In her memoir "The Man Behind the Nose," Bozo the Clown's ex-wife says he made her life hell

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Cheating Bozo the Clown was BS artist

Last Updated: 10:40 AM, August 23, 2010



Posted: 11:55 PM, August 22, 2010

Larry Harmon created the Bozo the Clown character to give the world "joy, laughter and human bonding" through his trademark chuckle, red mop and bulbous nose -- but his ex-wife, Sandra Harmon, an author on relationship counseling, says he made her life hell.

Harmon penned his recently released memoir, "The Man Behind the Nose: Larry Bozo Harmon," before his death in 2008 to ensure that his legacy lived on through stupendous tales he shares in the book. But Sandra's own upcoming memoir, "Sleeping with Bozo and Other Clowns," will depict him as a pathological liar and cheater.

"He lied about everything," Sandra told us. "If he ate two steaks, he said, 'I ate seven.' "

Sandra was Larry's second of four wives and his mistress during his first marriage. Larry was sex crazed, she says. "He would want to have sex every night and twice on the weekend," she said. "He said I owed it to him." Their marriage lasted less than three years when Sandra caught him sleeping with his secretary.

Sandra says the bizarre tales in his book are lies but impossible to disprove because the people involved are dead.

Larry claimed President John F. Kennedy called to name him an international ambassador for safety. Sandra says, "He never spoke one word to Kennedy. I know this because were together when he was assassinated."

Larry also related a bizarre tale about a foray into the wilds of New Guinea to prove that he could survive with cannibals through joy and laughter. But "no one was going to kill him," Sandra said, based on the photo he sent her of himself posing with the smiling natives.

"Whatever he did, he would take it and jumble it up. He was relentless."

And smart. He had 300 underlings playing Bozo at the height of his clowning career.

http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/cheating_bozo_was_bs_artist_J8nECQjZaNy1madIctY3WK

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

1. Psst!

His name is Bozo!

:think:

[Amerigo Vespucci]

3. You'd think that would have been her first clue.

:rofl:

:toast:

[tularetom]

2. Once again life imitates art

Herschel Shmoikel Pinchas Yerucham Krustofsky, better known by the stage name Krusty the Clown, has been there and done that.

[Still Blue in PDX]

10. My understanding is that Krusty was actually patterned after Portland's Rusty Nails.

The dude who was (is?) Rusty Nails is a born-again Christian, though. Something tells me Krusty is a less than authentic reproduction.

[tularetom]

11. Probably true since the guy who created the Simpsons is from Portland

And no, Krusty is definitely neither born again nor Christian.

IMO he resembles the famous Uncle Don (of "that oughta hold the little bastards" fame).

http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/radio/uncledon.asp

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

4. "I want YOU to be creeped out by this thread!"

Not creepy.

[Iggo]

14. You have succeeded, sir.

[hlthe2b]

5. So, who couldn't have guessed that this was coming....

Who knows what is true and what is not... but it sure seems predictable....:shrug:

[no_hypocrisy]

6. So Bozo was more like KoKo in "The Groove Tube".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBvpj0cCHLA

[lynne]

7. First off, he didn't create Bozo, he bought and franchised the character -

- see article: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/282342/history_of_bozo_the_clown.html

Guess Harmon's wife was right about him lying about everything!

BTW, the Bozo I remember is Willard Scott. He was fantastic as Bozo.

[rfranklin]

8. Wasn't Willard actually Ronald McDonald?

though there's not much difference.

[Wilber_Stool]

9. My Bozo in Chicago

was Bob Bell.

[dixiegrrrrl]

12. I heard he killed Chuckles the Clown in Minneapolis.

Never got caught for it tho.

[wookie72]

13. No, no, no...

It was an elephant.

[mackerel]

15. LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!