Found this over at Wikipedia

I found this over at Wikipedia and wondered what the "Howdy Doody" was over in the states - can you let me know?


"Thirty-somethings of that era were generally seen as possessing an outlook on life colored by the loss of the perceived freedom that characterized their twenties (often exaggerated) due to the pressures of providing for their children and holding down demanding jobs to finance the family lifestyle (they tended to marry later than those who came immediately before). Their material tastes were often identified as a mixture of nostalgia for their youth (Howdy Doody, etc.) and a continuing battle to avoid appearing middle aged while increasing the material comfort of their lives — a mindset often denoted by the informal term "yuppie""