"It's 'Howdy Doody' time!" Among its supporting cast was, famously, Bob Keeshan, who was the first of three actors to play Clarabell, the silent, seltzer-spraying clown, and who left in the mid ...

It seemed the only way to escape childhood and its children ... "What time is it?" And 40 or so members of the Peanut Gallery would scream, with adenoidal glee: "It's Howdy Doody time!" ...

"It's 'Howdy Doody' time!" Among its supporting cast was, famously, Bob Keeshan, who was the first of three actors to play Clarabell, the silent, seltzer-spraying clown, and who left in the mid ...