Watch Billy Corgan sing with Wizzo The Wizard on NBC New Year’s Eve show

nme.com:

Billy Corgan has debuted a new song together with Wizzo The Wizard, a character from Chicago’s Bozo The Clown television series, on NBC Chicago’s New Year’s Eve broadcast.On New Year’s Eve (December 31), Madame Zuzu’s – the tea shop Corgan started with his wife Chloe Mendel in Highland Park – was featured as a satellite venue on NBC Chicago’s New Year’s Eve countdown programme.The venue staged performances backed by a jazz band, including the debut of a new song Corgan penned about Wizzo The Wizard, a side character from WGN-TV’s The Bozo Show.The variety series, which ran from 1960 to 2001, starred Bozo The Clown as its main personality, and occasionally featured Wizzo The Wizard, who was played by the late Marshall Brodien.

During the New Year’s Eve programme, Brodien’s son filled in as the character, miming along with a tuxedoed Corgan for the quirky number.Following the broadcast, various fans took to social media to express their confusion over Corgan’s new song and performance. “Ladies and gentlemen, this just happened,” wrote one user on X, in a post featuring a brief clip of the performance. “What is Billy Corgan doing here,” commented another.Ladies and gentlemen, this just happened.

Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan singing about Bozo sidekick Wizzo the Wizard alongside a Wizzo lookalike pic.twitter.com/a0n9ukYdqO— Mark Guess (@markguess) January 1, 2024What is Billy Corgan doing here lol pic.twitter.com/0V6ezmHGiE— Martinelli PR Dept. (@skamrade) January 1, 2024Watching Billy Corgan singing the Wizzo the Clown theme is kind of surreal pic.twitter.com/7pOQThMaJk— TikiHymnologist https://www.threads.net/@tgilkison (@TikiHymnologist) January 1, 2024Hopefully Billy Corgan doesn’t start the show with his lounge act..