would like to participate in one of the on-stage games they had each day, and so we participated, and both won Monopoly games, which I still own!
Wonder if the Pope was there that day.....

When a clown [Donald Trump] moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king. The palace becomes a circus.

Grew up on the Michigan side of Lake Michigan, where we received WGN, the Cubs and Bozo.

It was live TV. One day, around 1967, I remember one kid, pretty sure it wasn't Pope Leo, who was asked if he wanted to be on the "Grand Prize Game" and replied:

"Cram it, Clownie!"

They didn't select him, but his statement went viral. Everybody in 5th grade was talking about it and repeating it. Everybody.

Was on Bozos Cicus and made all the buckets in the prize section. A new bike and lots of stuff.

I don't know how much I really liked him.
I have stronger positive memories of other shows.
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