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Howdy Doody Marionette is a well-known American character from the late ’50s created for a famous tv show. This replica is hand-made in the CzechMarionettes Guild workshop.

Howdy is a professional string puppet with a movable mouth and eyes. We are piece by piece getting closer and closer to the original. Thank you for helping us with this project.

The time of the production takes up to 8 weeks.

Note: The pattern or the color on Howdy's shirt might slightly differ from the original pictures depending on the availability of materials.

Howdy Doody was a huge phenomenon in the United States. There was no child who could not sing the song "It's Howdy Doody time ..." - like in the Czech Republic, we know Hurvínek or Včelka Mája. Generations of American and Canadian children grew up with him.

The real, original Howdy puppet, which is in the Detroit Museum in Michigan, USA, has been severely sanded and damaged. It was made by the amazing puppeteer Frank Paris. Howdy first performed on December 27, 1947. The puppet always had to be in perfect condition for the performance, so only a few were made for the purposes of the TV show.

Over the years, it has changed and evolved in various ways. Each new puppet was slightly different from the previous one. Just like Czech Hurvinek marionette or Disney's Mickey Mouse. On the Internet, we can find a number of variants of its appearance.