Howdy Doody

Overview

Howdy Doody is an American children's television program 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 used the show in part to sell color television sets in the 1950s.

Cast

Buffalo Bob Smith

Buffalo Bob

Bob Keeshan

Clarabell the Clown

Bobby Nicholson

Clarabell the Clown

Lew Anderson

Clarabell the Clown

Bill LeCornec

Chief Thunderthud

Judy Tyler

Princess Summerfall Winterspring

Dayton Allen

Phineas T. Bluster

Allen Swift

Lee Carney

Rufus Rose