WEST BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Edward Kean, primary writer of the “Howdy Doody Show” and who is credited with creating the exclamation, “kowabunga,” has died at the age of 85, family friend Del ...

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 ...

Edward Kean, headwriter of the “Howdy Doody Show” and who is credited with creating the exclamation, “kowabunga,” died Aug. 13 in West Bloomfield Township, Mich., of complications of emphysema, family ...

SHOREWOOD, Wisc., — For Mathew Gruber, it's a window to the past, when television was young and a freckle-faced puppet named Howdy Doody was the star of the biggest children's program around. Gruber ...

“It’s Howdy Doody Time!” Howdy Doody, Buffalo Bob, Clarabelle the Clown burst on the American television screen on the NBC network as “The Howdy Doody Show” in 1947 and captured the hearts of ...

LOS ANGELES -- Edward Kean, the original head writer for "The Howdy Doody Show," the pioneer NBC children's TV program for which he also created characters and wrote the songs, has died. He was 85.

Edward Kean, the original head writer for the "Howdy Doody Show," the pioneering NBC children's television program for which he also created characters and wrote songs, died Aug. 13 of complications ...

For a lot of little Americans over the past 13 years, the characters of Dickens, Milne and Grimm have been less familiar than a TV puppet named Howdy Doody. After giving more performances than any ...

Autographed photograph of "Buffalo" Bob Smith and Howdy Doody. The black and white photo is signed to Bill - Sydney William Spry - who was a fan of the show and collector of Howdy Doody memorabilia ...

SHOREWOOD - For Mathew Gruber, it's a window to the past, when television was young and a freckle-faced puppet named Howdy Doody was the star of the biggest children's program around. Gruber didn't ...