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A costumed and face-painted Frank Avruch, circa 1960s, one of many TV actors who portrayed Bozo the Clown. Photo appears with permission of GNU Free Documentation License.

Organ played on ‘Bozo’s Circus’ to go to museum

Catherine Saunders-Watson
Catherine Saunders-Watson
A costumed and face-painted Frank Avruch, circa 1960s, one of many TV actors who portrayed Bozo the Clown. Photo appears with permission of GNU Free Documentation License.
A costumed and face-painted Frank Avruch, circa 1960s, one of many TV actors who portrayed Bozo the Clown. Photo appears with permission of GNU Free Documentation License.

CHICAGO (AP) – A Chicago marketing executive has paid $3,000 at auction to buy the electric organ used on the long-running Bozo’s Circus television show.

The Chicago Tribune reports that while David Plier grew up watching the show, he doesn’t plan on keeping the organ. The 43-year-old Plier says he will donate the organ to Chicago’s Museum of Broadcast Communications. Plier serves on the museum’s board.

The museum has other Bozo historic pieces, including a bass drum, costumes and the famous Grand Prize Game. Plier says the museum will create a Bozo exhibit in its new facility.

Plier says the organ needs some cosmetic and mechanical work before it can be displayed.

WGN-TV stopped broadcasting Bozo’s Circus in 2001.

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