Edward Kean, the original head writer for the "Howdy Doody Show," the pioneering NBC children's television program for which he also created characters and wrote songs, died Aug. 13 of complications ...

Memories drift a long way back. I was 8 years old when I first heard (and saw) this question: “Hey kids, what time is it?” The answer for those who were not around then — or forgot — was “It’s Howdy ...

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.

Promotional Howdy Doody spoon made and distributed as a premium for the Welch Grape Juice Company. The silverplate spoon has a handle cast in the shape of Howdy Doody and dates to around 1952-1954, ...

First in a three-part series. If there were such a thing as “appointment television” for children during the late 1940s and ’50s, it was “The Howdy Doody Show.” Local youngsters could watch the ...