The Adventures of Oky Doky [SEP] original network
The Adventures of Oky Doky
The Adventures of Oky Doky is an American children's television program that aired on the DuMont Television Network on Thursdays at 7pm ET from November 4, 1948, through May 26, 1949. Sometime in early 1949, the time slot for the show went from 30 minutes to 15 minutes. In March, the show was cut back to Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6:45pm ET.
The show had many similarities with "Howdy Doody", including a frontier/western theme and a cowboy puppet
but quickly rose to the position of production coordinator, and soon after to assistant director. Then in 1949, acting on Hayes' advice to seek on-air work, he responded to a casting call for a cowboy who could do stunts; Trailer overwhelmed the competition and became the host of the network's "Oky Doky Ranch" (formerly "The Adventures of Oky Doky"). The show featured Rex Trailer as a cowboy and Oky Doky, a cowboy puppet, operated by Dayton Allen.
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