Larry Harmon (1925–2008)

When I saw The Man Behind the Nose: Assassins, Astronauts, Cannibals, and Other… by Larry "Bozo" Harmon, Thomas Scott McKenzie on the shelf at the local Mr. K's Used Books, I knew immediately I wanted to read about Larry Harmon and Bozo. I have a long running fear of and fascination of clowns. I don't want to be anywhere near one in person. As a kid I watched Bozo and Clarabell and loved them. Even though I am clown phobic, I have a collection of clown paintings and prints that stare at me daily, and I love looking back at them. So I wanted to know more about this Larry Harmon/Bozo person.

I found that I greatly admire Larry Harmon, and his alter ego, Bozo, who both simply wanted to share love and laughter with the world, because everyone in the world can relate to those two things. Larry, as Bozo went places all over the world to spread that love and laughter. He had some fantastic experiences while doing that, all in an effort to get everyone, especially children, to see that we all are the same, we all love and we all laugh.

I never thought I would finish reading a book about Bozo with a tear in my eye, but I did just that when reading the Afterword by Thomas Scott McKenzie and he told about hearing of Larry Harmon's death. This book was well worth the read.… (plus d'informations)