or ist ▁David ▁Sh um way ▁wrote , ▁" Ber le ' s ▁network , ▁N BC , ▁received ▁letters ▁of ▁protest , ▁and ▁the ▁various ▁self - app oint ed ▁guard ians ▁of ▁public ▁mor ality ▁attacked ▁El vis ▁in ▁the ▁press ." ▁TV ▁critics ▁began ▁a ▁mer cil ess ▁campaign ▁against ▁El vis , ▁making ▁statements ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁a ▁" c ater wa uling ▁voice ▁and ▁n ons ense ▁lyr ics " ▁and ▁was ▁an ▁" infl u ence ▁on ▁ju ven ile ▁del in quency " ▁( des p ite ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁when ▁he ▁started ▁the ▁movements , ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁audience ▁laughed ▁at ▁it ), ▁and ▁began ▁using ▁the ▁sob ri quet ▁" El vis ▁the ▁Pel vis ". ▁ ▁Steve ▁Allen ▁Show ▁El vis ▁next ▁appeared ▁on ▁national ▁television ▁singing ▁" H ound ▁Dog " ▁on ▁The ▁Steve ▁Allen ▁Show ▁on ▁July ▁ 1 . ▁Steve ▁Allen ▁wrote : ▁" When ▁I ▁book ed ▁El vis , ▁I ▁naturally ▁had ▁no ▁interest ▁in ▁just ▁present ing ▁him ▁v au dev ille - style ▁and ▁letting ▁him ▁do ▁his ▁spot ▁as ▁he ▁might ▁in ▁concert . ▁Instead ▁we ▁worked ▁him ▁into ▁the ▁comedy ▁fabric ▁of ▁our ▁program … ▁We ▁certainly ▁didn ' t ▁in hib it ▁El vis ' ▁then - not orious ▁pel vic ▁g yr ations , ▁but ▁I ▁think ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁on ▁formal ▁evening ▁att ire ▁made ▁him , ▁purely ▁on ▁his ▁own , ▁slightly ▁alter ▁his ▁presentation ." ▁As ▁Allen