[nhoward14]

I can just imagine some comedian giving him advice:

Dan, (his real name is Dan Whitney) I got some advice for you. Rip off your sleeves, grow a beard, and talk like a hick. You’ll make millions.

[raccoonradio]

"It's a character..."
Paul Reubens, not in his Pee Wee Herman char. (Mug shot.) I think you can spot him as a waiter in The Blues Brothers...and as a contestant on The Gong Show.

Then there was that char, Tony something or other, that the late Andy Kaufman did...