<Dl> <Dt> Phil Hickle ( Steve Buscemi ) </Dt> <Dd> Ellen 's father and guidance counselor of Big Pete 's high school . Once an enemy of Don Wrigley . </Dd> <Dt> James `` Pop '' Mecklenberg ( Iggy Pop ) </Dt> <Dd> Nona 's loving and occasionally overprotective dad . One of the many adults who feared Artie due to his strange ways until his mortal enemy , John McFlemp , came to Wellsville . Mr. Mecklenberg hates `` Endless '' Mike and his Pumpkin Eaters gang and after exposure , he forced Mike and his gang to clean up his house and the neighborhood . He went as far as calling `` Endless '' Mike a stooge and giving him a cotton swab for a missed spot . </Dd> <Dt> Mr. Tastee ( Toby Huss ) </Dt> <Dd> The mysterious ice cream vendor who symbolizes summer for the neighborhood kids . He never removes his mascot costume head and is very reluctant to let his customers get close to him . When the Petes ' attempts to strike up a friendship causes Tastee to flee , they spend a summer tracking him down with the help of Ellen . His ice - cream truck is named the Tastee Mobile . It is suggested he also used to be married to a blind millionaire who calls him `` Leonard '' . </Dd> <Dt> Stu Benedict ( Damian Young ) </Dt> <Dd> An eccentric and emotionally unstable bus driver who drives both Petes to school , often while nursing wounds from a relationship with fellow bus driver Sally Knorp while shouting out quotes such as `` Passengers will refrain from KILLING MY SOUL ! '' However , Stu does play protector to Little Pete in season 3 episode `` The Good , The Bad and the Lucky '' , and puts Pit Stain and his gang under bus arrest . </Dd> <Dt> Frank Gulcher ( Jim Lally ) </Dt> <Dd> A crossing guard who defends the crosswalk with his life , abiding by `` the code of the crosswalk '' . Once failed to save Little Pete 's pet lizard Gary from death by oncoming traffic . Despite this , Gulcher is one of the few adults who Little Pete is friends with . </Dd> </Dl>
<Dl> <Dt> Phil Hickle ( Steve Buscemi ) </Dt> <Dd> Ellen 's father and guidance counselor of Big Pete 's high school . Once an enemy of Don Wrigley . </Dd> <Dt> James `` Pop '' Mecklenberg ( Iggy Pop ) </Dt> <Dd> Nona 's loving and occasionally overprotective dad . One of the many adults who feared Artie due to his strange ways until his mortal enemy , John McFlemp , came to Wellsville . Mr. Mecklenberg hates `` Endless '' Mike and his Pumpkin Eaters gang and after exposure , he forced Mike and his gang to clean up his house and the neighborhood . He went as far as calling `` Endless '' Mike a stooge and giving him a cotton swab for a missed spot . </Dd> <Dt> Mr. Tastee ( Toby Huss ) </Dt> <Dd> The mysterious ice cream vendor who symbolizes summer for the neighborhood kids . He never removes his mascot costume head and is very reluctant to let his customers get close to him . When the Petes ' attempts to strike up a friendship causes Tastee to flee , they spend a summer tracking him down with the help of Ellen . His ice - cream truck is named the Tastee Mobile . It is suggested he also used to be married to a blind millionaire who calls him `` Leonard '' . </Dd> <Dt> Stu Benedict ( Damian Young ) </Dt> <Dd> An eccentric and emotionally unstable bus driver who drives both Petes to school , often while nursing wounds from a relationship with fellow bus driver Sally Knorp while shouting out quotes such as `` Passengers will refrain from KILLING MY SOUL ! '' However , Stu does play protector to Little Pete in season 3 episode `` The Good , The Bad and the Lucky '' , and puts Pit Stain and his gang under bus arrest . </Dd> <Dt> Frank Gulcher ( Jim Lally ) </Dt> <Dd> A crossing guard who defends the crosswalk with his life , abiding by `` the code of the crosswalk '' . Once failed to save Little Pete 's pet lizard Gary from death by oncoming traffic . Despite this , Gulcher is one of the few adults who Little Pete is friends with . </Dd> </Dl>
who played mr tastee on pete and pete
who played mr tastee on pete and pete
Toby Huss
Toby Huss