Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months 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-square14fedilinkarrow-up1159arrow-down14
arrow-up1155arrow-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@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareBleatingZombie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 months 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-squareNougat@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up17·4 months 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