# Save my sanity - pull a vague cartoon character out of my mind **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 14, 2014, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-my-sanity-pull-a-vague-cartoon-character-out-of-my-mind/683664 "2014-03-14T01:54:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-my-sanity-pull-a-vague-cartoon-character-out-of-my-mind/683664/41 "2014-03-14T19:31:29Z")
Doesn’t look like your picture but this guy has a bowler hat and suit, and is from the 70s. [Mr. Benn](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr_Benn) ([larger image](http://reallykidfriendly.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Mr-Ben-2-full-size.jpg)) ---
**Author:** ![puddleglum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puddleglum/32/137_2.png) [@puddleglum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puddleglum)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-my-sanity-pull-a-vague-cartoon-character-out-of-my-mind/683664/42 "2014-03-14T19:35:47Z")
Is it Inspector Willoughby [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_NXBRtiVLg) ? ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-my-sanity-pull-a-vague-cartoon-character-out-of-my-mind/683664/43 "2014-03-14T20:08:49Z")
> [@johnspartan](#): > > I remember cartoons that I presume were from that era where the joke would be, for example, a guy looks (relatively) normal face front, but then after a beat he turns and the joke/surprise is he has a giant long nose but you couldn’t tell until he’s in profile, because of the perspective. > > Could it just have been something like that? There was a long time cartoon meme like this involving a caricature of Jimmy Durante. But I’d call his face anything but bland. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-my-sanity-pull-a-vague-cartoon-character-out-of-my-mind/683664/44 "2014-03-14T21:04:27Z")
Not a derby, but try Tex Avery’s [Heel-Watha](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-P-7f5zYGL2Q/T-lmc2LJt3I/AAAAAAAACx8/KRXLnjDnsbY/s1600/heelwatha.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![2nd\_Law](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/f475e1/32.png) [@2nd\_Law](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2nd_Law)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-my-sanity-pull-a-vague-cartoon-character-out-of-my-mind/683664/45 "2014-03-14T21:30:23Z")
[Stan Laurel?](http://www.coloring-pictures.net/drawings/LaurelHardy/Stan-Laurel.gif) ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2014, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-my-sanity-pull-a-vague-cartoon-character-out-of-my-mind/683664/46 "2014-03-15T00:34:05Z")
It’s not any of the ones suggested yet. Heel-Watha, like the pilgrim is the closest with the eyes and the nose. I can’t remember if there was a mustache or not but the “henpecked” descriptor does stir something in my mind. I’m just not sure what it is. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2014, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-my-sanity-pull-a-vague-cartoon-character-out-of-my-mind/683664/47 "2014-03-15T00:47:27Z")
There’s a guy in a Walter Lantz cartoon who gets run over by a car (along with his dog). The ambulance guy switches plasma and dog plasma, so he starts acting like the dog and vice versa. It drives his wife and their other dog crazy. I have it on DVD; I don’t think he’s named. ---
**Author:** ![BLINK\_182](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BLINK\_182](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BLINK_182)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2019, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-my-sanity-pull-a-vague-cartoon-character-out-of-my-mind/683664/48 "2019-03-12T19:47:58Z")
It is Kilroy [https://www.google.com/search?biw=1536&bih=755&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=MAyIXOOEDYq\_jgTBy6KwCA&q=kilroy+cartoon&oq=kilroy+cartoon&gs\_l=img.3..0j0i8i30l2j0i24.13210.16070..16287...0.0..0.100.1202.13j1......0....1..gws-wiz-img.......0i67j0i5i30j0i10i24.rhYLDfJ68cs](https://www.google.com/search?biw=1536&bih=755&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=MAyIXOOEDYq_jgTBy6KwCA&q=kilroy+cartoon&oq=kilroy+cartoon&gs_l=img.3..0j0i8i30l2j0i24.13210.16070..16287...0.0..0.100.1202.13j1......0....1..gws-wiz-img.......0i67j0i5i30j0i10i24.rhYLDfJ68cs) ---
**Author:** ![Rough\_Draft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@Rough\_Draft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rough_Draft)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2019, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-my-sanity-pull-a-vague-cartoon-character-out-of-my-mind/683664/49 "2019-03-12T20:14:24Z")
Could it be one of Don Martin’s characters? [https://animationresources.org/pics/donmartin09-big.jpg](https://animationresources.org/pics/donmartin09-big.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-my-sanity-pull-a-vague-cartoon-character-out-of-my-mind/683664/50 "2019-03-13T18:18:52Z")
> [@Cartoonacy](#): > > When I looked at the sketch you drew, I got a mental image of a henpecked little man in a hat and dark suit and tie, carrying an umbrella and/or briefcase, with a little mustache and the voice of Bill Thomson (Droopy Dog, Wallace Wimple) or similar. I see him waiting for something, like an elevator or a “walk” sign, but I can’t picture the context beyond that. Thomson’s IMDB page didn’t give me any clues. Your description immediately brought to mind Caspar Milquetoast but he had a short nose. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-my-sanity-pull-a-vague-cartoon-character-out-of-my-mind/683664/51 "2019-03-14T20:56:11Z")
This is the longest of shots, but it’s a funny cartoon anyway: [My Financial Career, by Stephen Leacock](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2IrTOFEDAg). ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-my-sanity-pull-a-vague-cartoon-character-out-of-my-mind/683664/52 "2019-03-14T22:36:16Z")
The OP hasn’t been active on the boards for about a year and half now. Me thinks you are wasting your time asking. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-my-sanity-pull-a-vague-cartoon-character-out-of-my-mind/683664.md?page=2)