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Did You Know??? Clarabell the Clown never spoke on camera until the very last episode. While large amounts of money were offered by advertisers to have him say the sponsor’s name or product, all offers were refused. After the closing credits of the very last episode, a drumroll was played, and Clarabell, holding back tears, softly said, “Goodbye, kids.” The Howdy Doody Show was the first nationally televised children’s television show and was also the first NBC show to air five days a week. In addition, it was the first show ever to air more than 1000 continuous episodes. In addition to Howdy Doody, the cast of marionettes included: Flub-a-Dub, a creature made up of seven animals in one, whose favorite food was meatballs and spaghetti; Dilly Dally, a baseball-capped boy who could wiggle his ears; Mister Bluster, villainous mayor of Doodyville (the fictional location of the show); Inspector Fadoozle, forever peering through his magnifying glass, who billed himself as “America’s number one private eye”. On 11 August 2009 the US Postal Service issued a pane of twenty 44¢ commemorative postage stamps honoring early USA television programs. A booklet with 20 picture postal cards was also issued. The stamp honoring “The Howdy Doody Show” (which began as “Puppet Playhouse”) has a picture of Howdy Doody’s head.

Circa 1981. This is a collection of three bit sketches created by Larry David for the ABC Fridays Late Night TV show. This bit sketch was actully parodied on Seinfeld as well. fridays 80s tv sketch comedy abc howdy doody bit episode folk lore inside joke larry david seinfeld curb your enthusiasm funny lol

The Howdy Doody Show made its debut on television in 1947. When The Howdy Doody Show first aired, there were only 20,000 American homes with television sets and NBC only had stations in six television markets. The show was credited as a major factor in the growth of NBC. The Howdy Doody Show went on to air 2,543 episodes, before running its final episode on September 24, 1960. The Howdy Doody Show set numerous benchmarks for television. It was the first network kids show to air fiv (more…)