![If only he had known this series would inspire shows like 'The Incredible Hulk' and 'The Master,' Janssen might have jumped ship off this series after the pilot.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-9LJDJo0ArVNdstR5z1Aijv8j5fObMU1nFuyXbPNSe9yAZDQZPxWAqU1WcuPmS994hmtJ1z1AZmETHiOB5raUoqJdOjUoOUemJ4g0IW1DkW8OT-DFIjW3uieTHWEwlYg3JNDqxihDkZjvnOwejmaNCE-81W3_blQp9xuuhbpl2b-At1f_RNq2HA/s1600/0327-davidjanssen-mad89.jpg)
from "The Phewgitive" in MAD #89 (September 1964), script by Stan Hart, pencils and inks by Mort Drucker
![Click this button to read more and to maybe find the one-armed man! Aw, turns out he didn't show up in this installment. Maybe next week!](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpxdgg5-fdE7bcM2AoH85MsWDI9PtvEVx5xyg-Q0LCWNXS_CemrBor26nzMFQZDZbs5vGwfcVQbSypxt2-XH0j5CNPC8SDlxyDz_inbYLjJm5L7l1P4JpQZAQxGHVPweQUQEuSEI9QowmvjSgcog9TqfR4Gx7BJNWGI2mBzMWu0fouD1EyoPOZgw/s1600/clicktoreadmorebutton.jpg)
Janssen also starred as Dealey in the motion picture Dondi (based on the comic strip by Gus Edson and Irwin Hasen:
!['First look's free, kid, but the next look is gonna cost ya an introduction to your sister Isabella.'](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_63mSVoqVT0lMs61b4EdjMAXXzCr4kLehNBnmTFvCREyMaFLWcXo8qpd7dv3xP91ez82oxNJoqgXOekEoF1jEEfaj9a279xA3bf1m-OihRUQm1p2lUpRlUQ4HySiGqca89nf8nQ2F3y2B_bWZRxYY8j_Rg1K26op4jdN6p28V0ikPVd3p7Xj-TQ/s1600/0327-davidjanssen-fourcolor1176.jpg)
from Four Color #1176 [Dondi] (Dell, January 1961), script by Gaylord Du Bois, pencils (and inks?) by Joe Certa, letters by Ben Oda
But it's his role as fugitivestic Richard Kimble that captured the hearts and minds of America. The whole country was so Fugitive-mad that they
![♫ What do you do when you're branded? / You watch TV ♫](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHoUb0aKueVNKJ_XFEwpIx_DYB0Z4wCGUBJ7CKzLhrcDCD7FUDxOGniL1yE-UhDDvWyULy3_qEPU5v_pzOdV7bY-VXypdke-tZi7ejNYWgB_7M1olafLj5SESPvPgWHUxXrv_02n7zM5aO57H9CA5i6XeR2PzxBAKoOC2vhO7QJJiR0w1tprduFg/s1600/0327-davidjanssen-mad102.jpg)
![Critics praied this guest appearance by remarking that Janssen's performance range was second only to the Robot.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBnD2fjEMvBTUrv2j7Ndzv4d4D5IZVkRBhVhBS_O-L94DRiI_b-c8zrB7d0UkfJQKdaQ8UZqrYFRagbpxKwOe4bgkA0728dbgWEIMdj-6eCbi_E6jVb-NgzfbErUTpOkjCAr7ZvcCIEwLcdUKHTVw7KKRgZY0BoGN8mJK2ugBJ405ZqzuoqdDOlw/s1600/0327-davidjanssen-mad104.jpg)
from (top) "BrandXed" in MAD #102 (April 1966), script by Lou Silverstone, pencils and inks by Mort Drucker; and
(bottom) "Loused Up in Space" in MAD #104 (July 1966), script by Dick DeBartolo, pencils and inks by Mort Drucker
Of course, this just made the audience mad (hee hee) for more guest appearances in the nation's favorite humor magazine/fish wrapping!
![So THAT'S where Christopher Eccleston got 'em!](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxhTYhvVxi9nHa5TC6NJGeKZHY-FlQRRzoZTv9UohC6lfFHpgH3vt6mJezGElYNqX0E08Cjg8XBdTPReudhjV926FWR41uwoupncSwMYm6wgqpd1WBJUd6HVCnNOFXySf7ihavut0StVi7VK0gk1PlI3OdCoW_Pk7RMUpN4nWImY890u3EBkNzOg/s1600/0327-davidjanssen-mad90.jpg)
![Well, at least she didn't embarrass her son as much as Allan Sherman's mom did.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPLGZ3aKidV4Kb9d_xxS4GA6ofFkaz2CJKpFwaITPAWUCTWJxfcgirta2FZnzMubpks1Z8aG7ULo4t-ICclnxnvxALO0F6sI1TYzODy8dNJzr_AAzXUAGYQt_CZWO0VICwJgESOtC0EwwQ1CPSLtLw64er0FR-4AeoUJEMXt0RVmakQX0c51NXew/s1600/0327-davidjanssen-mad101.jpg)
from (top) "Mad "Celebrity Feature" Merchandising Gimmicks" in MAD #90 (October 1964), script by Phil Hahn, pencils and inks by Jack Rickard; and
(bottom) "The Mad Treasury of Unknown Poetry" in MAD #101 (March 1966), script by Tom Koch, pencils and inks by Jack Rickard
So what did David Janssen himself think of all this publicity?
![My agent said to hold *what* and look surprised?](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgELxpnLOVZuE9dewCp5kO8V9F_dNe2Mr9POnGOuWh8iMyNG9NBeQAJRgXejnqNt8PDe6aoIXTWCQ0fT7z02Kyr-TUV3p4whx3xU_o77K_X-HcJzFVu3lK8xIwfhd6t2_0C10zvzEIi1m9wsshgj5DdHpgMrkab8ASsngOXwhDe6g9I-vxUPAZrmQ/s1600/0327-davidjanssen-mad92.jpg)
from the letters column of MAD #92 (January 1965)
Happy birthday, David Janssen!
1 comment:
All the girls
Think he’s so weird
He’s got
David Janssen ears
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