Air-O-Doodle
- A fantastic craft
composed of a steam locomotive
at one end, a ship on the other end and a pair of
wings
and a
helicopter propeller
sprouting from its midsection. The all-purpose
vehicle could travel on ground, on railroad tracks, in water and
in the air. An RCA VICTOR record (Little Nipper Series Y397)
told the story of Howdy Doody and the Air-O-Doodle which was a
featured gadget on the popular children's program HOWDY DOODY/NBC/1947-60.
TRIVIA NOTE: The Chicago Edition of the TV Forecast
magazine (May27- June2, 1950 has an article about Howdy's
Air-o-doodle.
