Howdy Doody is joined by Ranger Bill, Captain Scuttle Butt, Percival Parrot, Dilly Dally, and Princess Haida. The Captain sings, Blow The Man Down, and tells them a story about his adventures. Movie ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A former NBC star and offbeat candidate for president soon will be saluted on COZI TV . No, not Donald Trump. It's Howdy Doody, the redheaded, freckle-faced marionette born at the dawn ...

Features the adventures of marionette puppets, Howdy Doody, his sister, Heidi Doody, with their puppet and human friends. Aired on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.

LOS ANGELES -- Edward Kean, the original head writer for "The Howdy Doody Show," the pioneer NBC children's TV program for which he also created characters and wrote the songs, has died. He was 85.