Editing Howdy Doody (section)

===Puppet characters===
Besides Howdy Doody, the other characters in this show included:

* '''Heidi Doody''' – Introduced as a stranger who saved Buffalo Bob's life in Africa, she was adopted as Howdy's sister.
* '''Phineas T. Bluster''' – Resident skinflint, mayor of Doodyville and nemesis of Howdy; one of the Bluster triplets.
* '''Petey Bluster''' – Phineas's nephew.
* '''Don José Bluster''' – The South American Bluster brother.
* '''Thaddeus Bluster''' – Another Bluster brother.
* '''Hector Hamhock Bluster''' – The British Bluster brother.
* '''Princess Summerfall Winterspring''' – Introduced as a puppet, then played by actress [[Judy Tyler]], who afterwards appeared opposite [[Elvis Presley]] in the 1957 film [[Jailhouse Rock (film)|''Jailhouse Rock'']]. After she was killed in a car accident on July 3, 1957, the character was portrayed by a marionette.
* '''Dilly Dally''' – Howdy's naive boyhood friend.
* '''Inspector John J. Fadoozle''' – "America's No. 1 [[Detective|private eye]]" whose character was revealed as the mysterious "Mr. X" who used the pseudonym to run against Howdy for the office of President of All the Boys and Girls of America. Children could vote by using ballots attached to the wrappers of loaves of [[Wonder Bread]], a major sponsor of the show.
* '''Chief Thunderthud and Chief Featherman''' – Two of several [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] characters used to emphasize the show's western theme.
* '''J. Cornelius Cobb''' – The [[shopkeeper]] (played by Nick Nicholson), who had a strong [[Coulrophobia|dislike for clowns]].
* '''Sandra the Witch'''
* '''Capt. Windy Scuttlebut'''
* '''Flub-a-Dub''' – A hybrid of eight animals. He had a [[duck]]'s bill, a [[cat]]'s whiskers, a [[spaniel]]'s ears, a [[giraffe]]'s neck, a [[dachshund]]'s body, a [[Pinniped|seal]]'s flippers, a [[pig]]'s tail, and an [[elephant]]'s memory.