In Popular Culture
He was caricatured in the Disney cartoons Mickey's Gala Premiere (1933), Mother Goose Goes Hollywood (1938), and The Autograph Hound (1939). All of them contain a scene in which he is seen laughing so loud that his mouth opens extremely wide.
He was impersonated by Daws Butler for the title character of the Peter Potamus cartoon.
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