Do you remember Howdy Doody? He was the doll that warmed the hearts of millions of children back in the late 40’s all the way up until the 70’s with his famous opening line, “It’s Howdy Doody time!” ...

WHAT: An original production Howdy Doody marionette associated with the 1950s TV show featuring the red-haired figure sold for $15,860 recently in an antique toy auction at Pook & Pook. While it is an ...

Memories drift a long way back. I was 8 years old when I first heard (and saw) this question: “Hey kids, what time is it?” The answer for those who were not around then — or forgot — was “It’s Howdy ...

Just as one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, so is one man’s 1950s-era Howdy Doody doll another man’s Holy Grail. For anyone who’s into reliving the days before kids were all about Android apps ...

Buffalo Bob Smith’s opening welcome, “Hey, kids, what time is it?” produced the response “It’s Howdy Doody time!” from the Peanut Gallery, as the studio audience was known. The children were a vital ...

Television, always solid with sport fans, has proved that it can also score a hit with youngsters. NBC’s “Howdy Doody,” a lop-legged, mop-wigged puppet with a Snerdish grin, is the children’s special ...

First in a three-part series. If there were such a thing as “appointment television” for children during the late 1940s and ’50s, it was “The Howdy Doody Show.” Local youngsters could watch the ...