FUN FACTS, HISTORY, ATTRIBUTES (ie size, year of production, color,scarcity, etc) WHAT FOLLOWS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYTHING SPECIFIC in this listing.
Howdy Doody Royal Dessert Coloring Cards 1/12 #8 Scuttlebutt Lemon Pie Box
In the early 1950's, TV was in it's infancy - and TV advertising was off
to a flying start! Royal Pudding would merchandise the rights to the Howdy
Doody brand. There are a seemingly endless variations to the sets one
could collect. The main set is a set of 16 "Trading Cards" that would be
cut off the back of the "Royal" dessert boxes. Flavors include Vanilla,
Chocolate, Lemon Pie Filling, Vanilla Tapioca, Chocolate Tapioca,
Orange-Coconut pudding, Orange, Custard, Lemon, Lime and Pineapple. In
addition to collecting the cards and the flavors - there is also a
variation in the 'coloring' and text of the cards - where the main color
of black is substituted with blue (there's even variations in the shade of
blue!). The set of 16 was made up of:
Howdy Doody
Mr Bluster
Flub-A-Dub
Dilly Dally
The Inspector
Don Jose Bluster
Buffalo Bob
Clarabell
Lanky Lou
Doctor Singasong
Pierre The Chef
Sir Archibald
Princess Summer-Fall-Winter-Spring
Oil Well Willie
Chief Featherman
Captain Scuttlebutt
A set of "Coloring Cards" was also available:
Flub-A-Dub
Princess Summer-Fall-Winter-Spring
Don Jose Bluster
Chief Thunderthud
Phineus T Bluster
Dr Sing-a-song
Howdy Doody
Captain Scuttlebutt
Hop
Dilly Dally
The Bloop
Clarabell
Listing is for JUST the #8 Captain Scuttlebutt Coloring Card box - on the reverse of the
Lemon Pie Flavor Dessert box! We have found the 'Coloring Cards' to be much scarcer than the "Trading Cards".