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Smith was born in Buffalo, New York, as Robert Emil Schmidt.He attended Masten Park High School.. Schmidt got his start in radio in Buffalo at WGR (AM), though he switched from WGR to WBEN's late morning radio slot in 1943 as part of a move which brought Clint Buehlman's popular early morning show from WGR to WBEN at the same time.
Bob Smith, the show's host, was dubbed "Buffalo Bob" early in the show's run (a reference to the historical American frontier character Buffalo Bill as well as to Smith's hometown of Buffalo, New York). At first the set was supposed to be a circus tent, but it was soon changed to a western town. Smith wore cowboy garb, as did the puppet. The ...
Anderson played the character from 1954 until the series' final episode on September 24, 1960. Anderson returned to play Clarabell in the short-lived 1976–77 New Howdy Doody Show and in the 1987 40th anniversary special, and in later years in many personal appearances with Buffalo Bob Smith. In addition, Dayton Allen, Bill LeCornec, and ...
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)
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.
Photo Doody in a publicity shot with Buffalo Bob Smith, 1972. Photo Doody is one of the three original Howdy Doody 1940s marionettes. He is the Howdy figure that was used in Howdy Doody still photo sessions for the Howdy Doody Show and the publicity pictures taken with Buffalo Bob Smith. The near-stringless Howdy marionette was also used in ...
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.
Normal Bob Smith (born 1969), American graphic artist, writer, and atheist activist; Robert Farrell Smith (born 1970), American humorist who writes children's books under the name Obert Skye; Bob Smith (Atari), American video game developer and producer; Bob Kupa'a Smith (1928–2020), American host of the television show Wordsmith