HOWDY DOODY "THE HOWDY DOODY SHOW THEME SONGS" Lyrics

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Albums:
A Soundtrack of Must See TV
Various Artists
(TVT, CD, #6690)-2003 6

1 The Howdy Doody Show was a children's television program
with a frontier/western theme, that was broadcast on NBC in
the United States from 1947 until 1960. It was a pioneer in
children's programming and a pioneer in early color TV
production as NBC (at the time owned by TV maker RCA) who
used the show, in part, to sell color television sets in the
1950s. Each episode of the Howdy Doody Show began with
Buffalo Bob Smith asking, "Say kids, what time is it?" and
the kids on the show would yell in unison, "It's Howdy Doody
Time!" Then the kids all sang the show's theme song (set to
the tune of "Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay").

2 Howdy Doody himself was a redheaded, freckle-faced (48
freckles, one for each state of the union), boy, marionette
and was originally voiced by Buffalo Bob Smith. The name of
the puppet "star" was derived from the western U.S.
expression "howdy-do," shortened from the more
straightforward form of the greeting, "How do you do?" This
gap-toothed puppet in cowboy boots remains a favorite of the
Baby Boomers' childhood memories and a popular culture icon.

3 The Howdy Doody Show was hosted by Bob Smith (November
27, 1917-July 30, 1998), who was dubbed, "Buffalo Bob,"
early in the show's run. Smith wore cowboy garb, and, for a
time, did the voice of Howdy Doody. Bob got his start as a
singing radio personality in Buffalo, New York, and used
music frequently in the program.

4 A distinctive feature of the show was the "Peanut
Gallery," which were on-stage bleachers, seating about 40
kids chosen from the studio audience before the show.

5 Clarabell the Clown was a human character who didn't talk
and communicated by honking horns on his belt and squirting
seltzer. The role was first played by Bob Keeshan
(1947-1953), who went on to become, Captain Kangaroo, host
of another children's TV show of the era; Bobby "Nick"
Nicholson (1953-1955) and Lew Anderson (1955-1957).

6 Transcribed from the track on this album.

Other notes:

A video of the opening of the show can be seen on the You
Tube website.

There words on the You Tube video and the words on the album
used to transcribe these lyrics are different. I actually
remember watching the show when I was a kid and I am pretty
sure the opening chatter between Howdy and Bob was different
every day.

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