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Word: auria (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...character, goes off the air in Chicago, the last city where he still takes pratfalls. With its relentlessly slapsticky approach to entertaining kids, and competition from edgier children's fare on channels like Nickelodeon and the Cartoon Network, "this type of programming is a dinosaur," says Joey D'Auria, a former stand-up comic who has played Bozo on Chicago's WGN since 1984. The station's general manager, John Vitanovec, calls cancellation of the low-rated show "strictly a strategic decision...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Last Pratfall | 6/25/2001 | See Source »

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