Collectorabilia Saturday November 28, 2026 welcomes Joey D'Auria! Resch Expo, Green Bay, WI!
Actor, comedian and children's television personality Joey D’Auria has worked
in the entertainment industry over 40 years. His skills in improvisational
comedy helped him win a coveted GONG SHOW trophy and made his Dr.
Flameo character such a favorite with Chuck Barris that he had D'Auria appear
several times on both the daytime and night time Gong shows, and Barris's
prime time RAH RAH SHOW.
On New Year's Eve 1982 he again appeared as Dr. Flameo on THE TONIGHT
SHOW with Johnny Carson.
This appearance led to Joey being cast as WGN-TV Chicago’s “BOZO THE
CLOWN” from 1984 to 2001, and receiving five Emmy Awards as on-camera
talent. When Chicago's Bozo Show ended its 40 year run in 2001 D'Auria was
the last actor to portray Bozo the Clown on the longest running Bozo Show in
television history and had been seen world wide on WGN's Super Satellite for
his entire run.
For many years copyright restrictions prevented D'Auria from participating in
conventions and other events. However, recently actor David Arquette
acquired ownership of BOZO THE CLOWN and has generously given Joey
permission to make appearances as himself at conventions, participate on
panels discussing children's television, and to sign autographs as WGN-TV's
Bozo the Clown.
Animation
As a voice over actor, Joey has supplied voices for several popular cartoons
characters: Butch the Alley Cat and Droopy Dog in TOM & JERRY; Whisper the
Yo Kai butler in YO KAI WATCH; the practical joke loving ghost Buzz in
Nickelodeon's LOUD HOUSE; Mr. Rude, Mr. Fussy and Mr. Scatterbrain in THE
MR. MEN SHOW; and several video games including RATCHET AND CLANK
and BIO SHOCK.
840 Armed Forces Dr.,