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Howdy Doody
12/27/1947 - 9/30/1960 NBCBlack and White until 9/12/1955, then Color
30 minutes
2,543 total episodes
8/15/1948 -6/1/1956 - 5 days a week
1956 - 1960 - Saturdays
Original Title: Puppet Playhouse
Howdy Doody Cast
Bob Smith as Buffalo Bob SmithBob Keeshan as Clarabell
Bobby Nicholson as Clarabell /Cornelius Cobb
Lew Anderson as Clarabell
Chief Puppeteers:
Rufus Rose, Rhoda Mann and Dayton Allen
Actors
Bill LeCornec as Chief Thunderthud
Judy Tyler as Princess Summerfall Winterspring
Linda Marsh as Princess Summerfall Winterspring
Jean Cavall as La Touke, Papa
Robert Goulet as Trapper Pierre
Barbara Hamilton as Willow (later episodes)
Eric House as Willow
Larry Mann as Cap'n Scuttlebutt/Flub-a-Dub
Caryl McBain as Princess Haida
Peter Mews as Timber Tom
Maxine Miller Gerrard as Princess Pan of the Forest
Voices
Claude Rae as Howdy Doody/Phineas T. Buster/Mr. X
Jacqueline White as Howdy Doody (voice) (later episodes)
Dayton Allen as Mr. Bluster
Bill LeCornec as Dilly Dally
Norma MacMillan as Heidi Doody
Jack Mather as Various characters
Donna Miller as Prunella Bluster/Heidi Doody
Howdy Doody Theme Song
"It's Howdy Doody Time" by Edward KeanIt's Howdy Doody time,
It's Howdy Doody time,
Bob Smith and Howdy Doo
Say Howdy Doo to you.
Lets give a rousing cheer,
'Cause Howdy Doody's here.
It's time to start the show,
So kids, let's go!
"Say Kids, What Time Is It?
(WAV)(38K)
Howdy Doody and Buffalo Bob Smith
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Howdy Doody Trivia |
| Throughout the show's run Clarabell, the seltzer wielding
clown, never spoke. Except once. On the last show he said "Good-bye
kids." Yes, the first Clarabell was Bob Keeshan, who would go on to become the vernerable Captain Kangaroo. Originally, he was just an NBC go-fer who handed props to and ran errands for Buffalo Bob. However, it was decided that since he was seen on camera, he should have a costume. Thus, Clarabell was born. |
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