# Helloooo Mr. Mitchell!!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 4, 2016, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helloooo-mr-mitchell/761707 "2016-08-04T02:04:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helloooo-mr-mitchell/761707/1 "2016-08-04T02:04:25Z")
I saw that Jay North - AKA TV’s Dennis the Menace - turned 65 today. My first though - now he knows how Mr. Wilson felt. My second thought: A show with Dennis trying to enjoy a peaceful retirement, still living in the family home, and being pestered by the great-great grandson or daughter of Mr. Wilson living next door would be fun. Bonus points if he ended up married to Margaret. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helloooo-mr-mitchell/761707/2 "2016-08-04T02:08:50Z")
You don’t think he’s still wearing those coveralls, do you? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helloooo-mr-mitchell/761707/3 "2016-08-04T02:26:02Z")
I love when “DtM” strips got the caption mixed up with “The Far Side.” Like [this](https://www.google.com/search?q=dennis+the+menace+strips&espv=2&biw=1548&bih=841&site=webhp&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjBgaSM2abOAhWk6IMKHUmSAC8Q_AUIBygC#tbm=isch&q=dennis+the+menace+strip+with+far+side+caption&imgrc=9QdXknfJ2cMNnM%3A). And [this](https://www.google.com/search?q=dennis+the+menace+strip+with+far+side+caption&espv=2&biw=1548&bih=841&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjovL_n2abOAhXB7YMKHXgOBR8Q_AUIBigB#imgrc=eNVBnKaNTFnSnM%3A). ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helloooo-mr-mitchell/761707/4 "2016-08-04T02:26:22Z")
> [@Doug\_K](#): > > My second thought: A show with Dennis trying to enjoy a peaceful retirement, still living in the family home, and being pestered by the great-great grandson or daughter of Mr. Wilson living next door would be fun. Bonus points if he ended up married to Margaret. Double bonus points if he ended up married to Joey. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helloooo-mr-mitchell/761707/5 "2016-08-04T06:17:40Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > You don’t think he’s still wearing those coveralls, do you? He got rid of the coveralls around the fourth season. He still wore a striped shirt, but tucked into a regular pair of slacks. [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/Dennis_the_Menace_Jay_North_Jeannie_Russell_1963.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/Dennis_the_Menace_Jay_North_Jeannie_Russell_1963.jpg) I liked a satire of a Dennis the Menace cartoon I saw in a MAD Magazine. Dennis comes running into the kitchen with a human skull in his hands. “Look what I found in Mr.Wilson’s head!” ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helloooo-mr-mitchell/761707/6 "2016-08-04T12:43:06Z")
> [@Doug\_K](#): > > Bonus points if he ended up married to Margaret. He might marry Margaret, but he’d be banging Gina on the side. Margaret would pretend not to know. Cold frigid bitch. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helloooo-mr-mitchell/761707/7 "2016-08-04T14:26:22Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > He might marry Margaret, but he’d be banging Gina on the side. > Margaret would pretend not to know. Cold frigid bitch. Gina was never in the TV series. And Magaret may have been snooty in public, but like the other Margaret, (Hoolihan) she wasn’t fooling anyone. She was hot for Dennis, he just wasn’t hot for her (yet). Like Dobie, he’d come around in time. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helloooo-mr-mitchell/761707/8 "2016-08-04T15:01:42Z")
Unfortunately he had a terrible time on set and was abused by his aunt. I found this interview from the 90s where he describes some of it. One bright note. Him and Margaret are still friends. [http://articles.philly.com/1993-06-25/news/25971051\_1\_aunt-jay-north-identity-crisis](http://articles.philly.com/1993-06-25/news/25971051_1_aunt-jay-north-identity-crisis) ---
**Author:** ![Fleetwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fleetwood/32/271_2.png) [@Fleetwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fleetwood)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helloooo-mr-mitchell/761707/9 "2016-08-04T15:27:23Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > I love when “DtM” strips got the caption mixed up with “The Far Side.” Like [this](https://www.google.com/search?q=dennis+the+menace+strips&espv=2&biw=1548&bih=841&site=webhp&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjBgaSM2abOAhWk6IMKHUmSAC8Q_AUIBygC#tbm=isch&q=dennis+the+menace+strip+with+far+side+caption&imgrc=9QdXknfJ2cMNnM%3A). And [this](https://www.google.com/search?q=dennis+the+menace+strip+with+far+side+caption&espv=2&biw=1548&bih=841&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjovL_n2abOAhXB7YMKHXgOBR8Q_AUIBigB#imgrc=eNVBnKaNTFnSnM%3A). Truly menacing, as Josh Fruhlinger (The Comics Curmudgeon) would say.