Editing Howdy Doody (section)

===Howdy Doody===
Howdy Doody himself was a freckle-faced boy [[marionette]] with 48 freckles, one for each state of the union at the time of his creation (up until January 3, 1959, when [[Alaska]] became the 49th state), and originally was voiced by Smith.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Howdy Doody Show|last=Rautiolla-Williams|first=Suzanne |url=http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/H/htmlH/howdydoodys/howdydoodys.htm|access-date=July 15, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310184405/https://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/H/htmlH/howdydoodys/howdydoodys.htm|archive-date=March 10, 2007}}</ref> The ''Howdy Doody'' show's various marionettes were created and built by [[puppeteer]]s Dawson, Scott Brinker (the show's prop man), and Rufus Rose throughout the show's run.<ref name="ds">{{cite news|title=Howdy Doody puppet creator dies |url=http://www.mydesert.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070926/NEWS01/70926003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012215342/http://www.mydesert.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070926/NEWS01/70926003 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 12, 2007 |work=[[The Desert Sun]] |date=September 26, 2007 |access-date=October 2, 2007 }}</ref> The redheaded Howdy marionette on the original show was operated with 11 strings: two heads, one mouth, one eye, two shoulders, one back, two hands and two knees. Three strings were added when the show returned—two elbows and one nose. The original marionette now resides at the [[Detroit Institute of Arts]]. There were duplicate Howdy Doody puppets, designed to be used expressly for off-the-air purposes (lighting rehearsals, personal appearances, etc.), although surviving [[kinescope]] recordings clearly show that these duplicate puppets were indeed used on the air occasionally. "Double Doody", the Howdy stand-in, is in the entertainment collection at the [[National Museum of American History|Smithsonian National Museum of American History]].<ref name="NMAH">{{cite web|url=http://historywired.si.edu/object.cfm?ID=117|title=Howdy Doody Puppet|publisher=National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution|access-date=July 22, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327071809/http://historywired.si.edu/object.cfm?ID=117|archive-date=March 27, 2009}}</ref>

[[Photo Doody (Howdy)|Photo Doody]] is the near-stringless marionette that was used in personal appearances, photos, parades, and the famed NBC test pattern. He was sold by Leland's Sports Auction House in 1997 for more than $113,000 to a private art collector, [[TJ Fisher]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tjfisher.com/howdy.html|title=TJ Fisher|work=tjfisher.com|access-date=April 14, 2015|archive-date=February 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224215123/http://tjfisher.com/howdy.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
[[File:Phineas T Bluster Howdy Doody.JPG|thumb|Phineas T. Bluster]]
[[File:Buffalo Bob Howdy Doody Flub a Dub circa 1949.JPG|thumb|Buffalo Bob with Howdy Doody and Flub-a-Dub]]