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Howdy Doody was an iconic figure in the late 1940’s into the early 1950’s. We baby boomers grew up watching Howdy and we were all part of the “Peanut Gallery”. Now Howdy was a marionette and the show was done live with all the great marionettes and of course Buffalo Bob.

The popularity of Howdy of course went into main stream advertising and all kids wanted a Howdy Doody of their own. They were produced as true marionettes and were made of composition. The entire cast of characters were available for purchase.

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Some of you probably know that my partner Steve has built quite a few websites for those in the vent community.

One such client is Al Good that makes very nice stands for ventriloquist and magicians (http://www.algoodproducts.com).

Al called Steve on Saturday to say that he has had some serious increases in shipping by the US Postal Service, Fed-x ground and UPS ground along with the cost of the materials to build our stand has also increased, but not in proportion to the shipping costs.

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After yesterday’s blog and the fact that it was Edgar Bergen’s birthday, I was in the mood to watch some videos of ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy.

I ran across this little ditty with Dean Martin. Reminds me of the times when Charlie and W.C. Fields would go at each other.

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Here’s an article we thought we would share with everyone…

Candice Bergen Bringing Her Memoir “Knock Wood” to the Big Screen

Dan
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