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Howdy Doody's Christmas - Watch Legally and Safely

Howdy Doody's Christmas

Genre: Short
Countries: United States,
Release Date: January 1, 1951
Year: 1951
Runtime:8 min
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It’s Christmas Eve and Santa hasn’t come yet, so Buffalo Bob Smith, Howdy, and Clarabell The Clown (Bob Keeshan soon-to-be “Captain Kangaroo”) decide to take the Rocket Doodle as transportation and head for the North Pole to see what’s happened to Santa. When they get there they find out that “Ugly Sam” (Dayton Allen later of “The Steve Allen Show”) thinks that Santa is the “Bearded Bandit” and has captured him. So, it’s up to Howdy and the Crew to prove differently.

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Bob Smith     , Dayton Allen     , Robert Keeshan