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Posted by: Naomi on 2007-08-04
I have the most wonderful memories of that show, I grew up with it and my children did as well. For years I never knew that Bob Keeshan played Clarabell on the Howdy Doody Show.
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This is a classic educational kids
tv show.
Gentle,funny,entertaining,
creative and meaningful.
The type of good kids tv
show that you'll never see on
PBS TV Today!
Mr.Nostalgia.
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Dear Naomi,
Mr.Keeshan also hostedTime For
Fun! as Corney The Clown Weekday
afternoons on WJZ(WABC) TV Ch.7 in
NYC from Monday September 23,1953
to the summer of 1955 andTinker's
Workshop!as Tinker The Toymaker
weekday mornings also on WJZ(WABC)TV
Ch.7 in NYC from Monday November 15,
1954 to September,1955.
He also hostedMr.Mayorsaturday
mornings on The CBS TV Network
from 1964 to 1965,Wake Up!as
Captain KangarooWeekday mornings
in the early 1980's and finally
The CBS Storybreak!Saturday
mornings on CBS TV in the late
1980's as himself.
Mr.Nostalgia.
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Mr.Keeshan was the first
performer to playClarabelle
on Howdy Doody from 1948
to 1952(or 1951..depending on
which kids tv history book that
you read?)
He was replaced by Bobby(Nick)
Nicholson in 1952.
Mr.Nicholson hated playing
Clarabelle and he asked the
show's producer Mr.Roger Muir
to hire another actor to play
the clown and him(Nicholson)
to create and perform his own
character.
Former jazz bandleader and
entertainer:Lew Anderson took
over the role of Clarabellein 1954
and Nicholson took on the role of
Corny Cobb.
Mr.Anderson playedClarabelle
on Howdy Doody on NBC TV from
1954 to Saturday September 24,
1960.
He would play the clown again
on The New Howdy Doody TV Show
in antional syndication from 1976 to
1977 and in many personal appearances
with Buffalo Bob Smith(And oftimes with
Mr.Milt Neil)during the late 1970's and into the
1980's and 90's.
Mr.Nostalgia.
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Mr.Keeshan was the first
performer to playClarabelle
on Howdy Doody from 1948
to 1952(or 1951..depending on
which kids tv history book that
you read?)
He was replaced by Bobby(Nick)
Nicholson in 1952.
Mr.Nicholson hated playing
Clarabelle and he asked the
show's producer Mr.Roger Muir
to hire another actor to play
the clown and allow him(Nicholson)
to create and perform his own
character.
Former jazz bandleader and
entertainer:Lew Anderson took
over the role of Clarabellein 1954
and Nicholson took on the role of
Corny Cobb.
Mr.Anderson playedClarabelle
on Howdy Doody on NBC TV from
1954 to Saturday September 24,
1960.
He would play the clown again
on The New Howdy Doody TV Show
in national syndication from 1976 to
1977 and in many personal appearances
with Buffalo Bob Smith(And oftimes with
Mr.Milt Neil)during the late 1970's and into the
1980's and 90's.
Mr.Nostalgia.
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I loved Captain Kangaroo! I always had good memories of watching it at my grandma's home...she took care of me when Mom was at work and also after school as I grew older, and I spent lots of mornings at her home, watching the Captain and Mr. Green Jeans and Bunny Rabbit. It's a show that always made me feel comfortable and thereby comforted. He had a great way with kids.
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Posted by: tommy7 on 2007-09-03
i hated the catholic school hypocrisy so MUCH!!! that i stalled waiting to hear that theme song knowing i missed the bus and only ride to school NO SCHOOL it brought me right back there and put that sinister [i got over smile]back on my face OH WHAT A FEELINGps mr green jeans lived in ne pa where i do now
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