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Word: snerdish (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1948-1948
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Television, always solid with sport fans, has proved that it can also score a hit with youngsters. NBC's "Howdy Doody," a lop-legged, mop-wigged puppet with a Snerdish grin, is the children's special delight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Howdy | 4/5/1948 | See Source »

Radio's outdated version of the U.S. farmer-a Mortimer Snerdish bumpkin borrowed from the burlesque stage-has changed radically in the last month. In a new quiz show called R.F.D. America (Mutual, Thurs. 9:30 p.m., E.S.T.), the real farmer turns out to be an alert, articulate, well-schooled young man-with no straw in his hair and no quid in his cheek...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Farmer Takes a Mike | 1/5/1948 | See Source »

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