Howdy Doody

Buffalo Bob and Howdy Doody

Howdy Doody is an American children's television program (with circus and Western frontier themes)
that was created and produced by E. Roger Muir and telecast on the NBC network in the
United States from December 27, 1947 until September 24, 1960. It was a pioneer in children's
television programming and set the pattern for many similar shows. One of the first television
series produced at NBC in Rockefeller Center, in Studio 3A, it was also a pioneer in early color
production as NBC (at the time owned by TV maker RCA) used the show in part to sell color
television sets in the 1950s. The character first came to life from the creative mind of Bob Smith,
who created Howdy Doody during his days as a radio announcer on WNBC. At that time,
Howdy Doody was only a voice Smith performed on the radio. When Smith made an appearance
on NBC's television program Puppet Playhouse on December 27, 1947, the reception for the
character was great enough to begin a demand for a visual character for television. Frank Paris,
a puppeteer whose puppets appeared on the program, was asked to create a Howdy Doody puppet.

Earlier releases are now Out of Print

Here are 21 Episodes from vintage film copy.

Howdy Doody - July 2 1948
Howdy Doody - 8th March 1949
Howdy Doody - 16th March 1949
Howdy Doody - 3rd August 1949
Howdy Doody - 1950 Visting Clown
Howdy Doody - 1 July 1952
Howdy Doody - Oct 2 1950
Howdy Doody - April 6, 1951
Howdy Doody - 1 April 1952
Howdy Doody - 1 November 1951
Howdy Doody - 1 October 1952
Howdy Doody - 3 November 1952
Howdy Doody - 1 December 1952
Howdy Doody - 31 December 1952
Howdy Doody - 1 April 1953
Howdy Doody - 26 May 1953
Howdy Doody - 6 January 1953
Howdy Doody - 7 June 1954
Howdy Doody - 4 February 1954
Howdy Doody - 31 December 1954
Howdy Doody - 24 December 1953



 

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