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Lewis Burr Anderson (May 7, 1922 Kirkman, Iowa – May 14, 2006 Westchester, New York) was an American actor and musician. He is widely known by TV fans as the third and final actor to portray Clarabell the Clown on ''Howdy Doody'' between 1954 and 1960. He famously spoke Clarabell's only line on the show's final episode in 1960, with a tear visible in his eye, "Goodbye, kids."〔, NBC Television Network, September 4, 1960, (time on video 5.40)〕 Anderson is also widely known by jazz music fans as a prolific jazz arranger, big band leader, and alto saxophonist. == Early years == Growing up : Anderson was born in Kirkman, Iowa, the son of a railroad telegrapher. He began playing his sister's clarinet when she tired of it, and by high school had formed his own dance band. After a year in junior college in Fort Dodge, Iowa, he received a music scholarship to Drake University in Des Moines.〔 He attended for two years, but then quit school to begin his professional musical life by accepting a job with the Lee Barron Orchestra, a territory band based out of Omaha. Armed forces : During World War II, Anderson served in the United States Navy where he started his first band. While in the Navy, he served aboard the USS Howard W. Gilmore (AS-16), a ship that supplied submarines. Post World War II : After serving in the Navy in World War II, he joined the Carlos Molinas Latin Orchestra, where he also wrote the American dance arrangements. In the late 1940s, he joined The Honey Dreamers, a singing group that appeared on radio and early television shows like ''The Ed Sullivan Show''. While working with the group, he met "Buffalo" Bob Smith who offered him the role on the ''Howdy Doody'' show. Anderson again played Clarabell on the short-lived "New Howdy Doody Show" in 1976-1977 and in the 1987 40th anniversary special and made personal appearances as Clarabell with Buffalo Bob for many years thereafter. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lew Anderson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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