I think that they did vote for “Howdy Doody”. By the way, you date yourself by mentioning Howdy.
I see that the “we did” is a popular retort. Okay. What do I know? I’m just a dumbass country boy so my wife tells me.
There are sill things I remember from childhood because they are impressed so strongly like my serial number from the military before they went to SSNs.
I am in the midst of writing a compendium of my thoughts for my daughter who wants to know how I came to be what I am today. My childhood life up to about 6 or 7, I ended with the description “and I woke up the next day and started all over again. It was wonderful”. Howdy Doody is part of that.