Don_Dickle to Today I LearnedEnglish • 14 days agoTIL that the original Bozo the Clown(1946) Pinto Colvig, had a son, Vance Colvig Jr., who landed the job of Bozo in the first local TV station to franchise the character in 1959.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square14arrow-up1160arrow-down14
arrow-up1156arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the original Bozo the Clown(1946) Pinto Colvig, had a son, Vance Colvig Jr., who landed the job of Bozo in the first local TV station to franchise the character in 1959.en.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle to Today I LearnedEnglish • 14 days agomessage-square14
minus-square@BleatingZombielinkEnglish6•14 days agoCan somebody smarter than me explain why he’s a “Jr” if he has a different name than his father? Can you be a jr if you’re named after a grandfather or an uncle?
minus-squareNougatlinkfedilink17•14 days agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinto_Colvig Vance DeBar Colvig Sr. (September 11, 1892 – October 3, 1967), known professionally as Pinto Colvig, …
Can somebody smarter than me explain why he’s a “Jr” if he has a different name than his father? Can you be a jr if you’re named after a grandfather or an uncle?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinto_Colvig