Bus Stop Buddy Needs Toon-up

Bus Stop Buddy, 54, was arrested earlier today in a West Kensington neighborhood adult theater, according to authorities.

Early this morning authorities were summoned to the Happy Fun Times Adult Theater on 8th and Monroe streets after receiving calls that a cartoon was diddling inside the theater.

According to court documents, Mr. Buddington, who is also known as “Bus Stop Buddy” on a local television program was arrested and held at the courthouse in lieu of $18,000 secured bond.

When reached for comment, a top executive at Fox 29 who wished to remain anonymous said, “We are deeply troubled by the allegations leveled at Mr. Buddy during the past 24 hours, and we look forward to resolving this matter in as quick a manner as is possible, under the circumstances. It is our hope that Mr. Buddy uses this opportunity to change his toon”.

Mr. Buddy did not appear during his normal segment this morning on the popular morning news show on Fox 29’s Good Day Philadelphia.

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Though born Benjamin Buddington in Poughkeepsie, NY, Bus Stop Buddy grew up in Palm Springs, FL, where his Italian-American parents owned a lamp store. During winters, The Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus called nearby Sarasota home, and young Buddy counted such big-top families as the Wallendas and the Acchinis among his neighbors. The circus sparked his interest in entertainment. When he was 11 years old, he joined the local Atombio Theater, and during the next six years, he appeared in a variety of plays. After graduating from Palm Springs High School in 1970, he attended Palm Springs Technical and Community College for one year before deciding to seek his fortune as “Bus Stop Buddy” first in Florida, where he enrolled as an acting major at the Florida Institute for performing arts and accepted a string of pay-the-rent jobs ranging from pizza chef to Maytag repairman.

On August 1, 1991, Buddy was arrested in Palm Springs, Florida for public obscenity. The news media went into a frenzy and the scandal marked the near-death of the character "Bus Stop Buddy," reducing both the actor and the persona to a ubiquitous punch line. Although the morning news program “Wake up and Shine, Florida!” had already contracted with another ridiculous cartoon named “Waiting for the Bus Wendy” by that time, Fox reacted by dropping its reruns from their lineup. Buddy made a deal with the Sarasota County court: in exchange for a fine and a few public service announcements, he was given a clean record. It was after this time that Buddy made his way onto Philadelphia television.

By File Boy