# Who remembers DUSO the Dolphin ? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 8, 2013, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-duso-the-dolphin/655148 "2013-04-08T13:09:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Salamanda\_Palaganda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@Salamanda\_Palaganda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salamanda_Palaganda)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-duso-the-dolphin/655148/1 "2013-04-08T13:09:57Z")
Anyone else remember this “teaching tool” ? I recall the hand puppet being used by the guidance counselor to tell stories…but thats it. I think there may have been a song too. ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-duso-the-dolphin/655148/2 "2013-04-08T15:14:57Z")
I remember this from first grade in 1976. Not much of it, however, but according to this [page](http://familyrightsassociation.com/info/backtoschool/duso/) you might be able to score one off Ebay should the mood strike you. ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-duso-the-dolphin/655148/3 "2013-04-08T15:18:36Z")
Also congratulations - this thread made the #10 spot in a Google search for “duso the dolphin” in just over two hours! ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-duso-the-dolphin/655148/4 "2013-04-08T17:12:18Z")
Ah-hah! So Pam’s dolphin puppet on Archer wasn’t just random. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-duso-the-dolphin/655148/5 "2013-04-08T17:30:38Z")
I wonder if my local community center’s pool mascot was inspired by DUSO? ![Brooklyn Center Community Center - Home of Dunkin The Dolphin](https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7uf7xwlsK1qzw64ho1_1280.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![colander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@colander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colander)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-duso-the-dolphin/655148/6 "2013-04-08T18:06:05Z")
holy shit it has been years since i thought about that dolphin ---
**Author:** ![Salamanda\_Palaganda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@Salamanda\_Palaganda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salamanda_Palaganda)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-duso-the-dolphin/655148/7 "2013-04-08T19:00:49Z")
I had totally forgotten about DUSO until someone posted about Fappie the Anti-Masturbation Dolphin… ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-duso-the-dolphin/655148/8 "2013-04-08T19:21:41Z")
Holy cow, I just always assumed Duso was some stupid thing our useless guidance counselor came up with! What a weird little thing. ---
**Author:** ![TimeWinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@TimeWinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimeWinder)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-duso-the-dolphin/655148/9 "2013-04-08T19:57:21Z")
Well, that brings back memories. Some of them traumatic, I expect. Wasn’t there a clam, too? I vaguely remember some sort of “don’t clam up” thing for the shy students. I have co-workers now who would be willing to pay a LOT of money to excise _that_ lesson from my memory, I’m sure. ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2013, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-duso-the-dolphin/655148/10 "2013-04-09T12:14:00Z")
The school psychologist came up with it for my son around 1995 or so. It sounded cute and a good idea for kids with issues.