Re: Howdy Doody

["'A. Joseph Ross'" <lawyer@world.std.com>]

On Mon, 3 Aug 1998, PUBLICREF3 wrote:

> I believe the show was live and in color 1955-59 (and I think they did
> the show twice a day live in 1955-56 so the West Coast would not get
> a B & W "kine"--was the West Coast version fed at 7 P.M. ET (4 P.M.
> PT) to Burbank for distribution up and down the West Coast?

I've never heard of the second feed for the West Coast.  All of the
published information is that the show went to tape when it moved from
weekday afternoons to Saturday mornings in 1956.  The show continued until
September 1960.
 
> I think "Howdy Doody" switched to tape for the 1959-60 season. I do
> know a color tape of the last show (aired September, 1960) still exists,
> and maybe other color tapes of the 1959-60 season might exist as well.

The color tape apparently is from a private collection.  It was used for
various clips in the 40th anniversary special back in 1987. 

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