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Gone, but not forgotten, Spy magazine used to have a feature called Separated At Birth where.  This afternoon my profile picture  was compared to Dennis the Menace’s father on the old TV show.  I’ve got to admit there is a strong resemblance between the Mad Men version of me that is my current profile picture and Herbert Anderson, the actor who portrayed Dennis’ dad Henry Mitchell.  Check it out.

I think that Gloria Henry, who plays Dennis’ mom Alice Mitchel, has a Betty Draper/ January Jones thing going on.

Dennis the Menace, which I watched as a kid when home sick and on vacation days, ran for 4 seasons from 1959-1963 churning out 146 episodes in that time,.  Like the 2 Darren situation on Bewitched, Dennis the Menace had 2 Mr. Wilsons. first George and then John, George’s brother.  The change was necessary when Joseph Kearns died during filming of the 1961-1962 season.  In the show’s story line this was explained by the first Mr. Wilson and his wife Martha going on a cruise leaving his brother and wife as house sitters.

Hebert Anderson also starred on shows that became weekday TV fodder when I was a kid such as My Three Sons, I Dream of Jeannie, Family Affair and The Brady Bunch.  He was in both the stage and screen versions of The Caine Mutiny, the only cast member in both the Broadway play and the film that starred Humphrey Bogart. Anderson died in 1994.

Incidentally if Herbert Anderson and I were separated at birth that would have been a 52 year long labor.  Ouch.

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