Above: Photo from Channel 9. A publicity shot of Bobo, played by Hal Turner
BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS
Harold Charles “Hal” Turner
Known For: Bo Bo the clown.
Location: Adelaide, South Australia.
Date Born: Unknown
Date Died: Unknown
CONTACT DETAILS
Web Site: Bobo the Clown
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BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE
Bobo, played by Hal Turner, was a children’s character who first appeared on Channel 9 and grew to be such a popular character, that in the early 60s he was hired by new rival TV station SAS 10 and had the honour of hosting that channel’s first programme.
Rex Heading, writing in the excellent book, Miracle on Tynte Street; The Channel Nine Story, recalled that Bobo was the forerunner of a series of characters that populated the children’s shows. Hal Turner, Bobo’s alter ego, was originally engaged to provide some comedy input for the early Adelaide Tonight productions.
When Channel 10 opened on 26th of July 1965, Bobo had switched allegiance, and the very first telecast programme that day was at 4pm; “The Bobo Show”, with Bobo the Clown, Penny Ramsay and includes the Magic Circle Club.
When Turner changed networks Nine tried to claim the “Bobo” image was theirs and tried to stop Turner using it. Nine lost the case and came up with the idea of an image they could copyright.
the character of Humphrey B Bear was born.
All data from the above has partly extracted from “Bob Bynes People and Personalities ”
LINKS: Bobo the Clown