Memories drift a long way back. I was 8 years old when I first heard (and saw) this question: “Hey kids, what time is it?” The answer for those who were not around then — or forgot — was “It’s Howdy ...

“No comments from the peanut gallery!” For many Americans who were born in the 1940s or 1950s, this phrase conjures up fond memories of the “Howdy Doody” show. It launched in 1947 as one of the first ...

Buffalo Bob Smith’s opening welcome, “Hey, kids, what time is it?” produced the response “It’s Howdy Doody time!” from the Peanut Gallery, as the studio audience was known. The children were a vital ...

Did you have a 1950s American childhood? Then you probably remember “It’s Howdy Doody Time,” the theme song of "The Howdy Doody Show," a children’s TV show that ran from 1947 to 1960. I was born in ...

Breathes there a Boomer who doesn’t know the answer to that question? If it was Buffalo Bob Smith asking, and it was a weekday afternoon on NBC in the 1950’s, it was most definitely “Howdy Doody time.

Sometimes, once really is enough. You'd like to see your childhood Saturday morning shows. You're curious whether a vintage sitcom holds up. You remember some short-lived crime drama. But a season set ...