R. Crumb

And I also got caught up in the general optimism and hopefulness and idealism of that time, the late 60s, you know. But stylistically, I was always alienated from it. I hated the music.

Oh, especially Howdy Doody. Howdy Doody was really grotesque. Hi, kids. And Clarabelle the Clown and all. It was all very, very sinister and scary. And Buffalo Bob Smith. Did you ever see that stuff?

Oh, especially Howdy Doody. Howdy Doody was really grotesque. Hi, kids. And Clarabelle the Clown and all. It was all very, very sinister and scary. And Buffalo Bob Smith. Did you ever see that stuff?

Oh, especially Howdy Doody. Howdy Doody was really grotesque. Hi, kids. And Clarabelle the Clown and all. It was all very, very sinister and scary. And Buffalo Bob Smith. Did you ever see that stuff?

My wife, Aileen, actually, she grew up in New York. She actually got to be in the peanut gallery when she was a kid on the Buffalo Bob show and the Howdy Doody show. She said it was a defining moment in her life.

My wife, Aileen, actually, she grew up in New York. She actually got to be in the peanut gallery when she was a kid on the Buffalo Bob show and the Howdy Doody show. She said it was a defining moment in her life.

My wife, Aileen, actually, she grew up in New York. She actually got to be in the peanut gallery when she was a kid on the Buffalo Bob show and the Howdy Doody show. She said it was a defining moment in her life.

She was like eight years old or something, seven years old, and she saw the adult world behind the scenes of the Howdy Doody show and how these people were all kind of cranky and stressed. She said the seat of the pants of Bob Smith's outfit was kind of frayed. And he was like real mean to the kids when it was off camera. Kukla Farinalli was cuter, though.

She was like eight years old or something, seven years old, and she saw the adult world behind the scenes of the Howdy Doody show and how these people were all kind of cranky and stressed. She said the seat of the pants of Bob Smith's outfit was kind of frayed. And he was like real mean to the kids when it was off camera. Kukla Farinalli was cuter, though.

She was like eight years old or something, seven years old, and she saw the adult world behind the scenes of the Howdy Doody show and how these people were all kind of cranky and stressed. She said the seat of the pants of Bob Smith's outfit was kind of frayed. And he was like real mean to the kids when it was off camera. Kukla Farinalli was cuter, though.

Kukla Farinalli, that was a little bit, that was better than Howdy Doody that way. It was more lovable. You know, Kukla was kind of a cute little lovable guy, a little hand puppet. And Fran, the woman, she was like talking to the puppets. So it was a little more reassuring. It was cuter.

Kukla Farinalli, that was a little bit, that was better than Howdy Doody that way. It was more lovable. You know, Kukla was kind of a cute little lovable guy, a little hand puppet. And Fran, the woman, she was like talking to the puppets. So it was a little more reassuring. It was cuter.

Kukla Farinalli, that was a little bit, that was better than Howdy Doody that way. It was more lovable. You know, Kukla was kind of a cute little lovable guy, a little hand puppet. And Fran, the woman, she was like talking to the puppets. So it was a little more reassuring. It was cuter.

It was just creepy and weird. What the heck? What does that have to do with anything? He didn't look like a kid. He was supposed to be like a kid in a cowboy suit, but he didn't come off that way. He just came off as a creature, like from Mars. There's some underlying thing you can't quite define that was just disturbing and sinister and scary about it all, all that stuff.

It was just creepy and weird. What the heck? What does that have to do with anything? He didn't look like a kid. He was supposed to be like a kid in a cowboy suit, but he didn't come off that way. He just came off as a creature, like from Mars. There's some underlying thing you can't quite define that was just disturbing and sinister and scary about it all, all that stuff.

It was just creepy and weird. What the heck? What does that have to do with anything? He didn't look like a kid. He was supposed to be like a kid in a cowboy suit, but he didn't come off that way. He just came off as a creature, like from Mars. There's some underlying thing you can't quite define that was just disturbing and sinister and scary about it all, all that stuff.

Well, yeah, but I guess... Not for children, of course. I mean, it wasn't for children. Yeah. What I was trying to do was to uncover that sinister quality, the dark, sinister, strange, disturbing part of things, and not... hide it, not keep it hidden.

Well, yeah, but I guess... Not for children, of course. I mean, it wasn't for children. Yeah. What I was trying to do was to uncover that sinister quality, the dark, sinister, strange, disturbing part of things, and not... hide it, not keep it hidden.

Well, yeah, but I guess... Not for children, of course. I mean, it wasn't for children. Yeah. What I was trying to do was to uncover that sinister quality, the dark, sinister, strange, disturbing part of things, and not... hide it, not keep it hidden.

You know, I started doing that in 68, 69, putting it out there, the snoids, you know, they were these little creepy gnome creatures that I, in LSD, I would catch out of the corner of my eye sneaking around and giggling in the background of my life. You know, I had to show that.