gg Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 no more squeezing the charmin ..... http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/11/19/obit.wilson.ap/index.html LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Dick Wilson, the character actor and pitchman who for 21 years played an uptight grocer begging customers "Please, don't squeeze the Charmin," died Monday. He was 91. Dick Wilson played Mr. Whipple in more than 500 commercials for Charmin toilet paper. The man famous as TV's "Mr. Whipple" died of natural causes at the Motion Picture & Television Fund Hospital in Woodland Hills, said his daughter Melanie Wilson, who is known for her role as a flight attendant on the ABC sitcom "Perfect Strangers." Wilson made more than 500 commercials as Mr. George Whipple, a man consumed with keeping bubbly housewives from fondling toilet paper. The punch line of most spots was that Whipple himself was a closeted Charmin-squeezer. The first commercial aired in 1964 and by the time the campaign ended in 1985 the tag line and Wilson, a former Canadian airman and vaudeville veteran, were pop culture touchstones. He also played a drunk on several episodes of "Bewitched," as appeared as various characters on "Hogan's Heroes," "The Bob Newhart Show," and Walt Disney productions. E-mail to a friend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 There's a childhood memory, for sure. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dickkotite Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 we can always still squeeze the charmin in his memory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidhuman Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 I hope his coffin is as soft as the Charmin RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Jet Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 91 !! God bless. May he rest in peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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