A funny-looking character, making Dennis the Menace look sober and earnest- but not strictly speaking a Clown. Clarabelle ( a man despite female name) was a clown, and a non-speaking role for some reason.
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Howdy Doody was NOT in any sense a crime drama, so there was no need for detectives in the cast. You may be thinking of Fargo North, Decoder, which has some connection with Sesame Street. There was/is a comic detective Harlow Doyle ( a man) on the Adventures in Odyssey radio drama but he is no longer an active character.
The studio audience were known as the Peanut Gallery and sometimes as Peanuts. Do not confuse with the Charles Schultz cartoon of that name- by the way no character in Peanuts is so-named. Sorry, Charlie Brown.
The Clown character, Clarabelle. Despite having a female name, Clarabelle was a man, and did various silent tricks- with water sprinklers and the like. at one time he was portrayed by Bob Keeshan, Better known as Captain Kangaroo.
The name you states sound like a parody on Hedda Hopper who was a famous movie Gossip columnist in syndicated newspaper columns. She died in either l965 or l966 so was very much alive when Howdy Doody was current. (Howdy went out of circulation circa l96l-62)/ Maybe you are thinking of a more educational type of show such as the Mickey Mouse club which sometimes went into historical angles... and well they should have... with the big Disney Studio behind them. Yes, on the old Howdy Doody show, one of the old silent film divas was always identified as Hilda Hanewinkle (I am not entirely sure on the spelling).. which was most definitely a 'made up' name! There was no connection with Hedda Hopper - I don't know where that came from.
The name of the princess on the howdy doody show was Princess Summerfall Winterspring.
Her name was Heidi Doody.
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Buffalo Bob Smith was the rounder"s name!
Howdy Doody was NOT in any sense a crime drama, so there was no need for detectives in the cast. You may be thinking of Fargo North, Decoder, which has some connection with Sesame Street. There was/is a comic detective Harlow Doyle ( a man) on the Adventures in Odyssey radio drama but he is no longer an active character.
Howdy is a slang greeting based on the phrase: Howdy Doody- sometimes hyphenated, How do you do, In other words, like Greetings, Friends. the standard intro formalilty of How do you do? is somewhat Westernized, as did the TV character. The TV character and show is somewhat odd as Howdy was the personal name of the lead character, though it bears no resemblance to normal Christian prenames and surnames ( last names, not noble titles, sir?) Howdy Doody had a hokey western background oddly sans horses and gunplay- though there were Horses in the short-lived Howdy Doody comic book in the early fifties, possibly a give-away by one of the show"s sponsors- Poll Parrot shoes.
In the popular Television show- he didn't use a horse. it would be too much trouble to fake somebody riding a horse with puppets. He was a western character, but did not carry a gun, a badge ( he was not a western lawman) nor did he use Horses. Horses did figure in the short-lived Comic Book based on Howdy Doody and having the same name.
The fictional town of Doodyville. It was not quite clear whether A. Howdy Doody was a child or an adult, or just what the status of Mr.Bluster was, he may have been a businessman, he was not a politician to my knowledge. ( Phineas T Bluster was his full name, more or less a Scrooge-type, but non-violent comic villain.)
The studio audience were known as the Peanut Gallery and sometimes as Peanuts. Do not confuse with the Charles Schultz cartoon of that name- by the way no character in Peanuts is so-named. Sorry, Charlie Brown.
One is Jeff Dunham Sheri Lewis and Lambchop. Buffalo Bob and Howdy Doody Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd
Nick Doody's birth name is Nicholas Louis Doody.
arguably the show"s ( Western ) host Buffalo Bob Smith, who derived his name in part from the Western showman Buffalo Bill Cody. for some odd reason ( maybe bad grammar) Howdy was banned in our household when I was growing up and I was aware of it mainly from commercials.