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The American Indian character Chief Thunderthud ( not Thunder Cloud which makes more sense) The phrase is believed to be a sort of slang version of ( How about that! or how About it! meaning like ( that object is really something big!- in a popular sense. it was popular with the Surfing set in California in the sixties and used also by Mike Douglas on ads for his TV show. More recently the phrase has been revived by the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. my guess is it means ( How about that!)

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cowabunga was from teenage turtles :)

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December 27, 1947 - September 24, 1960


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What is a howdy?

Howdy is a slang greeting based on the phrase: Howdy Doody- sometimes hyphenated, How do you do, In other words, like Greetings, Friends. the standard intro formalilty of How do you do? is somewhat Westernized, as did the TV character. The TV character and show is somewhat odd as Howdy was the personal name of the lead character, though it bears no resemblance to normal Christian prenames and surnames ( last names, not noble titles, sir?) Howdy Doody had a hokey western background oddly sans horses and gunplay- though there were Horses in the short-lived Howdy Doody comic book in the early fifties, possibly a give-away by one of the show"s sponsors- Poll Parrot shoes.


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Clarabell the Clown was played by 3 different actors during The Howdy Doody Show's almost 13 years. The first person to play Clarabell was Bob Keeshan, he played him from 1948 to 1952. He was replaced by Nick Nicholson, who also played J. Cornelius Cobb on the show. He lasted from 1952 to 1954. The last and most well known actor to play Clarabell was Lew Anderson. He played Clarabell from 1954 to 1960 when the show ended. He continued to play Clarabell in many different shows and specials, like The New Howdy Doody Show, Howdy Doody's 40th Anniversary show, and many live apperances with Buffalo Bob Smith. His last known apperance as Clarabell was at a Howdy Doody convention in 2004.

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