Howdy Doody, a 27 1/2-inch tall ... After the freckle-faced, redheaded puppet made his first haphazard television appearance in December 1947, the humans around Howdy ... In the early days, ...

It was one of many firsts “Howdy Doody” piled up in its 13-year run. “We were the first show on every day in quite a few markets,” Smith said. “There was no daytime television, just a ...

Edward Kean, the original head writer for “The Howdy Doody Show,” the pioneer NBC children’s TV program for which he also created characters and wrote the songs, has died. He was 85. Kean ...

No, not Donald Trump. It’s Howdy Doody, ... No episodes from the 13-year run of this beloved children’s show have been broadcast since that day, more than a half-century ago.

The Howdy Doody Show went off the air after 13 seasons andmore than 2,500 shows. The puppet was joined in Doodyville, U.S.A.,by Clarabell the Clown, Princess Summerfall Winterspring, PhineasT.

“It’s Howdy Doody Time!” Howdy Doody, Buffalo Bob, Clarabelle the Clown burst on the American television screen on the NBC network as “The Howdy Doody Show” in 1947 and captured ...

Edward Kean, the original head writer for “The Howdy Doody Show,” the pioneer NBC children’s TV program for which he also created characters and wrote the songs, has died. He was 85.