Wheeler Presents A                      Chronology of Clowndom

This Page Takes You from 2000 and beyond

New Material Added On 08/10/2004

	Francesco          Nola             Francois           Paul             Duane              George
2000		Clown Hall of Fame inductees were Francesco Caroli, Nola Rae, Francois Fratellini, Paul Fratellini, Duane Thorpe, and George L. Fox.  (Pictures courtesy of the International Clown Hall of Fame)
2001		Clown Hall of Fame inductee Roy Thomas "Cooky Cook" Brown died. (born 1932 in Phoenix, Arizona USA)  (Pictures courtesy of WGN-TV)
		The Bozo Show aired its last episode, a celebration of the last 40 years on WGN-TV. It starred Emmy award winner Joey D'Auria, (right) who has been the man behind Bozo's makeup at WGN-TV, Chicago, for the past 17 years. (Picture courtesy of WGN-TV)
		Grandma                       Avner                              Happy
2002		Clown Hall of Fame inductees were Barry "Grandma" Lubin, Avner Eisenberg, and Harold "Happy" Kellems.  (Pictures courtesy of the International Clown Hall of Fame)
2003		Clown Hall of Fame inductees were W.D. Robbins, Earl Chaney, and Giovanni Zoppe (Picture's not found as yet)
2004		Clown Hall of Fame inductee Robert (Bob) James "Clarabelle Hornblower" Keeshan died. (Born 1927 in New York, USA) Although Bob played a variety of children's show characters over the years he was best known as Captain Kangaroo, a role he created after losing his job as Clarabelle on the Howdy Doody Show.
		Pinto as the 1st Bozo
		Pinto "Bozo the Clown" Colvig Sr. was inducted into the Clown Hall of Fame (Pinto's picture courtesy of WGN-TV) click here to return to Clown history menu page Click Here to Return to Clown Main Menu

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