The Nutty Professor (character) new youth serum to regress Buddy to amniotic fluid allowing him to 'drink' Buddy and regain his old intellect. However, Buddy dies and evaporates into a public coin fountain. Denise and Klump's father, Cletus, arrive just in time to help him when he loses his intelligence. Cletus forces Klump to drink the water from the fountain, which still retains enough of Buddy's genetic pattern, and he regains his intelligence. Later, he and Denise are married. Sherman Klump appears in the third season "Robot Chicken" episode "Endless Breadsticks". The Nutty Professor (character) The Nutty Professor (known as Julius E. Kelp in
Buddy Pepper Fame. Buddy Pepper died of heart failure on February 7, 1993 at his home in Sherman Oaks, California at the age of 70. His survivors included two cousins. Buddy Pepper Buddy Pepper (born Jack Retherford Starkey, April 21, 1922 – February 7, 1993) was an American pianist, songwriter, arranger and actor, known as one of three writers of Billboard's top tune of 1953, "Vaya Con Dios," which has been recorded over 500 times. He also wrote several songs for Universal Pictures' films, including "Mister Big" (1943). In 1959, he wrote the title song for the Oscar-winning film "Pillow Talk", which