biography
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Smith, Buffalo Bob
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popular name of Robert Smith
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1917– )
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| biography:
| Puppeteer and radio producer, born in Buffalo, New York, USA. A vocalist and pianist on local Buffalo, NY radio in the 1930s and 1940s, he started a children's show on WNBC radio in New York (1947) which became the Howdy Doody show (1947–60). One of the first children's television shows, it featured a freckled-faced puppet. He returned with a short-lived revival in 1976. |
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