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Flubadub Sleeps With the Fishes

posted 12 years ago by Bilwick1
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Did this show have story arcs? I ask because I recently watched an episode on a DVD set called HI YA, KIDS! consisting of episodes from various kids' shows of the Fifties. What surprised me (besides the set looking cheaper and more claustrophobic than I recalled) was that it seemed to be an installment of an on-going story line in which Howdy and Buffalo Bob somehow came to owe Phineas T. Bluster thousands of marbles, apparently payable in 500-marble increments. (No mention of the "vig.") Howdy is leading the kids in a song when he is interrupted by anonymous notes "You owe me 500 marbles." Anyone know how Howdy and Bob came to owe this enormous sum?

[–] movieghoul 12 years ago

THere were indeed story arcs but I'm not sure about that one. I do remember one where Howdy and Bluster were in a contest to see who could collect the most marbles.

[–] pamurchu 8 years ago

Ah Flub-a-dub. I had a Flub-a-dub marionette and was forever getting the strings tangled. Now my Flub-a-dub sleeps with the fishes too, 🐟🐠 😢.

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