Howdy Doody was responsible for 9/11

[laststeamtrain]

Just look at that Doody boy. Jeans, Flannel shirt, boots,(who does he think he is, Neil Young?) hanging around with a guy in a buckskin shirt and a clown who pretended to be mute. Always spouting off all that do-gooder morality crap.

It was either that Doody kid or The Rolling Stones.

[Bjornsdotter]

1. I always thought

it was Flubadub. I mean...what exactly was Flubadub. Do you know...no, no one knew.

Cheers

[Divernan]

2. Here's the scoop on the exotic Flubadub

Flub-a-dub - Strange creature on the classic children's puppet program HOWDY DOODY/NBC/1947-60. Flubadub (originally Flubdub) was a unique South American animal with a duck's head, a cat's whiskers, a giraffe's neck (encircled with rings), a cocker spaniel's ears, a seal's flippers (and four webbed feet), a raccoon's tail hairpiece, a dachshund's body and the memory of an elephant. When Flubadub got hungry he cried "Meatballs!, Meatballs!", his favorite food (a prototype of SESAME STREET's Cookie Monster who cries "Cookies!"). The creation of the Flubadub character was a result of a need by Buffalo Bob Smith, the program's host to explain his absence from the HOWDY DOODY show while he was on vacation in the Caribbean in February of 1949. He told the Peanut Gallery kids that he was going on a hunting expedition to capture the legendary Flubdub. On the way back from the expedition, the Flubdub jumped ship in Bermuda to smell the flowers, but was soon recaptured and returned to Doodyville where he was given to Clarabell the Clown as a pet. The voice of the Flubadub was supplied by Dayton Allen. The letter "a" in the name "Flubadub" was added later in the series for easier pronunciation.

On edit: Seeing you're from Northern ILlinois, did you watch Howdy & the gang on WGN? At least I think that's the station which broadcast that show.

[rinsd]

3. But who was pulling the strings?!?!

:hide:

[KansDem]

4. I agree...it was Buffalo Bob all along...Howdy is just his puppet. (eom)

[BuelahWitch]

5. Are you sure it wasn't these guys?