Ms. Dobrawsky, who has rectal cancer, lamented in an open letter that rectal cancer doesn’t have a ribbon and that using Mr. Hankey would increase awareness of the disease.
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Cancer Patient Wants South Park’s Mr. Hankey as Rectal Cancer Mascot
Comedian and cancer patient Michelle Dobrawsky is petitioning the creators of South Park to use Mr. Hankey, the show’s animated bowel movement, as the spokesman for rectal cancer, according to an ABC News report.
