diff --git a/direct/src/distributed/DistributedObject.py b/direct/src/distributed/DistributedObject.py
index bee7188727..55f8d5fc6e 100644
--- a/direct/src/distributed/DistributedObject.py
+++ b/direct/src/distributed/DistributedObject.py
@@ -68,6 +68,19 @@ class DistributedObject(PandaObject):
 
             #zone of the distributed object, default to 0
             self.zone = 0
+    
+    if __debug__:
+        def status(self):
+            try:
+                print "doId is", self.doId
+                print "parentId is", self.parentId
+                print "zoneId is", self.zoneId
+                print "class name is", self.__class__.__name__
+                print "generated is", self.activeState == ESGenerated
+                print "disabled is", self.activeState < ESGenerating
+                print "neverDisable is", self.neverDisable
+                print "cacheable is", self.cacheable
+            except: pass
 
     def setNeverDisable(self, bool):
         assert((bool == 1) or (bool == 0))
diff --git a/direct/src/distributed/DistributedObjectAI.py b/direct/src/distributed/DistributedObjectAI.py
index 58eb8983bf..ec28e795c9 100644
--- a/direct/src/distributed/DistributedObjectAI.py
+++ b/direct/src/distributed/DistributedObjectAI.py
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 
 from direct.directnotify.DirectNotifyGlobal import *
 from direct.showbase import PythonUtil
-from direct.showbase import DirectObject
+from direct.showbase.DirectObject import DirectObject
 from pandac.PandaModules import *
 from PyDatagram import PyDatagram
 from PyDatagramIterator import PyDatagramIterator
 
-class DistributedObjectAI(DirectObject.DirectObject):
+class DistributedObjectAI(DirectObject):
     notify = directNotify.newCategory("DistributedObjectAI")
     QuietZone = 1
 
@@ -46,6 +46,17 @@ class DistributedObjectAI(DirectObject.DirectObject):
     #    For debugging purposes, this just prints out what got deleted
     #    """
     #    print ("Destructing: " + self.__class__.__name__)
+    
+    if __debug__:
+        def status(self):
+            try:
+                print "doId is", self.doId
+                print "parentId is", self.parentId
+                print "zoneId is", self.zoneId
+                print "class name is", self.__class__.__name__
+                print "isGenerated() is", self.isGenerated()
+                print "isDeleted() is", self.isDeleted()
+            except: pass
 
     def getDeleteEvent(self):
         # this is sent just before we get deleted