 Morton offered to replace the doormat and asked if he could have the jacket even though it was now tattered, in need of much repair.Morton subsequently repaired the jacket using safety pins to make it wearable and liked the look so much that he gleefully added even more safety pins.It's also been said that Morton wrote the lyrics to one of his earliest songs, "Mr. Crab", after Dendler "walked him around New York and told him to write them."