 A Durante-like voice was also used for Marvel Comics superhero The Thing in the Hanna-Barbera cartoon "Fred and Barney Meet the Thing".The voice and appearance of Crispy, the mascot for Crispy Critters cereal, was also based on Durante.In Disney's House of Mouse, a character named Mortimer Mouse (voiced by Maurice LaMarche) was based on Durante, complete with the "ha-cha-cha!