Talk:Howdy Doody

message: Didn't Clarabell and "Bufallo" Bob once appear in "Happy Days"?  I remember an episode where the plot revolved around the opportunity for publishing a picture of Clarabell without his makeup. Luis Dantas 17:53, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It was Season 2, Episode 17, broadcast on February 18, 1975. It was when the show was still into 50s nostalgia. And I remember seeing at as a kid. Dgabbard (talk) 17:04, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Guest appearances 

message: I removed this from the article, but thought I'd be nice and post it here to help out Gentle18:
A question was this show ever filmed in LA.  I remember being there but I don't rember going to NY.  e-mail gentle18adina@hotmail.com My name was Harriet Giler DOB 2-16-47
Question was the dowdy doody show ever filmed in LA, I believe I was in the peanut gallery.  Harriet Giler with my brother Mike Giler. DOB 4-29-43 and 3-16-47   email    gentle18adina@hotmail.com   thanks
Sorry Harriet, I don't see anything about the show ever being filmed at any location other than New York.  Hoof Hearted 20:49, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inquisitive Editor 

message: Wasn't the origional name of the show Puppet Playhouse? How should that be added and used with the TV infobox?
Vexrm 16:29, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Puppet Playhouse 

message: In light of the dispute on the Jericho article talk page about whether it "is" or "was" a show, I have edited the tenses (some of them) regarding Howdy Doody. 68.36.214.143 16:52, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Jericho (TV series)]] cancellation and is-was dispute 

message: Yeah, I remember Howdy Doody's burger joint. There was one we used to go to in Warwick, R.I. We used to go there as a family because they had 18 cent hamburgers. That was mid to late 60's. We also used to frequent Burger Chef.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.21.194.65 (talk) 00:53, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Howdy Doody Restaurant? 

message: It's an article about Howdy doody, so they show an image of Clarabell. C'mon Wiki. Get smart.72.73.221.13 16:08, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Image

message: I'm not adding this to the article because I don't have a print reference yet, but Velma Dawson did not create the original puppets. Here are several articles describing what happened in the first year of the show:   
Basically, they started out in 1947 using puppets built by Frank Paris. When the show turned out to be a hit, Paris demanded a better deal on licensing proceeds and sued the producers - either in 1948 or 1949, the online sources are inconsistent. The suit was settled, Paris and his puppets left the show, and they gave Howdy a radical makeover - which was written into the script, since the change was pretty noticeable. (I think the terms of the settlement required that Paris not only refrain from performing with the original Howdy, but destroy it.) So it's true, as the article says, that Dawson created the puppets until the end of the show - just not from the start. ←Hob 18:34, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  original puppets 

message: Who is the "we" in the sentence beginning "We have cleaned and digitized these episodes for the delight of today's children...."?  Is this a new Wikipedia project, or was this entire sentence (paragraph) transplanted verbatim from someone's press release?  Charles dye (talk) 17:35, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  We have cleaned and digitized these episodes.... 

message: Is there a less terrifying picture of Clarabelle we could use? This one looks like it should be in a Stephen King movie... 67.54.179.114 (talk) 15:33, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Clarabelle

message: I am pretty sure that I read Howdydoody comic books in South Africa as a child some fifty years ago. Does anyone else know about these?
:Dell published a Howdy comic starting in 1950. The ones you read were probably licensed reprints or even imported copies of the American editions. The article should probably add a reference to the extensive merchandising that occurred, which includes the comics, toys and clothing. Dgabbard (talk) 22:45, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I added a small section on merchandising and included mention of the comics. Dgabbard (talk) 17:30, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Comic books 

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thread_title: Image copyright problem with File:Howdydoody finale.jpg

message: I gather this is some sort of documentary alleging various conspiracies regarding the space program. How well documented are the photos mentioned? Does it really belong in an article on the character? I don't see it as signifying any cultural significance Dgabbard (talk) 22:33, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I removed the section as too esoteric.Dgabbard (talk) 17:59, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Moon Rising reference--does it belong?

message: UPA was hired to do a cartoon with Howdy but evidently Bob Smith didn't like the result and it only recieved limited release and was probably destroyed per this article. This deserves mention, so I included it in the merchandise section I added. Dgabbard (talk) 16:59, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: "Lost" Howdy Cartoon

message: A long time ago (likely sometime in the 90's, probably in the early to mid) I recall someone on TV describing how for one Howdy Doody episode the audio drops off every time Howdy 'speaks' and it was because an incompetent boom operator kept moving the microphone over to Howdy to record his lines.   ...um....yeah.  Anyway, it might be something more appropriate for the IMDB listing (which is surprisingly slim on useful info), but if someone has more info about this, should the article include a mention?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.254.86.114 (talk) 00:58, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Audio drops off because of incompetent boom operator 

message: A series of Billboard writeups are my main source for the rise and (very rapid) fall of La Hora de Jaudi Dudi, at least the one that ran in 1953.  That's a good start, but there has to be more to it than that. A quick glance over several comic book sites shows Jaudi Dudi comic books were still being published in Mexico at the end of the decade. As for Cuban TV's Chiriltin, all I could scrape up was a name. Our freckle-faced boy really had legs, but obviously further research into this part of his career needs to be done. --Enwilson (talk) 12:38, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  ''La Hora de Jaudi Dudi'' and other Spanish variants 

message: *:File:Ugly Howdy Doody 1948.jpg
This is a free use photo from an old magazine--Howdy is on the right of the photo. We hope (talk) 21:55, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Photo request for original Howdy Doody

message: The article mentions Phineas T. Bluster’s brother, Hector Hamhock Bluster. But I seem to remember another brother named Phileas P. Bluster, also a cousin called Donald T. Rump.
Dodiad (talk) 19:46, 17 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Another Bluster brother? 

message: I propose that Photo Doody (Howdy) be merged into Howdy Doody. Much of the content in the Photo Doody article overlaps that of Howdy, and the rest can easily fit into a paragraph-length section in Howdy. 2600:1008:B028:25B0:5980:1AD4:B2A9:E1B9 (talk) 19:05, 27 June 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal 

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message: She played Princess SummerFallWinterSpring long before she appeared in Jailhouse Rock.  (She played the role between 1950 and 1953, as the article on Ms. Tyler will confirm.)  Kostaki mou (talk) 21:11, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  "played by actress Judy Tyler, who had appeared opposite Elvis Presley in the 1957 film Jailhouse Rock." 

message: No, that's not a picture of Howdy Doody. It's a cheap ventriloquist figure that the Buff was hawking at the time. What the hell is wrong with you people?  71.162.113.226 (talk) 22:06, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Buffalo Bob Smith and Howdy Doody in 1972 

message: Hello 110.149.188.57 (talk) 05:25, 17 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hello 

message: You say William Shatner played Ranger Bob on the Canadian version. But the source you use, his 2008 autobiography, clearly states that Howdy Doody was his American TV debut. Could he be remembering wrong? It's possible, but in the meantime, this source still says America, not Canada for Ranger Bob. 74.104.189.176 (talk) 22:12, 22 January 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Would you mind explaining who said it's the Canadian version? Sundayclose (talk) 01:17, 28 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shatner in America 

message: I think it's worth mentioning that the phrase "Hey Kids, what time is it?" was sampled numerous times (e.g. Hithouse "Jack To The Sound Of The Underground"). 89.183.230.227 (talk) 18:35, 3 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cultural impact