'Was just chatting with my dear radio, and arts pal Andrea Clarke. Ya know stuff about still breathing, and walking around after near 100 years, and such. I mentioned that as I kid I thought folks that was 67 had already been dead for five years. Anyway "Howdy Doody' sort of came up.
I had this exact set, above, as a kid. If I still had it I could eBay it for the gross national product of Belize.
I forgot it in the rain in my back yard. It actually melted!. It was made of pressed cardboard, and balsa...the cheap bastards. Yep. Ol' Howdy was painted pressed cardboard. Com'on I was an embryo what did I know of the effects of nature on cheaply made bit of media merchandise.
Kids leaves their stuff in the yard rain or shine. Next day I looked all over the house for the little guy. I finally found him in the mud out in the yard. Not a pretty sight. He was rotted decomposed,...but still smiling.
A real trooper.
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