Happy the Clown - Popular children's show host who appeared in the Philadelphia area from 1956-1968 on WFIL-TV Channel 6.

One of the program highlights was the "Marching Sticks" segment when all the kids were given a set of wooden sticks. As the music played, they proceeded to march around the studio banging the sticks together to the beat of the music.

At the end of the march they climbed up a ladder and slid down a sliding board. Occasionally, Happy gave special kids rides on Chippy the Chipmunk.

When Happy the Clown (Howard Jones) was not available for the show, a character named Sawdust Sam (a.k.a. Howard Ennis) substituted. He wore a plaid Gay Nineties-style suit, parted his hair in the middle, sported a cardboard mustache and made a wide-eyed expressions as Porky Pig's catchphrase "Th-th-th-that's all, folks!" played in the background.     

Howard Jones, a.k.a. "Happy the Clown" died of cancer on Sunday, July 11, 1993 at Sacred Heart Hospital. He was 83.