query: When did the original Howdy Doody show go off the air?

title: Howdy Doody

text: Newman, oversaw the production of the Canadian version of "Howdy Doody" while working as head of programming for the CBC. "The Canadian Howdy Doody Show" ended on June 26, 1959. Howdy Doody Howdy Doody was an American children's television program (with circus and Western frontier themes) 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

title: Photo Doody (Howdy)

text: prop-marionette to ever be privately owned. The other two screen-used Howdy puppets are museum property — the one used in the show remains on display at the Detroit Institute of Arts; and the other ("Double Doody") is on permanent exhibition at the Smithsonian. The half-hour "Howdy Doody Show" was the first children's program to appear on TV. The pioneering show set the pattern for many children's programs. A near-record 2,343 episodes aired during its 13-year NBC national TV stint from 1947 to 1960. During the show's heyday, Howdy received 1,500 pieces of mail a week. The program's host, Buffalo Bob

title: Howdy Doody

text: of the series run, from 1957 to 1960. One show from April 1, 1953 was also included. These releases are now out of print. On November 4, 2008, Mill Creek Entertainment (under license from NBCUniversal) released "Howdy Doody Show: 40 Episodes 1949–1954" on DVD in Region 1. The five-disc set features 40 of the best episodes from the series as selected by fans as well as the final colour episode (also on the Image discs) and bonus features. This release has been discontinued and is now out of print. Early episodes of Howdy Doody are available in the public domain

title: Howdy Doody

text: Howdy Doody Howdy Doody was an American children's television program (with circus and Western frontier themes) 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 (at the time owned by TV maker RCA) used the show in part to sell

title: Howdy Doody

text: six months due to unforeseen production difficulties (At the time, Mexican television programming was scarce and often improvised, unlike the American-influenced Cuban market, apart from the fact that Mexican broadcasters weren't interested in foreign production) and market considerations (Until 1960, most South American countries did not have television services or supermarkets—by 1953, the only ones in the region were located in Havana and Lima, Peru-). 96 half-hour episodes were filmed. Cuban television later launched its own local version, named "Chiriltin", which lasted through 1959 or early 1960. "The Canadian Howdy Doody Show" made its debut on November 15, 1954, airing

title: Howdy Doody

text: about 22 months. In January 1955, the role was turned over to Anderson, who kept it until the series ended and for all subsequent revivals and specials, while Nicholson took on the role of J. Cornelius "Corny" Cobb. At the end of the final episode, telecast on September 24, 1960, Clarabell broke his series-long silence to say the final words of the final broadcast: "Goodbye, kids." Each of the cast members also played other roles as required. Howdy Doody dolls were also sold commercially, as well as marionettes of Howdy Doody and Flub-a-dub. There were also two other marionettes, Don

title: Howdy Doody

text: September 1948. During part of its run, it was preceded by the 15-minute program "The Gabby Hayes Show", hosted by the veteran cowboy sidekick actor George "Gabby" Hayes. In June 1956, it began to be shown on Saturdays only, in a morning time slot (10-10:30 Eastern time), continuing until its final broadcast on September 24, 1960. The show continued as reruns until the early 1970's. A distinctive feature was the Peanut Gallery, onstage bleachers seating about 40 children. Each show began with Buffalo Bob asking, "Say kids, what time is it?" and the kids yelling in unison, "It's Howdy Doody

title: Clarabell the Clown

text: Clarabell the Clown Clarabell the Clown was the mute partner of "Howdy Doody". Three actors played Clarabell on a regular basis. The first was Bob Keeshan, who later became Captain Kangaroo. Keeshan was succeeded by Robert "Nick" Nicholson, who also played the character of J. Cornelius Cobb on "The Howdy Doody Show". Lew Anderson was the third and last person to play Clarabell. Anderson played the character from 1954 until the series' final episode on September 24, 1960. Anderson returned to play Clarabell in the short-lived 1976–77 "New Howdy Doody Show" and in the 1987 40th anniversary special, and in

title: The Shari Lewis Show

text: in 1958. The show was awarded a Peabody Award in 1961. Despite warm reviews, the show was cancelled after three seasons. The NBC series premiered on 1 October 1960 as part of NBC "Saturday morning color television program", which replaced "Howdy Doody". The show ran until September 28, 1963. In 1968, the BBC picked up the series, broadcasting from 13 April 1969 to 28 August 1976. The series was picked up at a time when the BBC was experimenting with using American performers in light entertainment. Almost no full episodes of the NBC show are known to exist today. The

title: Howdy Doody

text: their products. In response, NBC set up a special studio at Smith's home so he could appear live "from Pioneer Village" to do commercials. During Smith's absence from the show, Howdy was voiced by Allen Swift. Swift continued to voice the character for the remainder of the show's run, even after Smith's return in September 1955. The final episode, "Clarabell's Big Surprise", was broadcast on September 24, 1960. The hour-long episode was mostly a fond look back at all the highlights of the show's past. Meanwhile, in the midst of it all, Clarabell has what he calls a "big surprise."

title: Buffalo Bob Smith

text: Smith also was known as a singer and musician, appearing on many top shows of the time before and even after becoming nationally known for the "Howdy Doody Show". At first it aired on Saturdays, then on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and finally, five times a week. In 1954, Mr. Smith suffered a heart attack and for a time, he did the show from a studio built in the basement of his home in Mount Vernon, New York. He returned to the NBC studio in 1955. The final NBC "Howdy Doody" episode aired in 1960. Later, in 1976, Smith reunited

title: Velma Wayne Dawson

text: off the air in 1960. She was replaced in June 1952 by Rufus and Margo Rose, who complimented Scott Brinkers' puppet making for the show. "Howdy Doody" went off the air on September 24, 1960 after 2,343 shows. Dawson was honored by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) Pacific Southwest Chapter for her 50-year-long career in television. Additionally, she was honored with a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars in 2000. She was an active benefactor to College of the Desert in Palm Desert. Velma Wayne Dawson died on September 26, 2007, at

title: The Go!! Show

text: for the first wave of Australian rock'n'roll, it did not engage strongly with the so-called "Beat Boom" acts which emerged in the mid-1960s and onwards; "Bandstand" settled into a mainstream musical variety format aimed at a broad general audience. Unusually the main competition for "Go!!" was broadcast on the same station: in December 1965 Channel 0 commissioned a second pop show, "Kommotion", produced by the Willard-King organisation and hosted by popular Melbourne radio and TV personality, Ken Sparkes. It was broadcast with five episodes each week day. "Go!!" focussed on the more sophisticated youth market and tended to concentrate on

title: E. Roger Muir

text: the recommendation of a fellow soldier who had worked for the network before the war. At NBC, he produced or directed shows including "Who Said That?", in which journalists and celebrities competed to identify the source of quotations in the news. Other programs included "The NBC Opera," "The Wide, Wide World," and "Your Hit Parade." Muir produced "The Howdy Doody Show," during its run on NBC from 1947 to 1960. In 1948, Muir conceived of a promotion in which Howdy Doody would run for President of the boys and girls in the November election, running on a campaign platform advocating

title: Bob Considine

text: the pace of his schedule. "Last year [1948] I spent time in Palm Springs, Paris, and Mexico City. I covered the Kentucky Derby and talked to the Pope. I even saw the World Series. It's a pretty good job,'" he told "Time". With the creation of United Press International in 1958, Considine remained on the Hearst payroll, but his work was syndicated through the wire service. Around 1960, a children's parody of the Howdy Doody show theme song went "It's Howdy Doody time, the show's not worth a dime, so turn on channel nine, and watch Bob Considine." Considine had

title: Photo Doody (Howdy)

text: glued to their TV sets at 5:30 p.m. weekdays, each show opened with Buffalo Bob asking —"Say, kids, what time is it?" The children in the studio audience "peanut gallery" responded in unison, "It's Howdy Doody time!" Buffalo Bob Smith did commercials for Wonder Bread, Campbell Soup, Hostess Twinkies and other sponsors that were new to television; it taught marketers the strength of marketing to children. Photo Doody (Howdy) 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 "Howdy Doody Show"

title: Howdy Doody

text: and one nose. The original marionette now resides at the Detroit Institute of Arts. There were duplicate Howdy Doody puppets, designed to be used expressly for off-the-air purposes (lighting rehearsals, personal appearances, etc.), although surviving kinescope recordings clearly show that these duplicate puppets were indeed used on the air occasionally. "Double Doody", the Howdy stand-in puppet, now is in the collection of the Division of Culture and the Arts at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Photo Doody is the near-stringless marionette that was used in personal appearances, photos, parades, and the famed NBC test pattern. He was sold

title: Photo Doody (Howdy)

text: Photo Doody (Howdy) 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 "Howdy Doody Show" and the publicity pictures taken with Buffalo Bob Smith. The near-stringless Howdy marionette was also used in personal appearances and parades. His arm joints and legs were specially built to hold a pose for advertising and marketing photography. He sat easily in Buffalo Bob Smith's lap. Photo Doody, made of carved wood, is 30" tall. His face is hand-painted with blue eyes; he has red hair,

title: Photo Doody (Howdy)

text: a gap-tooth grin, pronounced ears and 48 freckles (one for each of the states at the time when the show first went on the air). He wears a western style outfit consisting of blue jeans, a plaid shirt, cowboy boots and a red bandanna. Prior to sale, Roger Muir, executive producer of "The Howdy Doody Show", owned the puppet. In 1983 Photo Doody was mutilated by vandals who broke into the New York NBC office of Muir. Puppeteers successfully repaired the damage but Photo Doody still bears neck "scars" where the vandals pulled his head off. Photo Doody sold at

title: Howdy Doody

text: learn where Howdy was on the road. The explanation continued that while on the campaign trail, Howdy decided to improve his appearance with some plastic surgery. This made it possible for the network to hire Velma Wayne Dawson to create a more handsome and appealing visual character than Paris' original, which had been called "the ugliest puppet imaginable" by Bob Smith. Since Paris did not provide the voice of the character, Howdy's voice would stay the same after his appearance changed. The puppet which is remembered as the "original" Howdy Doody replaced Paris's original. Howdy Doody himself was a freckle-faced

title: Howdy Doody

text: and are online for audiences to view. The 1970s brought a wave of nostalgia interest in an idealized representation of the 1950s, and with its films such as "American Graffiti" and the TV show "Happy Days". An episode of "Happy Days" was entitled "The Howdy Doody Show" (number 33 of the series; original airdate February 18, 1975), during the series' second season, having a Howdy Doody storyline featuring Smith as Buffalo Bob with actor Bob Brunner as Clarabell. Shortly thereafter, Nicholson-Muir Productions (owned by Nick Nicholson and E. Roger Muir) acquired from NBC the rights to produce the New Howdy

title: Photo Doody (Howdy)

text: Leland's auction house in 1997 for $113,432 to a private collector. The Howdy Doody sale made international print and broadcast headline news. Following the 1997 auction, "Art and Antiques Magazine" named Photo Doody one of the world's "Top 100 Treasures" for 1997. In 1998 the "Palm Beach Daily News" (The Shiny Sheet), a "Palm Beach Post" newspaper, identified TJ Fisher as the Photo Doody high bidder. A "Howdy Doody Comes to Town" front-page feature story profiled Fisher taking Howdy around town in a convertible and dining out with him at local restaurants. Photo Doody is the only original Howdy Doody

title: Howdy Doody

text: boy marionette with 48 freckles, one for each state of the union at the time of his creation (up until January 3, 1959, when Alaska became the 49th state), and originally was voiced by Buffalo Bob Smith. The "Howdy Doody" show's various marionettes were created and built by puppeteers Dawson, Scott Brinker (the show's prop man), and Rufus Rose throughout the show's run. The redheaded Howdy marionette on the original show was operated with 11 strings: two heads, one mouth, one eye, two shoulders, one back, two hands and two knees. Three strings were added when the show returned—two elbows

title: Howdy Doody

text: film "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull", Jones stumbles into a nuclear test facility where the show is playing in one of the houses. He takes cover in a refrigerator as the explosion slowly drowns out the sound of the Howdy Doody theme song. In the 1978 film "Cheech and Chong's Up In Smoke", Anthony 'Man' Stoner (played by Tommy Chong) asks Pedro de Pacas (played by Cheech Marin) "Hey you wanna get high man?" to which Pedro replies "Does Howdy Doody got wooden balls, man?". Like the later "Sesame Street", Canadian, Cuban, and Mexican spin-off shows

title: Howdy Doody

text: re-create the Howdy marionette, also has voiced Howdy. "Pee-wee's Playhouse" drew from "Howdy Doody" during its successful run on CBS from 1986 to 1991. The movie "Back to the Future Part III" features the Howdy Doody intro song as a nod to the western theme of the film. On a 2012 episode of "Mad Men", the character of Pete Campbell claims he is the "President of the Howdy Doody Circus Army" while verbally upbraiding a train conductor. The Dickies feature a song called "Howdy Doody in the Woodshed" on their 2001 CD "All This and Puppet Stew". In the 2008

title: Howdy Doody

text: color television sets in the 1950s. Bob Smith created Howdy Doody during his days as a radio announcer on WNBC. At that time, Howdy Doody was only a voice Smith performed on the radio. When Smith made an appearance on NBC's television program "Puppet Playhouse" on December 27, 1947, the reception for the character was great enough to begin a demand for a visual character for television. Frank Paris, a puppeteer whose puppets appeared on the program, was asked to create a Howdy Doody puppet. Bob Smith, the show's host, was dubbed "Buffalo Bob" early in the show's run (a

title: Howdy Doody

text: covers from the magazine's history. The cover featured Howdy with TV host Conan O'Brien dressed as Buffalo Bob Smith. Another of the Semok duplicates resides in the International Museum and Library of the Conjuring Arts, the private museum owned by renowned illusionist David Copperfield. After the death of Bob Smith, a fierce legal and custody battle for the original Howdy Doody puppet erupted among his heirs, the Rufus Rose estate, and a museum to which the marionette had been bequeathed. Howdy once again was in the news, with his face and story making headline broadcast, wire, talk show and print

title: Howdy Doody

text: felt he was being cheated out of any financial benefits. After one such disagreement, Paris took the puppet and angrily left the NBC studios about four hours before the show was to air live. It was not the first time this happened, leaving the live program with no "star". With Paris's past disappearances, impromptu excuses regarding the whereabouts of Howdy Doody had been hastily concocted. This time, an elaborate explanation was offered—that Howdy was busy with the elections on the campaign trail. NBC hurriedly constructed a map of the United States, which allowed viewers, with the help of Smith, to

title: Howdy Doody

text: frequently used music in the program. Cast members Lew Anderson and Robert "Nick" Nicholson both were experienced jazz musicians. As both the character and television program grew in popularity, demand for Howdy Doody-related merchandise began to surface. By 1948, toymakers and department stores had been approached with requests for Howdy Doody dolls and similar items. Macy's department store contacted Frank Paris, the creator of the puppet, to ask about rights for a Howdy Doody doll. However, while Paris had created the puppet, Bob Smith owned the rights to the character. An argument ensued between the two men, Paris claiming he

title: Photo Doody (Howdy)

text: Smith created the Howdy character for radio and performed the voice of Howdy on television. Actual fabrication of the various Howdy puppets fell to the show's props and puppetry specialists: Rufus Rose, Velma Wayne Dawson, and Scott Brinker. The show was among the first color TV productions —in part to promote the sale of color television sets (NBC, which aired the show, was owned by TV-maker RCA). Beginning in 1950, the NBC test pattern featured a picture of Howdy. Photo Doody was the model for the NBC test pattern. With hundreds of thousands of children in the television viewing audience

title: Howdy Doody

text: by Leland's Sports Auction House in 1997 for more than $113,000 to a private art collector, TJ Fisher. Besides Howdy Doody, the other characters in this show are: The show also featured animal puppets such as: There also were several human characters, most notably: The characters inhabited the fictional town of Doodyville. Several characters (including Ugly Sam, the world's worst wrestler, and Pierre the Chef) were played by comedian Dayton Allen, who later went on to become a cast regular on NBC's primetime "The Steve Allen Show". The "Howdy" show's non-televised rehearsals were renowned for including considerable double-entendre dialogue between

title: Howdy Doody

text: Doody Show, an attempt by Buffalo Bob and most of the old cast to recreate their past fame. It was broadcast from August 1976 to January 1977 in syndication. For this incarnation, which lasted 130 episodes, the Howdy Doody marionette had actual hair in a contemporary 1970s style and was operated by puppeteer Pady Blackwood. Cast members included: It was staged before a larger Peanut Gallery of children and their parents, originating from and taped in Florida. These new episodes were not well-received, with many finding them tedious and nearly unwatchable. The magic was gone. Reruns of the show later

title: Howdy Doody

text: were licensed using local casts and duplicate puppets. In March 1953, the Kagran Corporation, the organization which produced the original "Howdy Doody" for NBC, started production on "La Hora de Jaudi Dudi," a daily Spanish-language version of the programme filmed in Mexico City. The program aired over Canal de las Estrellas in Mexico and, beginning on April 27, CMQ-TV in Havana, Cuba. According to "Billboard,", the series featured a freckle-less Howdy puppet and a new puppet named Don Burro. While the aim was to produce a series to distribute to the entirety of Latin America, the company halted production after

title: Howdy Doody

text: reference both to the historical American frontier character Buffalo Bill and Smith's hometown of Buffalo, N.Y.). At first the set was supposed to be a circus tent, but soon was changed to a western town. Smith wore cowboy garb, as did the puppet. The name of the puppet "star" was derived from the American expression "howdy doody"/"howdy do," a commonplace corruption of the phrase "How do you do?" used in the western United States. (The straightforward use of that expression was also in the theme song's lyrics.) Smith, who had gotten his start as a singing radio personality in Buffalo,

title: Howdy Doody

text: aired on Sundays on Cozi TV. Recently, Amazon Prime began offering 20 episodes online. A decade later, the show celebrated its 40th anniversary with a two-hour syndicated TV special, "It's Howdy Doody Time: A 40-Year Celebration", featuring Smith, Anderson, Nicholson and LeCornec, who reprised his former role of Chief Thunderthud. Late in life, Bob Smith befriended New York-based fan Jack Roth, who already was quite familiar with Smith's gallery of puppet characters. Since Smith's death in 1998, Roth usually has provided the voice for Howdy in TV appearances and live venues. Actor-puppeteer Alan Semok, who was approached by Smith to

title: Howdy Doody

text: Howdy Doody and its Peanut Gallery led executives at United Features Syndicate to use the name "Peanuts" for syndication of Charles M. Schulz's "Li'l Folks" comic strip, reportedly to the lifelong chagrin of Schulz. In September 1954, Bob Smith suffered a heart attack and was ordered to recuperate at home. NBC managed to keep the show going with guest hosts, including Gabby Hayes and New York disc jockey Ted Brown as Bison Bill, explaining to kids that Smith was vacationing at Pioneer Village. While kids generally were satisfied with the explanation, show sponsors insisted they wanted Smith himself to hawk

title: Howdy Doody

text: José, and Hector Hamhock Bluster, brothers of Phineas T. In addition to the original vintage puppets, puppetmaker Alan Semok (at the request of Bob Smith in the early 1990s) created several precise replicas of Howdy, including—thanks to improved materials and new molding techniques—a more exact marionette replica than had ever been produced, as well as a new Photo Doody which Smith used in personal appearances until his death from cancer on July 30, 1998, at the age of 80. One of Semok's marionette duplicates appears on a 2005 cover of "TV Guide" magazine as part of a series recreating classic

title: Howdy Doody

text: The rest of the cast attempts to find out the surprise throughout the entire show, with only Mayor Phineas T. Bluster succeeding, and promising to keep it a secret. ("But", he says upon leaving, "it's not gonna be easy to keep a secret like "this"!") Finally, in the closing moments, the surprise was disclosed through pantomime to Buffalo Bob and Howdy Doody; as it turned out, Clarabell the mute clown actually could talk. Amazed, Bob frantically told Clarabell to prove it, as this was his last chance. An ominous drum roll began as Clarabell faced the camera as it came

title: Howdy Doody

text: June 21, 1953. Milt Neil and Chad Grothkopf were the initial art team through December 3, 1950 after which Grothkopf handled the art solo. UPA was hired to do an animated cartoon ("Howdy Doody and his Magic Hat") which was the first directorial effort of Gene Deitch and long thought lost until a print turned up at the Library of Congress in 2010. On April 15 of that year, the film was posted online. On February 20, 2001, NBC Home Video licensed Image Entertainment to release four individual discs, each containing four episodes. These shows came from the latter part

title: Howdy Doody

text: is available commercially. A 1955 merchandise catalog had 24 pages showcasing the range of products licensed by the show. The extensive merchandising included the aforementioned puppet, toys and clothing, plus tie-ins with cereals and other food products. Dell published a comic book from 1950 to 1956 along with Little Golden Books and Tell-a-Tale books, many written by Doody head writer Edward Kean. In addition Dell scribe John Stanley contributed scripts for the comic book. Kean also did some scripting (along with Stan Lee) of a Sunday-only Doody comic strip through United Feature Syndicate which ran from October 15, 1950, to

title: Howdy Doody

text: that the puppet in question was the original she created. Despite 50 years of numerous repairs, repaints, and replaced body parts, Dawson eventually declared the head of the puppet to be the one she originally made in 1948. The Detroit Institute of Arts ultimately prevailed and has custody of the original Howdy. It was announced in 2013 that, due to Detroit's budget deficit, the museum would be placing the puppet up for sale at auction. Originally an hour on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays (at 5 p.m. Eastern), the show moved to Monday through Friday, 5:30 to 6 p.m. EST in

title: The Show Must Go Off!

text: The Show Must Go Off! The Show Must Go Off! is a live concert DVD series produced by Kung Fu Films, an offshoot of the Kung Fu Records label run by Vandals bassist Joe Escalante, who also acts as producer for the series. The series began in 2002 and has thus far included 19 "episodes," the most recent of which was released in 2005. The series initiated in July 2002 with the release of a live Vandals concert DVD recorded in December 2001 at their annual "Christmas Formal" concert. However, this release did not originally bear the "Show Must Go

title: Howdy Doody

text: news around the world. For a while, during the tug-of-war fight, the puppet was held in a bank safe deposit box while the saga played out in the federal courts. During one day of deposition, puppetmaker Semok (who had performed various maintenance and re-painting of the original Howdy marionette beginning in 1989) was called upon to unseal a trap door on the back of the puppet's head; Velma Dawson, the puppet's original builder, who was 88 at the time of the deposition, was present and given the opportunity to examine the inside of the head in an effort to verify

title: Allen Swift

text: Kaye"), as the voice of Musty. Swift supplied most of the character voices for the NBC "Howdy Doody" Show. When Buffalo Bob Smith—who himself did the voice of the lead puppet character Howdy Doody and had many times proclaimed that "nobody else could do Howdy"—suffered a heart attack, Swift took home some recordings over the weekend, came back on Monday, and supplied Howdy's voice for more than a year. Swift became the second comedy writer for "Howdy Doody" following the abrupt departure of the series' first comedy writer and songwriter, Edward Kean. He also wrote the play "Checking Out". Swift

title: The Uncle Al Show

text: CBS brass settled on "Howdy Doody" alum Bob Keeshan to host their new kids' show, which became "Captain Kangaroo". When WCPO switched network affiliation from ABC to CBS in 1961, both shows would run back-to-back on weekday mornings. Lewis' wife Wanda joined the show in 1956. Initially, Wanda was called "Captain Windy", costumed in a superhero-like outfit during the early days of the show, and was seen "flying" Superman-style before she made her entrance on stage. Her shy, quiet manner inspired colleague Paul Dixon to call her "The Windy One" when they co-starred on their own show. Uncle Al's show

title: The Show Must Go Off!

text: special features have been incorporated into the DVD releases. Episode 9, The Vandals "Live at the House of Blues" uses the most of such bonus features thus far, including a "Josh Freese cam" with a picture-in-picture close-up of his foot pedal, optional on-screen lyrics, and multiple band commentaries. The Show Must Go Off! The Show Must Go Off! is a live concert DVD series produced by Kung Fu Films, an offshoot of the Kung Fu Records label run by Vandals bassist Joe Escalante, who also acts as producer for the series. The series began in 2002 and has thus far

title: The Pee-wee Herman Show

text: the character had made his first appearance to a national (but mostly adult) audience when he made a cameo in "Cheech & Chong's Next Movie". With $3,000 (mostly money wired from his parents), and help from 60 people working for him (including his fellow Groundling Phil Hartman), Reubens created the show. At home in his Puppetland playhouse, Pee-wee entertains his audience of "boys & girls" in a homage to low budget 1950s TV kiddie-shows such as "Howdy Doody" and "Pinky Lee". Pee-wee spends the day with his friends and fellow citizens of Puppetland (including Pterri the pterodactyl, Mr. Knucklehead, Captain

title: The Gabby Hayes Show

text: The Gabby Hayes Show The Gabby Hayes Show is a general purpose western television series in which the film star and Roy Rogers confidant, George "Gabby" Hayes (1885–1969), narrated each episode, showed clips from old westerns, or told tall tales for a primarily children's audience. The first Hayes program ran on NBC at 5:15 p.m. Eastern for fifteen minutes three times per week and preceded the puppet series, "Howdy Doody". It aired from December 11, 1950, to January 1, 1954. The second version was a half-hour broadcast on Saturday mornings, carried for only thirteen weeks from May 12 to July

title: Velma Wayne Dawson

text: Velma Wayne Dawson Velma Wayne Dawson (May 30, 1912, Sydney, Australia – September 26, 2007) was an American puppet maker and puppeteer. She was best known for creating Howdy Doody marionettes for the "Howdy Doody Show". Dawson built only two classic Howdy Doody marionettes (Howdy and The Inspector John J. Fedoozle) for the famous children's show that began on December 27, 1947. She began by making all the prototypes with green felt hats, plaid shirts, white neckerchief and tan pants, made of cloth brown boots, brown hair and brown eyes. She continued to build the marionettes until the show went

title: Velma Wayne Dawson

text: her home in Palm Desert, California at the age of 95. She is buried at the Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City, California. Velma Wayne Dawson Velma Wayne Dawson (May 30, 1912, Sydney, Australia – September 26, 2007) was an American puppet maker and puppeteer. She was best known for creating Howdy Doody marionettes for the "Howdy Doody Show". Dawson built only two classic Howdy Doody marionettes (Howdy and The Inspector John J. Fedoozle) for the famous children's show that began on December 27, 1947. She began by making all the prototypes with green felt hats, plaid shirts, white neckerchief

title: Howdy Doody

text: Time!" Then the kids sang the show's theme song (set to the tune of "Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay"): It was, thus, one of the first television shows with audience participation as a major component. In many of the 1949–1954 episodes released on DVD by Mill Creek Entertainment in 2008, the children also can be heard singing jingles for commercial breaks, with Buffalo Bob or Howdy leading them and the lyrics appearing on screen. Colgate toothpaste, Halo Shampoo, 3 Musketeers candy bars and Poll Parrot Shoes are among the products advertised this way, as well as series-long sponsor Wonder Bread. The popularity of

title: Where Did the Feeling Go?

text: Where Did the Feeling Go? "Where Did the Feeling Go?" is a song written by Michael Masser and Norman Saleet and first recorded by American singer Jill Michaels in 1985, and then by Russell Hitchcock (from the band Air Supply) for his eponymous debut solo album in 1988. The song found renewed interest when Selena recorded the song a year later in 1989; however, it was not released until 1997 when it was featured in the film "Selena" and its soundtrack album, following her death in 1995. The song was later included on the "20 Years of Music" version of

title: Where Did the Feeling Go?

text: her 1992 album "Entre a Mi Mundo". Where Did the Feeling Go? "Where Did the Feeling Go?" is a song written by Michael Masser and Norman Saleet and first recorded by American singer Jill Michaels in 1985, and then by Russell Hitchcock (from the band Air Supply) for his eponymous debut solo album in 1988. The song found renewed interest when Selena recorded the song a year later in 1989; however, it was not released until 1997 when it was featured in the film "Selena" and its soundtrack album, following her death in 1995. The song was later included on

title: The Rudy and Gogo World Famous Cartoon Show

text: wrote to the program and were rewarded by having their names appear on screen as friends of the show. The series ended its run in August, 1997. In fall 1998, TNT stopped showing cartoons altogether and the network started to change its image. The Rudy and Gogo World Famous Cartoon Show The Rudy and GoGo World Famous Cartoon Show was a programming block of cartoons for TNT during the mid-1990s. Hosted by "Rowdy" Rudy R. Moore (a marionette puppet of a young boy, who looked a little like Howdy Doody), and his pet goat Gogo (a live action nanny goat),

text: The Rudy and Gogo World Famous Cartoon Show The Rudy and GoGo World Famous Cartoon Show was a programming block of cartoons for TNT during the mid-1990s. Hosted by "Rowdy" Rudy R. Moore (a marionette puppet of a young boy, who looked a little like Howdy Doody), and his pet goat Gogo (a live action nanny goat), the show featured a variety of cartoon short subjects from Turner Entertainment's library, including pre-July 1948 Warner Bros.' "Looney Tunes" and "Merrie Melodies", MGM cartoons such as "Tom and Jerry" and "Droopy", and Fleischer/Famous' "Popeye the Sailor". Between cartoons, Rudy, Gogo, and an

title: Buffalo Bob Smith

text: Presbyterian Church (ARP) in Flat Rock. He made a live infomercial appearance to promote Howdy Doody Entertainment Memorabilia on July 3, 1998, on QVC. That was his last appearance. Smith died of cancer a few weeks later on July 30, 1998, in a hospital in Hendersonville, North Carolina, just three days before puppeteer Shari Lewis, whose show took over the time slot that "Howdy Doody" had previously occupied. Buffalo Bob Smith Buffalo Bob Smith (born Robert Emil Schmidt; November 27, 1917 – July 30, 1998) was the host of the children's show "Howdy Doody". Born in Buffalo, New York as

title: Richie Cunningham

text: appeared in guest appearances on "Love, American Style" and "Laverne & Shirley", and was a regular on the animated series "The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang". Richie Cunningham was the quintessential example of the All-American, 1950s teenager. He was exceedingly wholesome and, with his red hair and freckles, he bore more than a passing resemblance to Howdy Doody (as noted in the episode "The Howdy Doody Show"). Occasionally he got into trouble, usually in some scheme designed to attract women, but he did not seem to have a malicious bone in his body. Many of the episodes revolved around

title: Joff Ellen

text: Joff Ellen Joff Ellen (born Raymond Charles Ellen; 20 May 191524 December 1999) was an Australian entertainer, actor and comedian. During World War II he performed vaudeville acts to the troops and after the war did comedy shows on Melbourne radio station 3XY, now known as Magic 1278 He appeared in various children's television shows as the character "Joffa Boy", particularly "The Tarax Show", wearing "Bombay Bloomers" with large suspenders that he would manipulate for effect. He would greet the audience with ""Howdy Doody, boys and girls!"", and they would respond ""Howdy Doody, Joffa Boy!"". The theme song for the

title: Where Did the Good Times Go?

text: are mixed without hi-hat. In 1992 when the Original cast CD was released, the hi-hat was suddenly apparent in the recording. It is most likely that the hi-hat was always present in the mix, but just not loud enough to be heard. It was probably boosted in the remix and subsequent remastering. Where Did the Good Times Go? "Where Did the Good Times Go?" is, what is popularly termed, the "big ballad" or "11 o'clock number" from the musical "Over Here!", which opened on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre (Broadway) on March 6, 1974. The song is the penultimate moment

title: Where Did the Good Times Go?

text: Where Did the Good Times Go? "Where Did the Good Times Go?" is, what is popularly termed, the "big ballad" or "11 o'clock number" from the musical "Over Here!", which opened on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre (Broadway) on March 6, 1974. The song is the penultimate moment of drama when all seems lost toward the end of the second act. The song was somewhat successful as a single for Patty Andrews, who debuted the song in the show. The song was written by Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman. The recording on both the LP and the single

title: Pat Doody

text: Announcer at Border. He freelanced at LWT and voiced many local commercials for Metro Radio in Newcastle. His voice was also heard as the announcer of Border's popular networked series, Mr. and Mrs. He also ran his own broadcast facilities company, Videoforce Ltd. Doody committed suicide on 28 February 1990 at the age of 52. He was on announcing duty at Border two nights before his death. Pat Doody Patrick "Pat" Doody (11 November 1938 - 28 February 1990) was a British broadcaster. Although his father was the owner of a theatre company, Doody chose to go into broadcasting work

title: Pat Doody

text: Pat Doody Patrick "Pat" Doody (11 November 1938 - 28 February 1990) was a British broadcaster. Although his father was the owner of a theatre company, Doody chose to go into broadcasting work rather than acting. After serving time in the Royal Signals, he began his career with the British Forces Broadcasting Service in Cyprus. He later moved to BBC Radio, where he became best known for presenting "Night Ride" for Radio 1 and Radio 2. Doody moved into television and worked as a continuity announcer for Border Television in Carlisle and Tyne Tees Television in Newcastle, latterly becoming Senior

title: Howdy Doody

text: seemed watered-down, with less raucous plots and less villainous villains, as well as a more educational orientation. Much as the American version of the show was of the Western genre, the Canadian version was a Northern. Some of the stories were evocative nonetheless, almost stepping into high fantasy, and often featured Dilly Dally as an everyman hero who muddled through and did the right thing. Early in the run, there was a short-lived puppet character called Mr. X (no relation to a puppet of the same name who appeared on the American show) who traveled through time and space in

title: The Sing-Off

text: opponent. The show returned on December 9, 2013, and aired over several nights, concluding on December 23, 2013. In a first for "The Sing-Off", groups from the show will go on tour, with 32 shows scheduled in 32 cities during February and March 2014. Home Free was crowned the winner, with Ten coming in second and Vocal Rush coming in third. On October 1, 2014, NBC renewed the series for a fifth season to air at the end of 2014. Although a "season" of shows did not air (to the confusion of some fans), NBC aired a two-hour special on

title: The Adventures of Oky Doky

text: New York City television station WABD in a children's fashion show program called "Tots, Tweens and Teens". Although there are conflicting stories of when Oky Doky first appeared on local television, it seems likely that his move to network prime time was inspired by the success of the "Howdy Doody" show. Oky Doky ran a dude ranch where children came to play games, perform skits and watch Oky's latest adventures. In each show, Oky would get into trouble, but his magic milk pills gave him the strength to defeat the bad guys. The cast included Wendy Barrie, Rex Trailer, Burt

title: The Go!! Show

text: The Go!! Show The Go!! Show (also known simply as Go!!) was an Australian popular music television series which aired on ATV-10 Melbourne from August 1964 to August 1967. It was produced by DYT Productions at the Channel 10 (then known as network 0) studios in Nunawading, Victoria. Over its run it was hosted, in turn, by Alan Field (1964), Ian Turpie (1964–66) and Johnny Young (1966–67). When "Go!!" premiered in August 1965, the other major competing television popular music show was the Channel 9 series, "Bandstand", which was made in Sydney. While that series had been an important outlet

title: Go Off

text: revealed she did not want to feature any human beings in the video. Go Off "Go Off" is a song by British recording artist M.I.A. from her fifth studio album, "AIM" (2016). The track was written by M.I.A., Skrillex, and Blaqstarr. Production was handled by the latter two, alongside Tom Manaton. The song premiered on Annie Mac's eponymous radio show on 14 July 2016 and was self-released worldwide the following day as a digital download under exclusive license to Interscope Records. The track was met with mixed reviews. The music video for the song was directed by M.I.A. herself. It

title: Buffalo Bob Smith

text: McNeil dropped to second in the Buffalo market. Smith's popularity in Buffalo won the attention of NBC, which brought him to New York after the war to host early mornings on flagship station WNBC, a post he held through the early 1950s before concentrating on television. For a time between 1947 and 1953 he appeared mornings on WNBC while hosting and producing the daily Howdy Doody Show. The puppet, Howdy Doody was based on a caricature of Mr. Smith's sister, Esther. Esther was employed at Sattler's department store in the drapery department and Howdy was the spitting image of her.

title: Garfield Goose and Friends

text: a variety show hosted by Thomas. Later, when the character was thought to have enough appeal for a show of its own, "Garfield Goose and Friend" debuted on September 29, 1952 with Chicago puppeteer Bruce Newton. The actual first puppeteer for Garfield was a WBKB secretary, Lee Ann Prineas, who left her clerical duties while the show was on the air. The show aired directly opposite NBC's "Howdy Doody". In early broadcasts, Thomas hosted the show in a suit and tie, but on October 16, 1952, Garfield appointed him Admiral of his navy and his Prime Minister. making it necessary

title: Ed Alberian

text: Ed Alberian Ed Alberian (aka Edwin Alberian) was a stage and television actor and entertainer who began his career in off-Broadway and Broadway productions, and moved into the nascent television industry, where his work was oriented to children's programming and clowning. Alberian played the Clarabell the Clown for public appearances and on the television show "Howdy Doody" appeared as Professor Gusbags., as well characters, such as Doaky the Clown, on "Let's Have Fun" and "The Beachcomber Bill Show". Alberian was frequently asked to do the original live performances of animated or promotional characters. Projects in which he worked include appearances

title: Howdy Doody

text: the cast members (particularly the witty Dayton Allen) and the puppet characters. Corny Cobb was played by Bobby "Nick" Nicholson in 1952, by puppeteer Rufus Rose in 1953 and 1954 while Nicholson assumed the role of Clarabell, and again by Nicholson from early 1955 until the end of the show. Clarabell was first played by Bob Keeshan (who also played The Featherman). Keeshan continued in that role until December 1952, when he, Dayton Allen, puppeteer Rhoda Mann, and Bill LeCornec left the show over a salary dispute. The role of Clarabell was then taken by Nicholson, who played it for

title: Howdy Doody

text: in for an extreme closeup. His lips quivered as the drumroll continued. When it stopped, Clarabell simply said softly, "Goodbye, kids." A tear could be seen in his right eye as the picture faded to black. The show quietly ended with a roll of credits over an empty, darkened set as "Auld Lang Syne" was played on a celeste, followed by an announcement that "The Shari Lewis Show" would be seen in its place at that time next week, followed by a spot for the TV series "National Velvet". The recently discovered and restored color videotape of the final broadcast

title: The Mikey Show

text: The Mikey Show The Mikey Show was a morning show that aired in San Jose. It was taken off the air March 7, 2012. The Mikey Show earned its name from show host Mikey Esparza. He worked in radio his entire adult life all over the country, from Rochester, New York; to Dallas, Texas. The Mikey Show previously aired on KSJO in San Jose and KEGL in Dallas, Texas but was let go from both stations after creating a controversial parody song. Esparza did the evening slot on KIOZ from 7:00 p.m. to 12:00 am from the late 1990s until

title: Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay

text: same name describes the history of music hall theatre. From 1974 to 1988 the Disneyland park in Anaheim, California USA presented a portion of the song as part of a musical revue show entitled America Sings. Containing four acts in a revolving carousel theater, the song was part of the finale in Act 3: The Gay 90s. The widely recognizable melody has been re-used for numerous other songs, children's camp songs, parodies, and military ballads from the early 20th century. It was used for the theme song to the show "Howdy Doody" (as "It's Howdy Doody Time"). A popular folk

title: Howdy Forrester

text: Howdy Forrester Howdy Forrester (March 31, 1922 – August 1, 1987), born Howard Wilson Forrester, was an American bluegrass fiddler and a popularizer and practiser of the "Texas" or "show fiddle" style. He was a long-time member of Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys. Forrester was born in Vernon, Tennessee into a family of many fiddlers—his father, grandfather and uncle played the fiddle. He grew up as the youngest of four brothers. In 1927, their father was killed in an automobile accident when his vehicle was hit by a train. In 1933, during a convalescence from rheumatic fever where he was

title: Howdy

text: Howdy Howdy is an informal greeting, originally a shortened form of the greeting "How do ye?" It was first recorded as part of the South England dialect in 1563/87. Literature from that period includes the use of "How-do, how-do" and "How" as a greeting used by the Scottish when addressing Anglo settlers in greeting. The double form of the idiom is still found in parts of the American Southwest as "Howdy, howdy". Without regard to etymological beginnings, the word is used as a greeting such as "Hello" and not, normally, as an enquiry. As a result, it's not followed by

title: Sieg Howdy!

text: as 6, and Voted Off The Island as 7. Sieg Howdy! Sieg Howdy! is the second album by Jello Biafra and The Melvins. It consists of songs recorded during the same sessions that produced their first collaboration "Never Breathe What You Can't See" but not used on that album, plus remixes of four songs from the first album. The opening track, a cover of the Alice Cooper classic "Halo Of Flies", has special significance for Biafra and The Melvins, as Biafra had heard The Melvins cover it when he first witnessed the group perform live. Also featured on the album

title: TJ Fisher

text: several joint-venture projects Fisher aligned with Philip Pilevsky of Philips International, the on-off financier/partner of hotelier Ian Schrager. The Schrager/Philip pairing began with Studio 54. Later, in conjunction with designer Philip Stark, they founded original boutique hotels, including New York City's Paramount Hotel and Royalton Hotel, Miami's Delano Hotel and Shore Club, and LA's Mondrian Hotel. She helped found the Rufus Fisher Dog Angel program at Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine, a program established in memory of her late yellow Labrador retriever. Fisher resides with one of the three original 1940s Howdy Doody marionettes, Photo Doody. TJ Fisher

title: Captain Kangaroo

text: the original Clarabell the Clown on "The Howdy Doody Show" when it aired on NBC. "Captain Kangaroo" had a loose structure, built around life in the "Treasure House" (later known as "The Captain's Place") where the Captain (the name "kangaroo" came from the big pockets in his coat) would tell stories, meet guests, and indulge in silly stunts with regular characters, both humans and puppets. Keeshan performed as the Captain more than 9,000 times over the nearly 30-year run of the show. The May 17, 1971, episode had two major changes on the show: The Treasure House was renovated and

title: Dominick Dunne: After the Party

text: it's awful to hurt a child. It's a terrible thing. My opinion of myself was nothing... I believed I was everything he said." Dunne enlisted in the army and served in World War II, where he distinguished himself by running towards approaching German forces to rescue two injured American soldiers, and was awarded the Bronze Star for his bravery. When the war ended, Dunne moved to New York City and studied at Williams College. After graduating, he secured a position as floor manager for "The Howdy Doody Show" and then for "Robert Montgomery Presents". Dunne met Ellen "Lenny" Griffin, who

title: Alison Doody

text: business and farmed. Doody attended Mount Anville Secondary School. Approached by a photographer, Doody took up modelling, which turned into a career in commercial modelling. Doody stringently avoided glamour and nude work — a clause which she extended to her acting career. Having come to the attention of the casting director of a new "James Bond" film, she accepted a small part as Jenny Flex in 1985's "A View to a Kill." Doody was listed as one of 12 Promising New Actors of 1986 in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 38. Still only 18 when she appeared in the role,

title: Nick Doody

text: and Paramount in the UK, and on "Edinburgh and Beyond", also for Paramount. In August 2009 Nick performed again at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with the show Schizo. He is currently supporting Dave Gorman in his latest 2018 tour "With Great PowerPoint Comes Great Responsibility". He is the creator and head writer of the BBC Radio 4 show, "Bigipedia", which broadcast in 2009 and 2011. Official Website Nick Doody Nick Doody (born 1972 in Morley, West Yorkshire) is a British stand-up comedian. He features frequently as a guest on radio broadcasts such as "Political Animal" and vox-pop television shows, although

title: The Show-Off (1946 film)

text: earned $1,928,000 in the US and Canada and $451,000 elsewhere resulting in a profit of $723,000. "The Show-Off" was presented on "Lux Radio Theater" in 1935 starring Joe E. Brown and 1943 starring Harold "Great Gildersleeve" Peary, Una Merkle, and Beulah Bondi, with slightly altered plot lines. "Theatre Guild on the Air" presented a one-hour adaptation on February 22, 1953 starring Paul Douglas and Jan Sterling. The Show-Off (1946 film) The Show-Off is a 1946 film directed by Harry Beaumont based on the play by George Kelly. It stars Red Skelton and Marilyn Maxwell. It was previously filmed in 1926

title: When the Stars Go Blue

text: a show at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York. The show was available for live streaming to fans throughout the world. When the Stars Go Blue "When The Stars Go Blue" is a popular alternative country song composed and originally performed by solo artist and former Whiskeytown band member Ryan Adams. It was first released with his album "Gold" on September 25, 2001. The song has been covered by many artists, notably: Celtic band The Corrs featuring U2's lead singer Bono, country music singer Tim McGraw and Norwegian artists Venke Knutson and Kurt Nilsen as a duo. The

title: Say Kids What Time Is It?

text: "Say kids, what time is it?" from the theme song to the children's television show "Howdy Doody", from which the song took its title. The song sampled many hip hop, funk and soul tracks as well. Coldcut would later gain more popularity in the music scene with their remix of the Eric B. & Rakim song "Paid in Full", which also incorporated the use of various samples. It also used the "Goodnight, kids" sample originally sampled from "Howdy Doody", previously used by Coldcut on "Say Kids What Time Is It?" Shortly after the release of sample-built records such as "Say

title: Bette Rogge

text: Jerry Orbach, Lucie Arnaz, Pat O'Brien, and Tony Randall. Many of her guests were in town for headliner appearances in Kenley Players summer stock theatre productions. Rogge also announced regular radio and television commercials for many local businesses. She worked two days a week at WBNS-TV and WLW~C TV in Columbus. In the 1950s, Bette did the first color TV commercial (Royal Crest Dairy) at WLW-D and the first color national television feed from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base with the Howdy Doody show team who were in Dayton for the Community Chest. One of the highlights of her television career

title: The Adventures of Oky Doky

text: The Adventures of Oky Doky The Adventures of Oky Doky is an American children's television program that aired on the DuMont Television Network on Thursdays at 7pm ET from November 4, 1948, through May 26, 1949. Sometime in early 1949, the time slot for the show went from 30 minutes to 15 minutes. In March, the show was cut back to Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6:45pm ET. The show had many similarities with "Howdy Doody", including a frontier/western theme and a cowboy puppet as the title character. The puppet Oky Doky (created by puppeteer Raye Copeland) was first seen on

title: When the Stars Go Blue

text: When the Stars Go Blue "When The Stars Go Blue" is a popular alternative country song composed and originally performed by solo artist and former Whiskeytown band member Ryan Adams. It was first released with his album "Gold" on September 25, 2001. The song has been covered by many artists, notably: Celtic band The Corrs featuring U2's lead singer Bono, country music singer Tim McGraw and Norwegian artists Venke Knutson and Kurt Nilsen as a duo. The song has also been performed live many times by Phil Lesh and Friends. The original recording of "When the Stars Go Blue" on

title: Bobby Nicholson

text: "Bob" on the cast and crew at any given time. He was also kept busy at NBC as a staff conductor of the NBC Symphony for ten years, including the early (pre-Doc Severinsen) years of "The Tonight Show," when Skitch Henderson wasn't available for the show. He also did musical arrangements for various NBC shows and for many performers. Along with Muir under their company "Nicholson-Muir Productions", he helped create and produce several game shows, most notably the first two versions of "The Newlywed Game". Nicholson also assumed the role of Corny Cobb for the revival of Howdy Doody in

title: The Adventures of Slim and Howdy

text: and have a run-in with Los Zetas, the deadly Mexican organized crime gang. Before it's over, Jodie Lee gets kidnapped, suspects come crawling out of the cacti, and Slim and Howdy have to save the day. The Adventures of Slim and Howdy The Adventures of Slim and Howdy is a 2008 novel by Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn (superstar duo Brooks & Dunn) and novelist Bill Fitzhugh. The novel features Brooks and Dunn's alter-egos Slim and Howdy as they travel cross-country in pursuit of a musical career. Based on characters created by Kix Brooks (as the alter egos of country

title: The Adventures of Slim and Howdy

text: The Adventures of Slim and Howdy The Adventures of Slim and Howdy is a 2008 novel by Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn (superstar duo Brooks & Dunn) and novelist Bill Fitzhugh. The novel features Brooks and Dunn's alter-egos Slim and Howdy as they travel cross-country in pursuit of a musical career. Based on characters created by Kix Brooks (as the alter egos of country superstars, Brooks and Dunn), "The Adventures of Slim and Howdy" is a comic crime novel that chronicles the exploits of a couple of gifted but undiscovered guitar pickin', honky tonk entertainin', country singers. It starts with

title: The Go!! Show

text: cancelled shows with a new Saturday morning pop show "Uptight", which was nationally networked; it ran until the end of 1969 when it was 'rebranded' as "Happening '70" (followed by "Happening '71" and '72). Like most other Australian TV shows from this period, there is very little surviving archival material from "The Go!! Show". Most of the more than 200 episodes were subsequently destroyed when the Channel 0 archive ran out of storage space, although numerous fragments and several entire programs have survived. The exact amount of remaining footage is uncertain, but at least seven episodes from late 1966 are

title: Off the Air (TV series)

text: response that its audience would be "pretty young, late teens, early 20s" and "strangely positive and engaged." The network has broadcast praise of the show written by viewers in the form of bumpers, often hinting at further episodes being produced. Episodes have been distributed to sites like YouTube, while a continuous online stream of the show was launched by the network on September 5, 2014. On December 19, 2014, the show's Facebook page announced that additional exclusive material will be added to the livestream. Off the Air (TV series) Off the Air is an American anthology television series created by

title: C. William Doody

text: formed his government in 1972. In 1975, Doody became the province's finance minister. After Moores resigned, Doody was widely expected to succeed him but was defeated by Brian Peckford in the March 17, 1979 PC leadership convention. Premier Peckford appointed Doody Minister of Mines and Energy. In October 1979, several months after the 1979 Newfoundland election, Doody left provincial politics and was appointed to the Senate by then Progressive Conservative Prime Minister Joe Clark. He served as Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate from September 17, 1984 until 1991. When, in December 2004, the Progressive Conservatives merged with

title: C. William Doody

text: C. William Doody Cyril William "Bill" Doody (February 26, 1931 – December 27, 2005) was a member of the Senate of Canada representing Newfoundland and Labrador. Doody was active in provincial politics and was first elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in 1971 as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador. Doody was born in St. John's and was educated at Saint Bonaventure's College. In 1971, he resigned from his position as managing director of a supermarket to run for political office. He became Minister of Mines, Agriculture and Resources when Frank Moores

title: The Go!! Show

text: of the film version of the Broadway musical "Grease" which became the biggest hits of the movie. Coinciding with the premiere of the TV series, DYT launched their own record label Go!! Records at and "The Go!! Show" frequently cross-promoted acts signed to the label. Unconnected pop magazine "Go-Set" (1966–1974) which coincidentally shared the "Go" brand and market formed a marketing triumvirate. Although it was extremely popular, attracting as many as 400,000 viewers each week, "The Go!! Show" was cancelled suddenly in August 1967 after more than 200 episodes, at virtually the same time as the axing of "Kommotion". According

title: Howdy

text: a question mark. Punctuating "Howdy" commonly follows these rules: (i) If "Howdy" is used as a complete sentence, it's followed by an exclamation mark. (ii) If "Howdy" is the first word in a sentence, it's followed by a comma. In the rural Southwestern United States, "Howdy" is a colloquial contraction of the formal greeting of "How do you do?", and as such is considered a formal and acceptable greeting for residents of that region of the world. "Howdy" is also the official greeting of Texas A&M University, though the two are not always automatically associated. The word became recently popular

title: Talk Show (The Go-Go's album)

text: Talk Show (The Go-Go's album) Talk Show is the third studio album by the American rock band the Go-Go's, released on the I.R.S. label in 1984. Although some critics considered it an inspired return to form after their second album "Vacation", other than the No. 11 hit single "Head over Heels", the album was a relative commercial disappointment, peaking at No. 18 and selling fewer than 500,000 copies. This would be the last all-original album by the group until 2001's "God Bless The Go-Go's". Many of the songs on the album have not been performed regularly by the Go-Go's in

title: The Ren & Stimpy Show

text: show ended on December 16, 1995, with a total of five seasons and 52 episodes. "Ren & Stimpy" received positive reviews during its original run. It would go on to receive widespread critical acclaim after its run, and has since developed a cult following and had a long-lasting influence on television animation. A spin-off for adult audiences, "Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon"", aired in 2003 on Spike but was taken off the air along with the rest of Spike's animation block after only three episodes. The series centers on Ren Höek (voiced by John Kricfalusi in seasons 1–2; Billy

title: Where Did Our Love Go (album)

text: on December 29, 1964. It was equivalent to Motown 25 or Live Aid as a pivotal music concert event . When it hit theaters nationwide, it undoubtedly raised and extended the visibility of the "Where Did Our Love Go" album. All tracks written by Holland–Dozier–Holland except as noted. The original album sold a million copies {in 1964-1965} stateside alone. The limited exclusive "40th Anniversary" version is now listed as "sold out". It remains, to date, their third best-selling studio album. Where Did Our Love Go (album) Where Did Our Love Go is the second studio album by Motown singing group