Pre-school cartoon character reminiscent of loony "rainbow man"

As soon as I saw this adorable cartoon character from the Nick Jr. show Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! I thought of Rollen Stewart — AKA the "Rainbow Man" — a nutty and notorious guy who wore a rainbow-colored wig and waved signs about Jesus at professional sporting events in the early 80s. Then I remembered this great article about him, by Adam Gorightly. It turns out Stewart was even nuttier than you might think. (Stewart is now in prison serving a life sentence.)

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In a 1982 interview with Golf Digest magazine, Stewart was quoted as saying: "I was living on my ranch…and my life revolved around sex and drugs. I wasn't happy, though, and one night I had a religious experience and was born again as a Christian." This historic conversion took place after the 1980 Super Bowl in Pasadena. As Stewart recalled, "I had gone in my fur loincloth and wig. The girls loved it. Everywhere I walked, they were patting my butt. I could have held a thousand women in my arms that day, and yet I walked out of there sad. It was the shallowness. I was being seen all over the world, but never as myself." That night, after returning to his hotel room he found Jesus, while watching a television show called Today In Bible Prophecy. "I fell to my knees there in that room and allowed Jesus to take control of my life…"

Subsisting on one meal a day, and smoking massive quantities of pot, Stewart began a blitzkrieg for the Lord, working twelve sporting events a month as he fervently flashed his JOHN 3:16 message on placards, signs and T-Shirts, spreading The Lord's Word in his own unique fashion.

Link to article about Stewart (via Drawn!)

Reader comment: Chris Null says: "Incidentally there's a movie about him that came out in 1997. It's now on DVD."