Alyssa Dyksterhouse, Chicago tour guide, history lover and research extraordinaire, walks her friends through her favorite well-known and lesser-known moments in Chicago’s quirky past while exploring each story's parallels to current affairs.
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Alyssa Dyksterhouse, Chicago tour guide, history lover and research extraordinaire, walks her friends through her favorite well-known and lesser-known moments in Chicago’s quirky past while exploring each story's parallels to current affairs.
In this episode, Alyssa tells John Zinn about the legacy of Bozo.
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Show Notes:
Chicago Reader: Our Town: Bozo the Clown
Chicago Reader: The Bozo Chronicles
BOZO AT THE CIRCUS - A Capitol Record-Reader (1946)
Classic Chicago Magazine: Bozo, America’s Favorite Clown
LA Times: Waiting for Bozo: In Chicago, they take a clown seriously.
People: How David Arquette and Billy Corgan's Shared Love of Clowns Led to an Unlikely Partnership (Exclusive)
ABC: Battling Bozos
WGN: How WGN-TV’s Bozo The Clown came to be
LA Times: Bozo Has Left the Building
Chicago Tribune: Where’s Bozo?
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Oh, Malort!
Alyssa Dyksterhouse, Chicago tour guide, history lover and research extraordinaire, walks her friends through her favorite well-known and lesser-known moments in Chicago’s quirky past while exploring each story's parallels to current affairs.
