Claim: Buck Henry was often presented as an eccentric, received many letters of support from TV viewers and became a cast member on The New Steve Allen Show and That Was the Week That Was. and .
Evidence: He was often presented as an eccentric, but was otherwise taken seriously by the broadcasters who interviewed him. "Prout" received many letters of support from TV viewers, and even some unsolicited monetary donations, all of which were invariably returned, as neither Henry nor Abel (who had no intention of following through on the Society's stated aims) wanted to be accused of raising money fraudulently. Henry became a cast member on The New Steve Allen Show (1961) and the US version of That Was the Week That Was (1964–1965). From 1959 to 1962, as part of an elaborate hoax by comedian Alan Abel, he made public appearances as G. Clifford Prout, the quietly outraged president of the Society for Indecency to Naked Animals, who presented his point of view on talk shows.