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    Howdy Doody is an American children's television program (with circus and Western frontier themes) that was created and produced by Victor F. Campbell...
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    Photo Doody is one of the three original Howdy Doody 1940s marionettes. He is the Howdy figure that was used in Howdy Doody still photo sessions for the...
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    television host; he was well known as the host of the children's show Howdy Doody. Born in Buffalo, New York, as Robert Emil Schmidt, he attended Masten...
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  • television star who began his career by replacing Buffalo Bob Smith on The Howdy Doody Show while Smith was recovering from a heart attack. At various times...
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  • was an American television pioneer and writer who helped create The Howdy Doody Show and wrote over 2,000 episodes of the program. Kean was born in 1924...
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    character who was part of the main cast on the 1947–1960 series The Howdy Doody Show. Clarabell, who wore a baggy, striped costume, communicated through...
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    Dictionary and others. In 1943 the Howdy Doody children's radio show adopted the name for its live audience of children. Howdy Doody is most remembered for its...
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    story about a marionette. In 1947, Howdy Doody introduced marionettes to children's television, with Howdy Doody (the main character) being a marionette...
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  • John Lasseter's Casper pull-string doll he had as a kid, as well as the Howdy Doody puppets from the 1950s show. Woody is named after Woody Strode, a character...
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    Tyler's acting career began as a teenager, with regular appearances on Howdy Doody as Princess Summerfall Winterspring from 1950 to 1953. Like her mother...
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