Synopsis
A 1952 episode of Howdy Doody opening with a practical joke, with talk of the election and commercials for Colgate Dental Cream and Kellogg's cereal.
Synopsis, reviewed
Details
- Running time
- 29 minutes
- Collection
- 1950s Classic TV, Classic TV
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Art
- Artistic
- Masterpiece
- Masterpoxen
- Brilliant
- Genius
- Intelligent
- Quality TV
- Smart
- Awesome
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★ · Howdy Doody- the invasion of TV into Americana · Noah 8-? · 2009-08-05
There's actually a book out there that really educates us to the phenomenon of tube stare-ing written by the son of one of the show's staffers. Things you may not know about the Howdy Doody show from the book . . . . To get into the 'Peanut Gallery' - you hadda know somebody - and have LOTTA OF REAL PULL ! ! ! These were the proginy of legislators, BIG Executives, Royalty, Sponsors' OWNERS, Board Chairs... and VERY BIG MOO000LA ! ! Rehearsals for the show were kept secret not to preserve the spontinaity of the program but because those participants were a REALLY Bawdy Bunch. Buffalo Bob was…