# Deputy Dawg be Daid. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 17, 2004, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deputy-dawg-be-daid/275163 "2004-11-17T01:05:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deputy-dawg-be-daid/275163/1 "2004-11-17T01:05:17Z")
HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Dayton Allen, a comedian and actor best known for his work as the voice of the cartoon character Deputy Dawg and the grumpy mayor Phineas T. Bluster on “The Howdy Doody Show,” has died. He was 85. His most notable voice work came from his longtime association with the cartoon studio Terrytoons. He provided most of the voices for “The Deputy Dawg Show,” a syndicated series that debuted in 1960. He was also the voice of the cartoon magpies Heckle and Jeckle, and many other characters. On “The Steve Allen Show,” he often appeared as a bogus expert or in the comic “Man on the Street” interviews. His frequent comment, “Why-y-y-y-y not?”, became a popular catch phrase. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deputy-dawg-be-daid/275163/2 "2004-11-17T01:29:54Z")
May his spirit rest among the Sheriff’s persimmon trees forever. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deputy-dawg-be-daid/275163/3 "2004-11-17T02:39:14Z")
File this one in the “I didn’t even know he was still _alive_” file. I used to watch “Deputy Dawg” as a kid. I’m still not sure why – I didn’t really like t that much. Thank God they never revived this one. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deputy-dawg-be-daid/275163/4 "2004-11-17T02:43:54Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > File this one in the “I didn’t even know he was still _alive_” file. Same here. Question: Is anyone associated with “The Howdy Doody Show” still alive? ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deputy-dawg-be-daid/275163/5 "2004-11-17T02:56:36Z")
Besides Howdy, you mean? Looking at the IMDB [listing](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0250868/combined), and not clicking every link, but Robert Goulet is still alive as is (god God!) William Shatner?! ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deputy-dawg-be-daid/275163/6 "2004-11-17T02:56:55Z")
> [@Governor Quinn](#): > > Same here. > > Question: Is anyone associated with “The Howdy Doody Show” still alive? [Princess Summer Spring Winter Fall](http://www.howdydoodytime.com/cast_princess.htm) is still alive. She lives on an indoor ranch in Montana with her companion Kukla and is the author of _No Strings Attached_, an autobiography detailing her relationships with Martina Navritilova, Marlon Brando, Chief Dan George, Ike Turner, Lady Elaine Fairchild, and Agnes Moorehead, her struggle with nylon addiction and the identity crisis that occurred when she learned she was adopted and had no Native American blood, her real parents being Judy Garland and Charlie McCarthy. She does not paint a very flattering portrait of Howdy Doody, whom she describes as a misogynist and egomaniac and declares “the best part of him sapped down his mother’s bark”. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deputy-dawg-be-daid/275163/7 "2004-11-17T03:15:41Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > Besides Howdy, you mean? > > Looking at the IMDB [listing](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0250868/combined), and not clicking every link, but Robert Goulet is still alive as is (god God!) William Shatner?! This is the listing for the Canadian version of the program. [This is the listing for the American version](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0165594/), and, of the listed cast: 6 are certainly dead (Allen, Lee Carney, Robert Keeshan, Bobby Nicholson, “Buffalo Bob” Smith, and Judy Tyler) 2 (Bill LeCornec, and Rufus Rose) are indeterminate, as I can’t seem to find anything stating if they are alive or dead. Lew Anderson (who later became a big band leader) and Allen Swift (later a voice-over performer, and the father of Broadwat actor Lewis J Stadlin) are definately still alive. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deputy-dawg-be-daid/275163/8 "2004-11-17T12:06:57Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Thank God they never revived this one. Hmmm, Danny Devito as Dawg and maybe Steve Buscemi as Muskie? Hopefully studio execs aren’t reading this. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deputy-dawg-be-daid/275163/9 "2004-11-17T14:08:55Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > [Princess Summer Spring Winter Fall](http://www.howdydoodytime.com/cast_princess.htm) is still alive. N’uh uh. The Princess was played by the beauteous and talented [Judy Tyler](http://www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com/show/274/Judy++Tyler/), who had a great Broadway “belt” voice and was on her way to stardom when she died in a car accident in 1957. Catch her in the flick [Bop Girl Goes Calypso](http://imdb.com/title/tt0050205/), for the title alone. ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deputy-dawg-be-daid/275163/10 "2004-11-17T14:16:33Z")
Check your Whooshmeter, **Eve**. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deputy-dawg-be-daid/275163/11 "2004-11-17T14:29:25Z")
> [@singular1](#): > > Check your Whooshmeter, **Eve**. I know, I _know_–but how often do IO get the chance to mention Judy Tyler? Plus, she played the Princess for longer than the marionette did. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deputy-dawg-be-daid/275163/12 "2004-11-17T15:38:50Z")
Not to mention that we now all know that there was a film entitled **Bop Girl Goes Calypso**. As was pointed out, that one is worth the price of admission just for the title alone. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deputy-dawg-be-daid/275163/13 "2004-11-17T20:16:54Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > I know, I _know_–but how often do IO get the chance to mention Judy Tyler? Plus, she played the Princess for longer than the marionette did. How do you know that the marionette wasn’t really playing _her_? (Gotta go pack another bowl, this one’s all stem.) ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Barrister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Tom\_Barrister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Barrister)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deputy-dawg-be-daid/275163/14 "2012-11-15T19:18:57Z")
I realize this is an old thread. The only surviving cast member that I know of is Marti Barris, who played “Peppy Mint” towards the end of the show. Rufus Rose died in 1975. His wife Margo (who was the other half of the puppet/marionette team) died in 1997. Bill Le-Cornec died in 1997. Lew Anderson died in 2006. Writer Edward Kean died in 2010.