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.
