for boomers only and beyond.

[AllaN01Bear]

[Hekate]

1. I have only vague memories of Howdy Doody -- but my brother was utterly convinced he was a real boy

Joe was a year younger than me…

[wnylib]

2. Love the scene as they leave Santa's workshop.

The full sun is shining brightly as the sleigh takes to the dark sky full of stars.

I don't remember that particular episode, but I do remember watching the show with my brothers and some kids in the neighborhood who came over to watch it with us.

[AllaN01Bear]

3. remember hearing mum about neigborhood kids going to neigbors houses to watch howdi dody

i was born in 1957 and this was a little bit before me.

[wnylib]

5. Not everyone had a TV back then.

So my brothers, who were both older than me, invited their friends who didn't have one to watch with us. I was born in 1949, so I was pretty young at the time, but I remember the opening song, the characters, and the group of us sitting cross-legged on the floor watching our console TV.

The TV stood about 4 feet high on the floor. The screen was in the upper part, maybe 8 or 10 inches in size. You had to turn it on several minutes before the program started to let it "warm up" in order to have a clear picture. It was black and white, of course, which all TVs were then.

[AllaN01Bear]

6. correct. remember hearing about ppl would stop in front of a store that was selling and watch. there was a

speaker usually so that they could hear the program audio as well.

[wnylib]

7. I hadn't started school yet, or at least was not

in school all day. (Kindergarten was half a day.) By the time I was in third grade, several more families had a TV. I remember walking home from school with a group of friends talking about what we had watched the might before, like Leave it to Beaver.

As late as 1962, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, there were still people who did not have a TV, or who were working or shopping in the evening when Kennedy made his televised speech about surveillance films finding Russian missiles in Cuba. There were people who went to stores to watch it on display models. The movie, 13 Days, shows this very well.

[sinkingfeeling]

4. Remember Howdy well. My sister even had a small Howdy marionette.

[ProfessorGAC]

8. Alas, A Bit Before My Time

I wasn't born until the start of the 10th season.
The last episode was just after I turned 4.
I'm certainly aware of the show, but I have no recollection of watching it.