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An episode of Happy Days was entitled "The Howdy Doody Show" (number 33 of the series; original airdate February 18, 1975) during the series' second season, having a Howdy Doody storyline featuring Smith as Buffalo Bob with actor Bob Brunner as Clarabell.
Smith was also known as a singer and musician, appearing on many top shows of the time both before and after becoming nationally known for the Howdy Doody show. In 1954, Smith suffered a heart attack and as a result, performed the show from a studio built in the basement of his home in New Rochelle, New York .
The Gulf Road Show Starring Bob Smith was an early American prime-time variety television program which aired from 1948 to 1949 on NBC. As the title suggests, it was hosted by Buffalo Bob Smith, who was best known for hosting Howdy Doody, a popular daytime children's show of the era.
Clarabell the Clown is a character who was part of the main cast on the 1947–1960 series The Howdy Doody Show. Clarabell, who wore a baggy, striped costume, communicated through mime and by honking a horn for "yes" or "no". [1] Clarabell would also spray fellow cast member Buffalo Bob Smith with seltzer.
In 1947, NBC's first major children's program was Howdy Doody, one of the era's first breakthrough television programs.The series, which ran for 13 years until it ended in 1960, featured a myriad of characters led by a freckle-faced marionette voiced by the show's host, "Buffalo" Bob Smith.
Captain Honolulu (Sgt Sacto, played by Bob Smith; 1959–68) Rocketship 4 (with Bob Smith; 1968–70) KGMB (Channel 9): Bufo the Frog and a Mynah Bird (hand puppets; early 1960s) Checkers and Pogo (Pogo Poge: Morgan White; Mr. Checkers: Jim Hawthorne, Dave Donnelly, Jim Demarest; May 26, 1967 – 1982) Jimmie Dodd's Aloha Club (early-mid-1960)
His co-workers bestowed him with the nickname “Howdy” — after the children’s television puppet Howdy Doody — due to his convivial nature. “My dad was a sweet, loving, mild-mannered man ...
A song he wrote when he was in his 20s attracted the interest of Buffalo Bob Smith, then hosting a radio show, and Smith hired Kean as a writer.When Smith was invited by NBC in 1947 to create a television program for children, he came along to create "something that will keep the small fry intently absorbed, and out of possible mischief, for an hour" as he told Variety.