{"id":2413,"date":"2004-06-03T14:05:13","date_gmt":"2004-06-03T18:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/dbnews\/2004\/06\/03\/nurturing-the-inner-child\/"},"modified":"2004-06-03T14:05:13","modified_gmt":"2004-06-03T18:05:13","slug":"nurturing-the-inner-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/2004\/06\/03\/nurturing-the-inner-child\/","title":{"rendered":"Nurturing the Inner Child"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Notorios
\n right-wing newshound Matt Drudge yesterday prominently featured a candid
\n photo of Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry in which the Senator
\n appears to be sucking his thumb. In the name of Fair Play, notorious
\n left-wing news mutt Dowbrigade would like to share with his readers the
\n accompoanying candid shot of President Bush clowning around in the White
\n House "Green Room". <\/em><\/p>\n

No, actually this is a shot of the original Bozo, who we are sure
\n was one of the President’s role models during his idle youth. The legacy
\n of Bozo is embroiled in a wicked dispute between the heirs of Vance Colvig,
\n the first Bozo, and Colombia Record executive Alan Livingston, who claims
\n to have created Bozo in 1946. A dubious honor, to say the least, but
\n we are sure the residuals and marketing rights are no laughing matter.<\/em><\/p>\n

Vance "Pinto" Colvig
\n portrays Bozo the Clown in this undated file photo. For years Larry Harmon
\n claimed to have created the character, and said he was the original.<\/p>\n

Now the International Clown Hall of Fame in downtown Milwaukee is formally
\n endorsing a different version: Capitol Records executive Alan Livingston
\n created Bozo for recordings in 1946, and the late Colvig was the first
\n person to play the clown. On Friday, May 28, 2004, the hall is posthumously
\n inducting Colvig as the first Bozo. (AP Photo\/Photo courtesy International
\n Clown Hall of Fame)<\/p>\n

Kerry photo from Drudge<\/a><\/p>\n

Bozo photo from AP<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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