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Crafty Angler · 01-24-2004, 09:35 AM

Yeah, it was certainly sad news - there doesn't seem to be quite as much gentle entertainment for children on TV as there once was.

Does anyone know what Bob Keeshan's first TV job was?

He was the original Clarabell the Clown on the Howdy Doody Show. How's that for a trip in the Wayback Machine -

I remember Clarabell, Howdy, Buffalo Bob Smith ("Say kids, what time is it!?"), Chief Thunderthud, Princess Summerfallwinterspring, Phineas T. Bluster - and the Flub-a-Dub.

I don't know why but for some reason the Flub-a-Dub scared me when I was a kid, I distinctly remember asking my Dad if there was any such animal as a Flub-a-Dub.

I think I was maybe 16 or 17 at the time -

01-24-2004, 09:35 AM	#9
Crafty Angler Geezer Gone Wild iTrader: (2) Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 3,397 Blog Entries: 2	Yeah, it was certainly sad news - there doesn't seem to be quite as much gentle entertainment for children on TV as there once was. Does anyone know what Bob Keeshan's first TV job was? He was the original Clarabell the Clown on the Howdy Doody Show. How's that for a trip in the Wayback Machine - I remember Clarabell, Howdy, Buffalo Bob Smith ("Say kids, what time is it!?"), Chief Thunderthud, Princess Summerfallwinterspring, Phineas T. Bluster - and the Flub-a-Dub. I don't know why but for some reason the Flub-a-Dub scared me when I was a kid, I distinctly remember asking my Dad if there was any such animal as a Flub-a-Dub. I think I was maybe 16 or 17 at the time -
	"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.