Happy's Party

Happy's Party was a children's TV program originating at WDTV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and broadcast for one season on the DuMont Television Network.

[1] The show debuted locally on March 1, 1951, and appears to have had its last telecast on August 13, 1955 (by which time WDTV had been purchased by Westinghouse and become KDKA-TV).

Happy was a dog puppet which interacted with host Ida Mae Maher,[3] who also made public-service appearances at elementary school classrooms in the Pittsburgh area.

She used a puppet named, "Happy Tooth", to encourage young children to practice good dental hygiene.

In addition to Maher's interaction with Happy there was a panel of four children who answered questioned asked by adult visitors, and playlets written by viewers were presented.

Ida Mae and Happy