1947-1960 NBC
HOWDY DOOIT
MAD #18, December 1954
w: Harvey Kurtzman
a: Bill Elder
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HOWDY DOOIT
HOWDY DOODY
1947-1960 NBC
HOWDY DOOIT
MAD #18, December 1954
w: Harvey Kurtzman
a: Bill Elder
One of the first kids' shows, it always began with Buffalo Bob Smith introducing the show with the audience referred to as The Peanut Gallery.
Howdy Doody was a wooden marionette. Chief Thunderthud (Bill LeCornec) was the Native American character (actually just a white guy in makeup) and Clarabell (Lew Anderson) was the clown. (Bob Keeshan played him earlier before leaving to do his own show but the latter actor played him in this time frame).
The children in the middle panel were the logo for Birds Eye frozen dinners.
If they thought Howdy Doody was just a vessel to make money and sell products, they should have stuck around and continued to watch childrens' television.
1947-1960 NBC
HOWDY DOOIT
MAD #18, December 1954
w: Harvey Kurtzman
a: Bill Elder
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