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Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Daily Kos: Cowabunga!!!

Daily Kos: Cowabunga!!!

Cowabunga!!!

If you are of a certain age, that word will immediately bring to mind certain images - of a freckle-faced marionette, his human companion, and the other creatures of perhaps the most important and influential children's television show ever.

On Dec 27, 1947, NBC premiered the Howdy Doody Show.

So this diary is dedicated to the immortal exchange with which each show would begin

Buffalo Bob Smith would call out, sometimes as himself, sometimes as the voice of Howdy, "Say, Kids, What