Howdy Doody and Buffalo Bob Smith bookend this 1950s animated commercial for Kellogg’s Rice Krispies, one the sponsors of the popluar HOWDT DOODY televsion show. Rice Krispies were first test marketed in 1927 and then offered to consumers at large in 1928. Thei famous “snap – crackle – and pop” sound is the result of the crisped rice grains (–a process which inlcudes baking, drying and toasting leavining each individual grain a hollow, puffed shell –) collapsing whenever milk is added. To …

Here’s a never-before-seen outtake from Barry Mitchell’s afternoon with Howdy Doody Show creator and host, Buffalo Bob Smith. Even in retirement, Smith was a consummate showman, and played to the camera with mesmerizing effect. Recorded for ABC News in Flat Rock, NC in 1997.

Scene from the Howdy Doody Show in which Buffalo Bob creates a ice cream soda machine!