To those of us of a certain age, there is only one answer to this question:
Hey kids, what time is it?
That is how millions of youngsters greeted the opening of the howdy Doody show, which actually ran from 1947 until 1960.
A young radio broadcaster named Bob Smith, from Buffalo, New York, created the Howdy Doody character on the radio, then moved to television when young audiences demanded to actually see Howdy.
Buffalo Bob, Howdy, and a cast of other characters — including a young Bob Keeshan, later known as Captain Kangaroo — enthralled millions of youngsters and defined the early days of television.
Howdy Doody was actually one of the first shows broadcasting color.
Finally, in 1990, after years of hearing people tell him,”you should write a book,” Smith finally wrote one, calling it Howdy And Me.
And that’s when I had a chance to meet him and talk with him. So here now, from 1990, Buffalo Bob Smith.
Buffalo Bob Smith died in 1998. He was 80 years old.
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