howdy

The showrunner even showed up to the meeting wearing a vintage Howdy Doody Halloween mask.

Chris takes Regan to see a psychiatrist, where she refers to the demon as Captain Howdy, who controls Regan's actions.

Digging deeper, however, I found folks who still watched the show religiously—and boy howdy, were they ever disgruntled.

"Howdy, pards," he said, with an assumption of the cowboy manner.

"Howdy, Thinkright," he said, nodding as the couple approached.

Afterward the farmer met the pair again, and while the girl smiled and said, "Howdy, Uncle Joe?"

"Howdy, men," began the new arrival affably as he stood towering over the telegraph operator.

Their mere howdy-do was a lie, because they didn't care how you did, except they were undertakers.