Toons and Culture







In happy contrast to some of the unsavory heroes and heroines of contemporary TV and motion pictures, stands the nauseatingly unsullied figure of Dudley Do-Right of the Mounties. (The Do-Right is, and always should be, hyphenated, in the manner of Armstrong-Jones, Taft-Hartley, etc.).

Born in Toronto, where his daddy was a well-to-do chick-pea distributor, young Dudley attended the DeLacey School of Good Conduct and Decorum, where he was three-time winner of the Fauntleroy Exemplary Behavior Award and was affectionately known to his classmates as "Fink" Do-Right. He later attended McGill University where he majored in Personal Hygiene and minored in Good-Citizenship.

It is only natural that Dudley should turn to law enforcement for a career-and to that one organization pure enough to meet Dudley's standards-the Mounties!

Joining as a simple private, he rocketed to the post of acting corporal in ten short years. Though a tireless and implacable man-tracker on the job, Dudley is yet known as a bon vivant among his fellows, and his magnificent contralto voice is a feature of the annual Mountie Sing Song.

A stickler for regulation, Dudley is the only Mountie known to starch his underwear and socks and to adjust his hat with a plumb-bob and mason's level. As a law-enforcer, he has been known to jail a pregnant spaniel for violating the anti-litter law.

Dudley's horse (who is so devoid of personality that he is simply known as "Horse") is his constant companion and his main rival for the affection of his lady-friend, Nell Fenwick. At last report, Horse seemed to have the inside track.

Cultural Impacts
Dudley Do-Right represented Cheerios before 1970 and in 1977, the Canadian Mountie who "always gets his man" represented Frosty O's.

Dudley Do-Right's Famous Sayings
"That's real toe-tapping music!"