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The song became widely known in the 1892 version sung by Lottie Collins in London music halls, and also became popular in France. The song was later recorded and broadcast, and its melody was used in various contexts, such as the theme song to the mid-20th century United States television show Howdy Doody.
Howdy Doody is an American children's television program (with circus and Western frontier themes) that was created and produced by Victor F. Campbell [1] and E. Roger Muir. [2] It was broadcast on the NBC television network in the United States from December 27, 1947, until September 24, 1960.
August 13, 2010 (aged 85) West Bloomfield Township, Michigan, US. Education. Columbia University. Occupation (s) Television producer, screenwriter. Edward George Kean (October 28, 1924 – August 13, 2010) was an American television pioneer and writer who helped create The Howdy Doody Show and wrote over 2,000 episodes of the program.
Release. October 3, 1955. (1955-10-03) –. December 8, 1984. (1984-12-08) Captain Kangaroo is an American children's television series that aired weekday mornings on the American television network CBS for 29 years, from 1955 to 1984, making it the longest-running nationally broadcast children's television program of its day. [2][3] In 1986 ...
Buffalo Bob Smith, a singing piano player and chatty radio disk jockey who created Howdy Doody and then teamed up with the puppet on one of early television's most enduring children's shows, died of cancer yesterday at a hospital near his home in Flat Rock, N.C. Mr. Smith was 80. His remains were cremated. Mr.
Clarabell the Clown. Clarabell the Clown. Clarabell the Clown is a character who was part of the main cast on the 1947–1960 series The Howdy Doody Show. Clarabell, who wore a baggy, striped costume, communicated through mime and by honking a horn for "yes" or "no". [1] Clarabell would also spray fellow cast member Buffalo Bob Smith with seltzer.
ABC (1952-1954) Release. October 14, 1950. (1950-10-14) –. May 7, 1954. (1954-05-07) Rootie Kazootie was the principal character on the 1950-1954 children's television show The Rootie Kazootie Club. The show was the creation of Steve Carlin and featured human actors along with hand puppets.
Allmusic. [1] Television's Greatest Hits: 65 TV Themes! From the '50s and '60s is a compilation album of television theme songs released by Tee-Vee Toons in 1985 as the first volume of the Television's Greatest Hits series. It was initially released as a double LP record featuring 65 themes from television shows ranging from the mid-1950s until ...