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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A former NBC star and offbeat candidate for president soon will be saluted on COZI TV. No, not Donald Trump. It’s Howdy Doody, the freckle-faced marionette born at the dawn of television. He will star ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A former NBC star and offbeat candidate for president soon will be saluted on COZI TV. No, not Donald Trump. It's Howdy Doody, the redheaded, freckle-faced marionette born at the dawn ...