Not to be confused with the 1940s stage act and 1950s television series Alkali Ike, featuring ventriloquist Al Robinson.
Performers from Alkali Ike's Wild West Show, Pay Streak, at the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exhibition in Seattle (1909)Another Alkali Ike show at the Exposition
The Library of Philadelphia has an advertisement for the "Alkali" Ike's Auto episode.[2]
At Universal
Universal poached Carney and used the character renamed Universal Ike for a series of comedic films.[3] It was part of its Joker Comedies series.[4]
Other uses and adaptations of the name "Alkali Ike"
There is a song titled "Alkali Ike Rag".
Baseball player Grover Cleveland Alexander was nicknamed "Alkali Pete" by combining part of the names of the two lead characters in the film series: Alkali Ike and Mustang Pete.
Marvel Comics' Earth-616 has a character named Alkali Ike.