Posted on 08/24/2010 7:25:57 AM PDT by tlb
Edited on 08/24/2010 8:34:42 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
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Send tootsie roll pops in lieu of flowers.
Not to mention surfers of all ages...................
Howdy Doodie was PRE baby boomer.
I watched him as a kid, and that was in the early 50s.
There were no Tootsi rolls then.
For anyone who wants the tune burning through their brain:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQEqLUtp9Bg&feature=search
Isn’t the tune for the theme song an older tune? Something tells me it may even be from some Bizet opera or such.
Ah! Found it:
“Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay” is a vaudeville and music hall song, copyrighted by Henry J. Sayers, and introduced in Boston, Massachusetts in Tuxedo in 1891.
No comments from the Peanut Gallery.
“Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay”
Correct! A free seat in the Peanut Gallery for Beelzebubba!
All together now, let’s sing a round of “It’s Howdy Doody Time.”
And Bob Keeshon [Cpt. Kangaroo] was Clarabelle the Clown for a while.
>>> I watched him as a kid, and that was in the early 50s.
There were no Tootsi rolls then.
Ye of little faith.
Tootsie Roll Puppet Playhouse with the whole gang, Buffalo Bob, Howdy Doody, etc!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_8x4w4o7YI
We're sad ...
Sorry Alex, you are wrong.
Babyboomers by definition began after WWII (1945). Howdy Doody was in the early 1950s, so the Babyboomers were the prime audience.
By someone that was there Babyboomer Class of 1947.
You know the ONLY time Clarabelle EVER spoke was at the end of the last show....”Bye, kids...”
Atleast he gave us what would later become the DNC theme song.......
RIP.
The class of ‘49 remembers the show well.
Going down memory lane...how many recall Froggy the Gremlin; Captain Video; Pinky Lee; Kukla, Fran, and Ollie; and of course Captain Kangroo? I think everyone knows MisterRogers because his show transcended several generations. But those early children's shows were never missed in my house. They might have been simplistic entertainment, but it was sound, moral, and pure and certainly did not make us hyper. Some of the shows children have to watch today seem to make them "hyped up," and less relaxed after viewing.
...even if they don’t remember much after.
Princess Summer Fall Winter Spring was HOT, although I didn’t know exactly why I was attracted to her at the time since I was only about 7 or 8 yrs old.
Princess Summerfall Winterspring is a fictional character from the television show Howdy Doody.
One of several Native American characters to appear on The Howdy Doody Show, Princess Summerfall Winterspring’s popularity surpassed that of her male counterpart, Chief Thunderthud. She was graceful, ponytailed, and dressed in what was considered at the time as a faithful representation of traditional tribal regalia. Her origins were of the fictional Tinka Tonka tribe.
Like everyone else on the show, she had the opportunity to interact with host Buffalo Bob in skits and segments where she was prominently featured. Along with the other female regulars on the show, she gave little girl viewers a character easier to relate to than the boyish Howdy Doody.
The royal girl bears one other significant distinction: unlike the other puppets, Princess Summerfall Winterspring became a real-life girl in 1951. Her live-action persona was played first by Judy Tyler, then by Linda Marsh.
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