The puppet of 1950s TV fame is caught in a legal dispute between a museum and the family of its creator. Howdy Doody, the freckle-faced puppet that entertained millions of American children in the ...

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 ...

The freckle-faced marionette makes his Detroit debut Friday night in his new, permanent home, the Detroit Institute of Arts. It marks the end of a two-year custody battle between the museum and the ...

Howdy Doody, NBC’s popular cowboy puppet (TIME, April 5), had his huge audience of kids worried. Howdy had disappeared. A month ago, when NBC refused to give him a raise, Frank Paris, Howdy’s builder ...

Clarabell the Clown toy marionette made by Peter Puppet Playthings. The toy, designed to represent the Clarabell character from the children's television series Howdy Doody, has sliding eyes, a moving ...

Features the adventures of marionette puppets, Howdy Doody, his sister, Heidi Doody, with their puppet and human friends. Aired on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.

Bob Keeshan was at war with fellow children’s show star Buffalo Bob Smith for years after he was fired from Howdy Doody. According to Smith’s road manager, Burt Dubrow, Keeshan — who portrayed ...

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 ...

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 ...