Bozo by Foxo Reardon for February 16, 2024

1. Bozo is coming up a bit short.

2. Strings and percussion.

3. I’m sorry that your son’s kite, which caused my airplane to crash and burn, got damaged.

1/ Oh, the quarters I’ve wasted….

2/ All you need is someone to write a concerto for violin and jackhammer.

3/ The world’s first anti-aircraft kite. Alexander G. Bell would be impressed. (Bell experimented with military applications for kites for the Army.)

1. Come gather all to watch pinball.

2. Jack-hammer worker is paid by the hour. Bozo saws the strings. His notes are all sour.

3. Crash caused by the kite. Now Pop wants to fight.

1. Hey lemme play Pinball ya pinheads!

2. Well cacophony is sold as music these days.

3. Well at least it not Boeing plane eh.

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For those who come in late, these fabulous fun funnies was envisioned and executed so beautifully and brilliantly by FoXo Reardon, a true master cartoonist who told his funny tales with his awesome artwork alone, without any of his characters in BOZO ever saying a single word.

An especially excellent epitome of pictures speaking thousand words, BOZO also the most pleasant picturesque pantomime where every panel is like a photograph of a three-dimensional cartoon world of realistic-looking depths and details. Such was his powerful perspective artwork which brought to life a lovely lively world of BOZO!

FoXo a rare combination of both sharp wits and artistic talents which is rarely seen together in the same cartoonist, a true master and professional cartoonist whose work quality speaks for itself and as you can see for yourself BOZO is pure gold coming from a golden era of cartooning!

BOZO is pure gold coming from a golden era of cartooning! More about FoXo and BOZO in the About page.

So no wonder that these wonderful wordless wonders still bring great joy and sheer cheer to many even today.

But despite being a great classic of great creative calibre, neither BOZO nor FoXo are much known or remembered these days.

Spread the word, friends, so that BOZO can spread more joy and cheer to many many more!

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And of course another big thumbs up, big applause, and three cheers once again for the marvellous master FoXo’s magnificent masterpiece, the most pleasant picturesque pantomime, the ever entertaining ever energetic ever enjoyable ever excellent evergreen entertainer, the brilliantly beautiful and beautifully brilliant BOZO!

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And yes of course many thankses to Micheal Reardon for bringing BOZO back for us all!

1 – Gottlieb’s “Humpty Dumpty”, introduced in 1947, was the first game to add player-controlled flippers to keep the ball in play longer. The low-power flippers required three pairs around the playfield to get the ball to the top.

“Triple Action” was the first game to feature just two flippers at the bottom of the playfield. Unlike in modern machines, the flippers faced outwards. These flippers were made more powerful by the addition of a DC (direct current) power supply.

The first game to feature the familiar dual-inward-facing-flipper design was Gottlieb’s “Just 21”, released in January 1950. However, the flippers were rather far apart to allow for a turret ball shooter at the bottom center of the playfield. Another 1950 Gottlieb game, “Spot Bowler”, was the first with inward-facing flippers placed close together.

2 – If only we could have got Gisele MacKenzie for the role of “jackhammerer”.

1 Bozo don’t need to see the ball or flippers, don’t need no buzzers or bells. He always plays by instinct, plays by sense of smell. Either that or he needs a box to stand on. (Pinball Wizard — Elton John)

2 Early fan of heavy metal. (Hit The Road Jack — Ray Charles)

3 Kite string jammed Bozo’s propeller and snapped the rubber band motor. (Let’s Go Fly A Kite — Mary Poppins)

1) Would you mind, gentlemen… ☺

2) Early heavy metal lover ⚡

3) Shock wave for Fuzzy ☂️❤️ – Oh, please, don’t worry about my sarcastic axx, kind man! ☹️

Step away from the game, fellas…

Bozo must need more practice….

Bozos ok but the father is more worried about his kids kite…boo hiss.

1) Truely a gambling device. Pinball without flippers. Horizontal Pachinko? I really liked the mechanical machines. Very lethargic in comparison.

2) One man’s symphony is another man’s jackhammer.

3) The report will say Pilot Error. Whether the aeroplane’s or the drone’s (of its time) may spread the blame in their much less regulated air space.

The Down And Out strip could happen. I was sitting behind the pilots of our survey aircraft as we approached a small landing strip near Cairo, when I heard this discomforting conversation: “You keep an eye on that kite, while I watch that camel. Is that a cement block on the runway?”

1. Kibitzers 2. Bozo hitting sour notes and raw nerves? Worse than Guitar Bob? 3. That meany ole man broke my kite pop, sob sob. (Bozo – wot hap’n?)

1. Pinball preclusion.

2. Jackhammer jingle?

3. Kite crash.

“Art of giving” – Bozo hit a sour note or else Art decided to give elsewhere .

1) Hey guys, would you mind standing upright so I can see what I’m doing?

2) The Jackhammer guy is immediately given a three-record deal with Capitol.

3) Charlie Brown’s kite saw this strip and is cowering in the closet (see today’s Peanuts repeat)!

NOSED OUT- Wait a few years and see the pin ball machines with lights, sounds, and scores. Everyone will be in line. ART OF GIVING- Ok Bozo has one fan, and the concrete buster has one fan, tied score. DOWN AND OUT- Wow a kite brings down a plane, kite builder blames pilot, two injured….pilot of plane and a guy with an umbrella….more news later.

1) Games People Play – Joe South 2) Close (To the Edit) – Art of Noise 3) Sky Pilot – Eric Burdon & the Animals

1 Looks like Umbrella Guy bailed on Bozo.

2 Looks like Umbrella Guy bailed on Bozo

3 Looks like Umbrella Guy bailed on Bozo. Happy landings UG.

Mr. Umbrella Man: 1st strip. Ah canno seum. It was supposed to be a Gallic accent. I have a strong feeling that I failed miserably.

But, as for the Barkeep. Is he handing out Ice Cream cones?

2nd Strip: Again, Ah ca’ nah seeum.

Another attempt a the ol’ Gallic thing. No better than the first one I imagine.

3rd strip: 3rd panel.

The umbrellaster is running away from it all. He doesn’t want to be blamed for another plane crash (remember all of his attempts at flying).

1. Pinball wizard!

2. Wrong tune. Paid to stop.

3. Charlie Brown precursor?

Bozo is a street busker and he owns an airplane? I’m in the wrong line of work!

Michael, how are you feeling? Get well soon.