The current animated film Epic includes a character, Dr. Bomba, a nerdy looking guy with protruding ears, glasses, a shock of tawny hair, and no chin.
Watching him, it suddenly hit me: it’s Dilly Dally, the puppet kid from the Howdy Doody Show, all grown up!
http://i695.photobucket.com/albums/vv319/ashbul/dillydally_zps690fab28.jpg
Having badly dated myself, I will now crawl back into obscurity. (But I’m right!)