Home video recording of WGNTV’s “Bozo’s Circus” from October 30, 1979.

The live broadcast features cast members Bob Bell as Bozo and Frazier Thomas as the circus manager; Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus clown Peggy Willams filling in for Roy Brown’s Cooky; comedy sketches; a Bozo cartoon; the Grand Prize Game; guest acrobats/jugglers The Kellys; a studio audience game; and TV Powww! Williams was the first female graduate of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College to ever appear in The Greatest Show on Earth in 1970. The home video recording of the WGNTV broadcast was provided by Rick Klein of FuzzyMemories.TV.

WGNTV rebroadcasts three Bozo specials annually: “Bozo, Gar & Ray: WGN TV Classics,” “Bozo’s Circus: The 1960s” and “Bozo’s Circus: The 1970s.” The rebroadcasts are also livestreamed on the WGN+ TV streaming app on Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, and Samsung Smart TVs; online at WGNTV.com/Live and the WGN News mobile app.