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The Howdy Doody Show / 1948
Friday, October 14th, 2011Ernie Kovacs – Miklos Molnar hosts “The Howdy Deedy Show”
Thursday, July 14th, 2011[From "Kovacs Corner" on YouTube.com] – Here Kovacs spoofs the grand daddy of all children’s programming, “The Howdy Doody Show”. Instead of Buffalo Bob Smith, we have Buffalo Miklos Molnar hosting the show, which also includes his on camera commercial plugs for his “Miklos Bor”. (For those of you who are not aware, “bor” is Hungarian wine). Again, the stagehand’s laughter clues us into the inside prank of spiking Ernie’s bottle of “bor” with something along the lines of hard whiskey. The Clarabelle-type clown character is none other than Kovacs’ and NBC staff announcer Bill Wendell. Bill later became the first studio announcer for “Late Night with David Letterman” and followed him to his current CBS gig before retiring in 1995. He passed away April 14, 1999. Kovacs takes dead aim at the early to mid 20th Century characterization of the eastern European immigrant type of personality. Their humor at that time was much less sophisticated and much more simple then that of the American norm, and their thinking processes and problem resolution skills were sometimes brutal and to the point. The Howdy Deedy puppet in this clip can attest to that! It has been suggested on other Kovacs web sites that Miklos is Ernie’s loving spoof of his father Andrew. The voiceover for Howdy in this clip happens to be the late voice artist Dayton Allen, who was the voice of the character “Double Doody” in the orginal series. He later went on to work with Steve Allen and voicing characters for …
”Howdy Doody” Episode (1949) 3/3
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011An episode of “Howdy Doody”, likely first aired March, 1949.
”Howdy Doody” Episode (1949) 2/3
Saturday, March 5th, 2011An episode of “Howdy Doody”, likely first aired March, 1949.
”Howdy Doody” Episode (1949) 1/3
Sunday, June 6th, 2010An episode of “Howdy Doody”, likely first aired March, 1949.
Howdy Doody – Andy Handy (4/4)
Saturday, May 22nd, 2010I included an NBC promo, believed to be from 1949, at the beginning of this episode. Buffalo Bob invents the Do-It-Yourself Soda Fountain and manufacturing tycoon Andy Handy is coming to buy it, if it works. When Phineas and Corny hear about this Phineas invents the Do-It-Yourself Dry Cleaner and Corny invents the Do-It-Yourself Shopper. Andy Handy has his hands full with all of these new inventions. Clarabelle plays a gag on Corny and Buffalo Bob while they try to play a song on a balloon. Trivia: – Air date is believed to be May 4, 1957. – In the opening this is stated to be episode 2166. – There were a total of 2543 episodes. – This episode includes two integrated commercials (Wonder Bread and Hostess Cup Cakes). – Howy Doody had 48 freckles, one for each state of the union. This video brought to you by hwy61media. Please take a moment to rate this video and add your comments. You can see all of my videos at: www.youtube.com Watch classic movies at: www.youtube.com Please take a look and subscribe to my channel. If you would like to comment on my channel as well, please do so. Your feedback is important to me. Thanks for watching.
Howdy Doody – Andy Handy (2/4)
Friday, March 12th, 2010I included an NBC promo, believed to be from 1949, at the beginning of this episode. Buffalo Bob invents the Do-It-Yourself Soda Fountain and manufacturing tycoon Andy Handy is coming to buy it, if it works. When Phineas and Corny hear about this Phineas invents the Do-It-Yourself Dry Cleaner and Corny invents the Do-It-Yourself Shopper. Andy Handy has his hands full with all of these new inventions. Clarabelle plays a gag on Corny and Buffalo Bob while they try to play a song on a balloon. Trivia: – Air date is believed to be May 4, 1957. – In the opening this is stated to be episode 2166. – There were a total of 2543 episodes. – This episode includes two integrated commercials (Wonder Bread and Hostess Cup Cakes). – Howy Doody had 48 freckles, one for each state of the union. This video brought to you by hwy61media. Please take a moment to rate this video and add your comments. You can see all of my videos at: www.youtube.com Watch classic movies at: www.youtube.com Please take a look and subscribe to my channel. If you would like to comment on my channel as well, please do so. Your feedback is important to me. Thanks for watching.
Howdy Doody – Andy Handy (3/4)
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010I included an NBC promo, believed to be from 1949, at the beginning of this episode. Buffalo Bob invents the Do-It-Yourself Soda Fountain and manufacturing tycoon Andy Handy is coming to buy it, if it works. When Phineas and Corny hear about this Phineas invents the Do-It-Yourself Dry Cleaner and Corny invents the Do-It-Yourself Shopper. Andy Handy has his hands full with all of these new inventions. Clarabelle plays a gag on Corny and Buffalo Bob while they try to play a song on a balloon. Trivia: – Air date is believed to be May 4, 1957. – In the opening this is stated to be episode 2166. – There were a total of 2543 episodes. – This episode includes two integrated commercials (Wonder Bread and Hostess Cup Cakes). – Howy Doody had 48 freckles, one for each state of the union. This video brought to you by hwy61media. Please take a moment to rate this video and add your comments. You can see all of my videos at: www.youtube.com Watch classic movies at: www.youtube.com Please take a look and subscribe to my channel. If you would like to comment on my channel as well, please do so. Your feedback is important to me. Thanks for watching.
Howdy Doody 40th Anniversary promo 1987
Sunday, February 7th, 2010Promo for “It’s Howdy Doody Time” 40th Anniversary show 1987. Watch hundreds of other classic commercials on my youtube channel at www.youtube.com/mrclassicads!
Howdy Doody – Andy Handy (1/4)
Friday, January 15th, 2010I included an NBC promo, believed to be from 1949, at the beginning of this episode. Buffalo Bob invents the Do-It-Yourself Soda Fountain and manufacturing tycoon Andy Handy is coming to buy it, if it works. When Phineas and Corny hear about this Phineas invents the Do-It-Yourself Dry Cleaner and Corny invents the Do-It-Yourself Shopper. Andy Handy has his hands full with all of these new inventions. Clarabelle plays a gag on Corny and Buffalo Bob while they try to play a song on a balloon …
