Congratulations, You're Mr. Schneider!
What? You really are a dummy. However, Mr. Schneider was really pretty smart. He would spout off wisdom at the guys every so often.
Schneider was there because the idea of four teenaged boys running around without supervision didn't sit well with NBC. The original idea for the show included a manager who would give the boys advice and supervise them. The manger was cut (thank goodness). Instead, as sort of a joke, the producers put in a dummy, named Mr Schneider after shows producer Bert Schneider, to give the boys advice every now and then. He had a little string they could pull.
It's a little known fact but Mr. Schneider actually did backing vocals for the guy's first album. You can hear him in the background of "Last Train to Clarksville" making train noises.
Who knows what happened to Mr. Schneider? Rumors abound. A popular rumor has him being used as a firewood but I don't believe that. Schneider was far too smart a dummy to meet that fate.
I have heard that he ran off with Julie Newmar to Barbados. The two had 4 children but eventually split up. Apparently, Mr. Schneider could not be satisfied by her and had many, many affairs. She left the island crushed and beshevled and never spoke of the affair. Who knows what is true?
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That's cool, but show me who else I could have been.