"Howdy Doody" (1954) TV series 1954-1959

User Rating:

8.6/10   

Directors:

Bob Hultgren
Sandy Howard

Seasons:

unknown

Release Date:

15 November 1954 (Canada)

Cast

Bob Smith	...	Buffalo Bob Smith (1 episode, 1947-1960)
George 'Gabby' Hayes	...	Himself (1 episode, 1956)
Alfie Scopp	...	Clarabell (1 episode, 1956)

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)

Trivia:

James Doohan was originally cast as Timber Tom but wanted more money than the CBC was prepared to pay and so was replaced by Mews, who couldn't appear for the first week of the show and was temporarily replaced as host by William Shatner as Ranger Bob.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Influences: From Yesterday to Today (1999) (TV)

Lyrics to opening number, Flub-a-dub's Song, etc.

The words to the Howdy Doody song went like this:

It's Howdy Doody time, It's Howdy Doody time, Bob Smith and Howdy, too, Say, "Howdy Doo" to you. Let's give a rousing cheer, 'Cause Howdy Doody's here, It's time to start the show, So kids let's go!!!

Flub-a-dub was a strange little character, shaped more or less like someone's slipper. Flub's song went something like this:

Meatballs, meatballs, meatballs, meatballs, I love some meatballs, meatballs, meatballs and spaghetti, I'm always ready, to eat spaghetti.

Phineas T.Bluster had a brother or cousin who lived in South America, whose name was Don Jose Bluster. Don Jose introduced a mystery on the show--the mystery of L.L.L.L.L., which eventually was revealed to refer to the Lucky Left Leg of the Lima Llama.