Dear Doody,
Didn't want to make any more of a fool of myself by responding in FF again. ahhh The Howdy Doody Show. Now you think I could have rememberd that, hey LOL [can't stop giggling about that!] Actually we didn't get that show here that I remember but I think it was "Happy Days" where they talked about Howdy Doody. Was Howdy Doody a clown?

Doody will be along to reply to HER question........but ........ my goodness ........ Howdy Doody a CLOWN? shudder
Howddy Doody was a serious, high moraled young man with a bit stiff joints who talked mostly to Buffalo Bob.
The clown was Clara Belle !!!

sing along...it's howdy doody time...

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mwahahaha...now it will be stuck in YOUR head.

LOL!

uh oh, he wasn't a clown?

I remember Buffalo Bob on "Happy Days".
He did one of the episodes. I recall the name Clara Belle but heck, I didn't know she was the clown. Now I'm reallllly embarrassed.

I think I'm getting it. Do you mean that Howdy Doody was a puppet???

hehehe...don't you dare edit your post.

i embarrasse myself daily.

http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/H/...owdydoodys.htm

The Howdy Doody Show was one of the first and easily the most popular children's television show in the 1950s and a reflection of the wonder, technical fascination, and business realities associated with early television. While Howdy and his friends entertained American children, they also sold television sets to American parents and demonstrated the potential of the new medium to advertisers.

The idea for Howdy Doody began on the NBC New York radio affiliate WEAF in 1947 with a program called The Triple B Ranch. The three Bs stood for Big Brother Bob Smith, who developed the country bumpkin voice of a ranch hand and greeted the radio audience with, "Oh, ho, ho, howdy doody." Martin Stone, Smith's agent, suggested putting Howdy on television and presented the idea to NBC televi-sion programming head Warren Wade. With Stone and Roger Muir as producers, Smith launched Puppet Playhouse on 17 December 1947. Within a week the name of the program was changed to The Howdy Doody Show.

"I recall the name Clara Belle but heck, I didn't know she was the clown"
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Clara Belle was NOT a "she". If anything particular Clara Belle was a "he". The "she" here was Princess Summer Fall Winter spring. Don't you remember her?

And jo -- no offence intended .... but please, watch the 'business stuff' here, OK. Howdy Doody didn't mean business .... Howdy meant 30 minutes of forgetting a lot of stuff that hurt.

Oh my goodness -- I've startedcd cryiong yet again . LOL LOL LOL

the '50's? Wow. I don't think we even owned television set until the mid '60's. Prior to that I lived in a place that didn't have such a thing. We used to sit around this huge radio and listen to the Goon Show from England. We used to also listen to the cricket. lol Now that's an experience!

Thanks so much for all that information! It's fascinating.

Clarabelle was a boy hey... The puppet has a bit of a scary looking face don't you think?

LOL...I remember radio! but not the Goon show. (((Wren)))