On Canadian Howdy Doody Show (Late 1954?)

A major problem with CBC is that it didn't record it's history like BBC did. Bill was also on Space Patrol in the 50s.

This is a great great Shat blog. https://www.shatnerweb.com/2017/04/02/the-canadian-howdy-doody-show-late-1954/

And I don’t think any program more exemplifies “the haze” like The Canadian Howdy Doody Show.

But first: what was Howdy Doody? The short answer is that he was a puppet. He had some other puppet friends and a human friend, the host of the show named Buffalo Bob. Howdy, his friends and Buffalo Bob lived in some western town…they all dressed like cowboys or ranch hands, and I suppose had adventures or some shit. Apparently, Howdy had 48 freckles, one for each of the (then) 48 states.

When imported to Canada, some changes were made. Gone was the Western theme, replaced by a Northern one as the show took place in the great “North Woods.” Buffalo Bob was replaced by Timber Tom, and there was a greater emphasis on history and education, and a de-emphasis on violence and villains. In short, they made it more Canadian.

Only picture of Bill as Bob/Tom from IMdb: https://moviechat.org/tt0250868/Howdy-Doody