The 1970s brought a wave of nostalgia interest in an idealised representation of the 1950s, and with it films such as American Graffiti and the TV show Happy Days.
Shortly thereafter, Nicholson-Muir Productions (owned by Nick Nicholson and E. Roger Muir) acquired from NBC the rights to produce the New Howdy Doody Show, an attempt by Buffalo Bob and most of the old cast to recreate their past fame.