Double Doody (a twin)
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The host and in effect M.C. of the program was ( Buffalo) Bob Smith, not to be confused with the perhaps better known western showman- Buffalo Bill Cody.For some odd reason Howdy was banned in out household, but I was allowed to watch most cartoons, a good deal of science-fiction and such things as Topper, as well as the usual cartoons . I heard the theme song enough, but was never permitted to watch the show. Years later I found out a housemaid who was about my age had the same prohibition when she was a kid- she said her family did not approve/
The television show ( Howdy Doody) went off the air around l962. as it was a live show, circumstances worked against reruns. the watch, if made in l97l is tapping into the nostalgia trade has Howdy was off the air almost ten years then.
December 27, 1947 - September 24, 1960
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.
You respond by saying "howdy hows'it going" ........