The Man Behind the Nose: Assassins, Astronauts, Cannibals, and Other Stupendous Yarns

by Larry "Bozo" Harmon, Thomas Scott McKenzie

Overview

The Man Behind the Nose is the autobiography of the man who was Bozo. For 50 years Larry Harmon was the face—and the nose—of Bozo the Clown, the most well-known, beloved clown of them all, the precursor for every successful modern-day harlequin to come, from Ronald McDonald to Krusty. A warm, surprising, and endlessly entertaining life story filled to the brim with “Assassins, Astronauts, Cannibals, and Other Stupendous Tales,” The Man Behind the Nose is a rollicking ride through the world of a true American icon in greasepaint.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780061967757
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	08/17/2010
Sold by:	HARPERCOLLINS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Larry Harmon produced some 50,000 hours of local and international live children's television shows. He is best-known for his fifty-year-plus run as the driving force behind Bozo the World's Most Famous Clown. After purchasing the rights to the character, Harmon spread Bozo to almost 200 television stations all over the globe, including Greece, Thailand, and Brazil. Harmon also owned the Laurel & Hardy characters, produced the 1974 biopic It's Good to be Alive directed by Michael Landon, and made many other contributions to the entertainment world and popular culture. In 1996, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences awarded him a special outstanding achievement award for a long career that touched the hearts, mind, and funny bones of millions of people. Larry Harmon passed away on July 3, 2008.

Table of Contents

Foreword x

A Howdy from Your Old Pal 1

Part I The Early Antics 5

Dad, My Best Friend, and the Old Ticket Taker in the Moving Picture That Came to Life, Part I 7

Lionel Hamptoh, Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa, and Mr. Wilcoxon In: A Boy and His Drumsticks 15

Ralph Rush, Katya the Spotter, and the Cleveland Heights High Marching Band in: The Little Dry Cleaner Who Could 25

Al Jolson and the U. S. Calvary in: The Moving Picture That Came to Life, Part II 45

John Philip Sousa and My Babysitter in: A Walk with the March King 59

Eddie Cantor and the Shadow Man in: The Runaway Drum 65

Commander Comet, Gort the Robot, and Chuck Yeager: Space Is the Place 73

Some Record Company Bigwigs In: Getting Off the Merry-Go-Round 83

Bozo and Ziggy in: How a Yak Saved a Clown 93

Bozo and the Weatherman in: Cloning a Clown 101

Part II The Bozo Adventures 115

Photorama: A Bozo World AI

Bozo and the Cannibals in: An Amazing Adventure at the Edge of the World 117

Bozo and the U. S. Air Force in: The Vomit Comet Ride 139

Bozo and the New York City Fire Department in: A Four-Story Fall 153

Bozo and the U. S. Navy in: Davy Jones' Locker 165

Bozo and the Pugnacious Python in: The Big Squeeze 175

Part III The Big Leagues 185

Bozo and the Cleveland Indians in: A Clown on the Mound 187

Bozo and John F. Kennedy in: The Incredible Campaign for the Red, White, and Blue 197

Photorama: The Many Faces of Larry Harmon BI

The Los Angeles Paramedics and the Amorous Agent in: A Miraculous Recovery 211

Afterword 220