Over time, new characters were introduced to the cast, some made a lasting impression while others were briefly tenured. In October 1968, Bell was hospitalized for a brain aneurysm and was absent from the show for several months. Meanwhile, Sandburg resolved to leave the show for the West Coast but stayed longer while Bell recuperated. To pick up the slack, WGN floor manager Richard Shiloh Lubbers appeared as Monty Melvin, named after a schoolmate of Sandburg's, while WGN Garfield Goose and Friends puppeteer Roy Brown created a new character, Cooky the Cook. Magician Marshall Brodien, who had been making semi-regular guest appearances in which he frequently interacted with the clowns, also appeared as a wizard character in an Arabian Nights-inspired costume and by the early 1970s evolved into Wizzo the Wizard. Sandburg finally left the show in January 1969 and Bell returned in March. Lubbers left as well with Brown staying on as a permanent cast member. Rayner left Bozo's Circus in 1971 and was briefly replaced, first by Pat Tobin as Oliver's cousin Elrod T. Potter and then by magician John Thompson (an acquaintance of Brown's and Brodien's) as Clod Hopper. (Tobin would go on to play Bozo on a local production on KSOO-TV in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.) Rayner periodically returned to guest host as himself in his morning show's jumpsuit as "Mr. Ray" when Ned Locke was absent. By 1973, WGN gave up on Thompson and increased Brodien's appearances as Wizzo. In 1975, Bob Trendler retired from television and his Big Top Band was reduced to a three-piece band led by Tom Fitzsimmons. Ned Locke also retired from television in 1976 and was replaced by Frazier Thomas, who hosted WGN's Family Classics and Garfield Goose and Friends. As the storyline went, Garfield "bought" Bozo's Circus from the retiring Mr. Ned and appointed "Prime Minister" Thomas as the new Circus Manager.
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