# As I was sitting doing nothing, the Pinky Lee theme song came into my head

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**Created:** [May 6, 2017, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-i-was-sitting-doing-nothing-the-pinky-lee-theme-song-came-into-my-head/786002 "2017-05-06T13:43:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2017, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-i-was-sitting-doing-nothing-the-pinky-lee-theme-song-came-into-my-head/786002/1 "2017-05-06T13:43:25Z")

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Talk about a crappy earworm. Other aged Dopers remember?

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**Author:** ![RunSilent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@RunSilent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RunSilent)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2017, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-i-was-sitting-doing-nothing-the-pinky-lee-theme-song-came-into-my-head/786002/2 "2017-05-06T16:16:17Z")

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Here is Pinky! [Pinky Lee 1950s Kids TV Star - YouTube](https://youtu.be/GWbweOyYLEE)

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**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2017, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-i-was-sitting-doing-nothing-the-pinky-lee-theme-song-came-into-my-head/786002/3 "2017-05-06T16:37:38Z")

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Thanks. A lot.

Seriously. Always wanted to hear Pinky for myself.

I worked with a guy that would often do a Pinky Lee impersonation. Imagine a guy dancing and using that voice in a sedate ad agency. And he’d often end a conversation with “And don’t forget, kids, you, too, can win a Pinky Lee Houndstooth Cap!” But he’d add a lisp: _“Hownjztootsh Cap”_, with plenty of saliva.

That video nswers the question of whether ADHD people could hold down a job in the 50s…  
He starts asking a little girl’s mommy if she’s hungry and suddenly interrupts himself with “Let’s go to the Pinky Lee Shoe Store!”

ETA: watching a couple of other videos, it’s clear where Pee Wee (and RIchard SImmons) came form…

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**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2017, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-i-was-sitting-doing-nothing-the-pinky-lee-theme-song-came-into-my-head/786002/4 "2017-05-06T16:50:05Z")

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Yes, I’m old enough (66) to remember Pinky Lee and his moronic song. It’s too insubstantial to become an earworm, thank goddess.

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2017, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-i-was-sitting-doing-nothing-the-pinky-lee-theme-song-came-into-my-head/786002/5 "2017-05-06T17:49:18Z")

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I remember him; he replaced Colonel Clown locally.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2017, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-i-was-sitting-doing-nothing-the-pinky-lee-theme-song-came-into-my-head/786002/6 "2017-05-06T20:25:18Z")

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I used to watch Pinky Lee every day; I think it was on just before Howdy Doody. Jesus, children’s programming was stupid back then.