Cowabunga

Posted by Smokey Stover January 03, 2010 at 20:15In reply to Cowabunga posted by RRC on January 03, 2010 at 17:48:

Who started the phrase cowabunga? I remember someone on tv saying it years ago... was it howdy dowdy?

Yes, Chief Thunderthud on The Howdy Doody Show about 1954.

And you probably know that the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles adopted the expression and kept it green, so to speak.
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