Did you have a 1950s American childhood? Then you probably remember “It’s Howdy Doody Time,” the theme song of "The Howdy Doody Show," a children’s TV show that ran from 1947 to 1960. I was born in ...

Howdy Doody has the world on a string. Amazingly, he is as young as ever – the same freckle-faced, friendly, frisky little fellow he was on television 47 years ago. And he has a room of his own. Jim ...

WEST BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Edward Kean, primary writer of the “Howdy Doody Show” and who is credited with creating the exclamation, “kowabunga,” has died at the age of 85, family friend Del ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "No comments from the peanut gallery!" For many Americans who were born in the 1940s or 1950s, this phrase conjures up fond ...

It’s been 20 long years, but Kermit the Frog is coming back. On Friday, the green charmer from “Sesame Street” and “The Muppet Show” will go on display in the Detroit Institute of Arts’ puppet cases ...

Edward Kean, the main writer of Baby Boomer TV staple "The Howdy Doody Show" has died. He was 85. Kean wrote the theme song "It's Howdy Doody Time" and is credited with coining the word "kowabunga." ...

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. Kean died Aug. 13 ...

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. Kean died Aug. 13 ...