Archy and Mehitabel

Archy, a cockroach, and Mehitabel, an alley cat, appeared in hundreds of humorous verses and short stories in Marquis's daily column, "The Sun Dial".

Archy would climb up onto the typewriter and jump on one key at a time, laboriously typing out stories of the daily challenges and travails of a cockroach.

Due to his small size, Archy was unable to operate the shift key on the typewriter and thus wrote his stories entirely in lowercase, with no punctuation.

[4] On May 16, 1960, an abridged version of the musical was broadcast under the original title archy & mehitabel as part of the syndicated TV anthology series Play of the Week presented by David Susskind.

Directed by John Wilson, produced by Preston M. Fleet (the creator of Fotomat and Omnimax),[5] and starring Eddie Bracken and Carol Channing.

[6] American actor, singer, and clown Gale McNeeley traveled the United States in 2016 with his Archy and Mehitabel 100th Anniversary Tour.

Lisa Dunseth, Program Manager of Book Arts & Special Collections at San Francisco's Main Library said of McNeeley, "His 100th Anniversary Tour is the perfect opportunity to become a fan, if you aren't already, and enjoy the still-funny and sometimes wicked humor of Don Marquis's famous cockroach and infamous cat.

"[citation needed] Composer Gabriel Lubell wrote a work for baritone, clarinet, cello, and piano called Archy Speaks (2009).