Sentence examples for it's howdy from inspiring English sources

With Buffalo Bob, Mr. Kean wrote the lyrics to the show's theme song, "It's Howdy Doody Time," sung to the tune of "Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-De-Ay".

The time combining form was pioneered in party time and was popularized by TV's Bob Smith in the late 1940's with "Hi, kids -- it's Howdy Doody time!" The time turns the preceding word or phrase into a modifier, thereby weakening put up or shut up.

From December 1947 to September 1960, in Studio 3-K in the NBC studio at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, Buffalo Bob would open the show by asking the Peanut Gallery of 40 children, "Say, kids, what time is it?" "It's Howdy Doody time," they would scream, and then launch into the show's theme song, set to the "Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ay" melody.

"It's Howdy Doody time," they'd respond with the lung power that only children of that age can demonstrate.

A character called Buffalo Bob would open the show by asking the Peanut Gallery of 40 children, "Say, kids, what time is it?" "It's Howdy Doody time!" was always the cheerful reply.

The book's title is taken from the show's opening line, to which the gaggle of youngsters in the Peanut Gallery would scream, "It's Howdy Doody time!" as Howdy, the chubby-cheeked marionette in dungarees and cowboy boots, and his flesh-and-blood mentor, Buffalo Bob Smith, took the stage.

He simply put his finger on the record and stopped the turntable when Mr. Smith was talking, then took his finger off and let the turntable roll when it was Howdy's turn.

It's always Howdy Doody time in music producer Hal Willner's workspace at the Film Center building in Manhattan.

"It's the Howdy Doody lifestyle, every insane little product he endorsed," Glenn Ralston, the auctioneer, said.

By any clock, it's not Howdy Doody time in the dank universe of puppets and cockroaches that inhabit the gloomy stage sets for "Snuffhouse Dustlouse".

It's not Howdy Doody sporting a jetpack – it's an hour-long programme that feels like a motion picture".