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Clarabell the Clown is a character who was part of the main cast on the 1947-1960 series The Howdy Doody Show. Clarabell, who wore a baggy, striped costume, communicated through mime and by honking a horn for "yes" or "no". Clarabell would also spray fellow cast member Buffalo Bob Smith with seltzer. Three actors played Clarabell on a regular basis. The first was Bob Keeshan, who later became Captain Kangaroo and was reputedly fired over a salary dispute in 1952. Keeshan was succeeded by Robert "Nick" Nicholson, who also played the character of J. Cornelius Cobb on The Howdy Doody Show.

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  • Clarabell the Clown is a character who was part of the main cast on the 1947-1960 series The Howdy Doody Show. Clarabell, who wore a baggy, striped costume, communicated through mime and by honking a horn for "yes" or "no". Clarabell would also spray fellow cast member Buffalo Bob Smith with seltzer. Three actors played Clarabell on a regular basis. The first was Bob Keeshan, who later became Captain Kangaroo and was reputedly fired over a salary dispute in 1952. Keeshan was succeeded by Robert "Nick" Nicholson, who also played the character of J. Cornelius Cobb on The Howdy Doody Show. (en)
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  • Clarabell the Clown is a character who was part of the main cast on the 1947-1960 series The Howdy Doody Show. Clarabell, who wore a baggy, striped costume, communicated through mime and by honking a horn for "yes" or "no". Clarabell would also spray fellow cast member Buffalo Bob Smith with seltzer. Three actors played Clarabell on a regular basis. The first was Bob Keeshan, who later became Captain Kangaroo and was reputedly fired over a salary dispute in 1952. Keeshan was succeeded by Robert "Nick" Nicholson, who also played the character of J. Cornelius Cobb on The Howdy Doody Show. Lew Anderson was the third and last person to play Clarabell. Anderson played the character from 1954 until the series' final episode on September 24, 1960. Anderson returned to play Clarabell in the short-lived 1976–77 New Howdy Doody Show and in the 1987 40th anniversary special, and in later years in many personal appearances with Buffalo Bob Smith. In addition, Dayton Allen, Bill LeCornec, and others played Clarabell in the early years if Keeshan was busy doing something else for the show. Many attempts were made to find out the real face behind Clarabell. In season 2, #33 of Happy Days, Richie Cunningham is able to get a candid shot of Clarabell (played by Robert Brunner) without his makeup, but chooses to destroy it after Buffalo Bob personally asks him to keep the actor's face concealed from the public. (Based upon the period in which Happy Days is set, Lew Anderson would have been portraying Clarabell during that time.) Buffalo Bob Smith and the Kids of the Peanut Gallery sang a song about Clarabell, sung to the tune of "Mademoiselle from Armentières". Who's the funniest clown we know?Clarabell!Who's the clown on Howdy's show?Clarabell!His feet are big, his tummy's stout,But we could never do without,Clara, Clara, Clarabell!Who has fuzzy-wuzzy hair?Clarabell!It's partly red but mostly bare.Clarabell!And since the day that he was born,He's honked and honked and honked his horn.Clara, Clara, Clarabell! (en)
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