# Mr. Dressup, my hero. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 18, 2001, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-dressup-my-hero/82334 "2001-09-18T04:50:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-dressup-my-hero/82334/21 "2001-09-18T18:45:03Z")
As an American who grew up very close to the border, I had the priviledge of being able to see his show. Mr. Dressup and The Friendly Giant were my favorite shows. This sucks. Well, I’d better tell my brother. He still thinks Mr. Dressup died in a car accident years ago. Remember that rumor? He even went so far as to ask the counterperson at the Ontario Information Center in Cornwall if it was true (they didn’t know). ---
**Author:** ![Elenfair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cc9497/32.png) [@Elenfair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elenfair)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-dressup-my-hero/82334/22 "2001-09-18T18:50:49Z")
☹ As Odieman said, _damn_. ☹ ☹ ☹ Elly ---
**Author:** ![lolagranola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@lolagranola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lolagranola)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-dressup-my-hero/82334/23 "2001-09-18T23:36:55Z")
I have many fine memories of Mr. Dress-up. Part of my childhood died just one week after… Well. Everything really is changing. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-dressup-my-hero/82334/24 "2001-09-19T00:05:04Z")
Casey and Finnegan, I hardly knew ye. When I was very young, I remember my parents mourning whenever the nightly newscast mentioned the passing of some celebrity whose fame peaked in the 1940s. I thought that made them seem very old. Now, a passing of one of my childhood icons makes me feel increasingly “old.” We still have Dave Thomas, Commander Tom, Uncle Bobby, and memories of snow days, anise cookies, cold Buffalo winters and strange mid-70s Canadian television commercials. Rocketship 7, Promo the Robot, Bimbo the Birthday Clown, Dialing for Dollars, and little white kittens and toilet paper, anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-dressup-my-hero/82334/25 "2001-09-19T02:26:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elmwood \* > \*\*We still have Dave Thomas, Commander Tom, Uncle Bobby, and memories of snow days, anise cookies, cold Buffalo winters and strange mid-70s Canadian television commercials. Rocketship 7, Promo the Robot, Bimbo the Birthday Clown, Dialing for Dollars, and little white kittens and toilet paper, anyone? \*\* Keith Morrison…oops, sorry. We (USA) have him now [rubbing hands together]. Bwahahahaha! ---
**Author:** ![D18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-dressup-my-hero/82334/26 "2001-09-19T02:42:04Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by elmwood \* > \*\* . . .Dialing for Dollars_\* Funny thing - I was thinking of this inane show today and trying to remember what it was called. Now then, what was the name of the host? ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-dressup-my-hero/82334/27 "2001-09-19T03:11:23Z")
What was that game show with the guy who went on to host “Sale of the Century”? It’s theme song was used in “Austin Powers”. I loved that show. I can’t even think of the host’s name. I think it has a one-word title. Not Concentration, but something like that. It’s really bothering me now. I need to know! ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-dressup-my-hero/82334/28 "2001-09-19T03:25:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Nutty Bunny \* > \*\*What was that game show with the guy who went on to host “Sale of the Century”? It’s theme song was used in “Austin Powers”. I loved that show. I can’t even think of the host’s name. I think it has a one-word title. Not Concentration, but something like that. > > It’s really bothering me now. I need to know! \*\* Correction: The show isn’t like Concentration. I meant the name is something like that. I think it begins with a ‘C’. Anyone? I’m looking at websites and can’t find it anywhere–yet. ---
**Author:** ![Gregor\_Samsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@Gregor\_Samsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gregor_Samsa)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-dressup-my-hero/82334/29 "2001-09-19T03:38:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Nutty Bunny \* > \*\*What was that game show with the guy who went on to host “Sale of the Century”? It’s theme song was used in “Austin Powers”. I loved that show. I can’t even think of the host’s name. I think it has a one-word title. Not Concentration, but something like that. > > It’s really bothering me now. I need to know! \*\* Definition. ---
**Author:** ![SFCanadian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@SFCanadian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SFCanadian)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-dressup-my-hero/82334/30 "2001-09-19T04:05:08Z")
Oh my God! I get Newsworld down here on satellite, and just watched last night’s The National on tape talking about Mr. Dressup having a stroke… Now, not half an hour later I find out he died… Thanks for everything you gave to me Mr. Dressup… You were an important part of my childhood ☹ SFCanadian ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-dressup-my-hero/82334/31 "2001-09-19T13:51:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Pipeliner \* > \*\*Definition. \*\* THANK YOU!! I went to bed last night thinking about it. I couldn’t figure it out. I owe you one! ---
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-dressup-my-hero/82334/32 "2001-09-19T17:45:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Nutty Bunny \* > **He still thinks Mr. Dressup died in a car accident years ago. Remember that rumor?** I believe his wife was hit by a car crossing Yonge St. several years ago. I too will miss Mr. Dressup. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-dressup-my-hero/82334/33 "2001-09-22T04:20:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by D18 \* > \*\*Funny thing - I was thinking of this inane show _(Dialing for Dollars)_ today and trying to remember what it was called. Now then, what was the name of the host? \*\* Nolan Johannes. “Stella Wychodek, what is the count and the amount?” As opposed to **Bowling for Dollars** with Ed Kilgore. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-dressup-my-hero/82334.md?page=1)