Final Clarabell the Clown Dies at 84

AP ^ | 5-17-06 | Staff/AP

[toddlintown]

NEW YORK (AP) - Lew Anderson, who captivated young baby boomers as the Howdy Doody Show's final Clarabell the Clown, has died at the age of 84.

[toddlintown]

"What time is it?"

[Borges]

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[ConorMacNessa]

Another icon of my early youth gone. RIP Clarabell.

[toddlintown]

Did you read the article before pouncing? Much more detailed than the first post.

[llevrok]

Plenty of clowns left in Wash. DC, however

[sine_nomine]

It's Howdy Doody time!

And Buffalo Bob was a church organist.

[Horatio Gates]

Never been much of a fan of clowns (probaly Stephen King's fault), but still a sincere RIP to another lost WW2 veteran.

[beyond the sea]

Yes, me too.

...... sadness in the Peanut Gallery.

[lexington minuteman 1775]

TV and the fifties. What a great era for a new medium.
My Ode to Clarabelle:
A little silent clowning.
A little dance.
A little bit of seltzer water down Buffalo Bobs pants.
( insert Clarabelle horn honk here)
RIP Clarabelle!

[garyhope]

Clarabell was a mean, nasty SOB.

I hate clowns. All clowns must die. Clowns are evil.

[cloud8]

Trivia from the article...
There were three actors who played Clarabell:
1. Bob Keeshan (Captain Kangaroo)
2. Bobby Nicholson (later played Doodyville's J. Cornelius Cobb)
3. Lew Anderson ("Goodbye, kids")

RIP

[Bigg Red]

Another icon of my early youth gone.

***
I loved the Howdy Doody show, although I never really cared for Clarabell. (But, then I have never liked any clowns.) To tell you the truth, I thought Clarabell was a girl. I guess it was the name. Didn't see the closing episode of the show, as I would have outgown it by 1960. (Yeah, I'm older than dirt.)

[ConorMacNessa]

I liked Princess Summerfallwinterspring.

[sageb1]

Have you discussed this with your therapist? ;)

[stinkerpot65]

Clowns are creepy. Most of them are pedophiles.

[capt. norm]

I loved the Howdy Doody show, although I never really cared for Clarabell

Except that he got to squirt people with that seltzer bottle, which was way cool. I kept asking Santa to bring me a seltzer bottle for Christmas 'cause I knew exactly who I was going to squirt, but it just never happened.

[Red Badger]

Sadly, It's goodbye time.........

[Red Badger]

Bob Keeshan, aka Captain Kangaroo, was Clarabell I........

[svcw]

Do you remember Soupy Sales?

[capt. norm]

I liked Princess Summerfallwinterspring.

Wow...I had almost forgotten. When I was 9 or 10, I had such a crush on her....she was definitely a babe.