{"id":258,"date":"2007-05-13T18:14:15","date_gmt":"2007-05-14T01:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=258"},"modified":"2007-05-13T23:42:55","modified_gmt":"2007-05-14T06:42:55","slug":"who-is-dennis-mitchell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=258","title":{"rendered":"Who is Dennis Mitchell, and what does he have to do with LOUIE LOUIE?"},"content":{"rendered":"

You may have heard of Dennis Mitchell.<\/strong> <\/p>\n

As it turns out, there’s actually more than one.<\/p>\n

\"Dennis<\/p>\n

The most popular Dennis Mitchell is not a real person, but a comic strip character. He’s the star of the syndicated comic strip “Dennis the Menace<\/strong>,” invented by Hank Ketcham<\/strong> in 1951. Now written and drawn by Ketcham’s former assistants, Marcus Hamilton<\/strong> and Ron Ferdinand<\/strong>, this strip is distributed to more than at least 10,000 newspapers in 48 countries and 19 languages by King Features Syndicate. This particular Dennis has been the star of a live action TV show that lasted four years (1959-1963), two motion picture comedies (1993 +1998), a handful of animated TV shows, and was used as the cartoon mascot for the Dairy Queen<\/strong> restaurant chain.<\/p>\n

There is both an official Dennis the Menace website<\/a>, and unauthorized Wikipedia webpage<\/a> for this beloved character.<\/p>\n

\"Dennis<\/p>\n

There’s also another Dennis Mitchell<\/strong><\/a> that you should know about. He’s a singer-songwriter based in Portland, Oregon with a band that’s simply called The Dennis Mitchell Band<\/strong><\/a>. He was previously in a band called No Ties<\/strong>. His older brother, Mike Mitchell<\/strong> is from another band from Portland<\/a> that you have heard of. When Mike’s band recently went through personnel changes, Dennis was invited to become a member.<\/p>\n

Ladies and gentlemen, meet Dennis Mitchell<\/strong>, the newest member of the Kingsmen!<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are other guys named Dennis Mitchell<\/strong>, including a gold medal athlete<\/a>, a disc jockey that likes to play Beatles music<\/a>, a portfolio manager for an investment company<\/a>, an owner of an auto repair facility in Tennessee<\/a>, and even some guy on MySpace<\/a> that used to have a band called Dennis Mitchell & the Wilsons<\/strong>, but we won’t talk about them…<\/p>\n

If you want to learn more about Dennis Mitchell<\/strong>, the guy who is now a new member of the famous garage band that put LOUIE LOUIE on the charts, go to:
\nDennisMitchellBand.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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