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| “ | Buggy Ding Dong shall rise again like a magnificent phoenix... Or some other town in Arizona. | „ |
| ~ Buggy Ding Dong |
Buggy Ding Dong (as he called himself or that is his real name, though his real name is unknown) is a supporting antagonist in Death to Smoochy. He was the former host of Buggy's Bumpy Railroad until he became a heroin addict and a freelance assassin.
He was portrayed by the late Vincent Schiavelli, who also portrayed The Organ Grinder in Batman Returns and Dr. Kaufman in Tomorrow Never Dies.
History[]
Buggy was the host of the children's show Buggy's Bumpy Railroad on the KidNet Network, in which he dressed as a railroad train conductor. Eventually, however, he became addicted to Turkish Black Mule heroin, and was fired.
Rise and Fall of Buggy Ding Dong[]
Buggy resurfaced when he was paid by Burke Bennett and Frank Stokes to kill Sheldon Mopes, also known as Smoochy the Rhino; they also promised, disingenuously, to give him back his TV spot if he completed the job. He was late to the rendezvous due to nodding out at the bus station and was obviously high and smelling of urine when he arrived. He wanted vodka when he was asked what to drink.
One night, Buggy broke into the Kidnet HQ and appeared before his old acquaintance, Nora Wells, who is utterly sick of him. He tells her that he will take over Sheldon's place (and says he will rise like a phoenix, or some other town in Arizona) and have himself back on the air, before he tried to pull a move on her. But Nora says, "Back off, Dracula!". Buggy tells her to keep in touch before he disappears.
Nora explained to Sheldon that Frank Stokes is involved with the plot to kill him and hired Buggy Ding Dong to help carry out the plan in order to replace Mopes. When Mopes questioned Buggy being the former host of "Buggy's Bumpy Railroad," Nora said that was true until he "discovered" the joys of "Turkish Black Mule" Heroin. This prompted Sheldon to load his revolver Burke gave him and kept the revolver on him hidden in his costume before, during, and after the ice show (after leaving Rainbow Randolph in the penthouse until things are sorted out with the police and when Rainbow Randolph recovers).
Buggy later arrived at his old associate Angelo Pike's apartment, tied him up and stole his backstage pass in order to gain access to the ice show performed by Smoochy and the Rhinettes. After getting a soft pretzel (without salt due to Sheldon's healthy regulations, to Buggy's dismay), Buggy got on the bridge above stage in the stadium. He assembled the sniper rifle while at the same time, dosing off. Nearing the end of the show, Buggy has his sniper rifle all set up as he is about to kill Smoochy. Luckily, he failed when Rainbow Randolph, fellow children's TV host stopped him. But both of them were later hanging on the edge. Buggy then had his hands slipping and fell. He died landing on the ice rink.
Buggy Ding Dong's last words were "I never saw Venice!".
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Deleted Scene[]
Before he began preparing to shoot Sheldon Mopes, Buggy was last seen in the restroom, smoking and sniffing heroin.