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Another of the iconic commercial charactrers of the past is gone… or at least the actor that brought him to us.Dick Wilson, (Mr. Whipple) another of the Greatest Generation has passed.http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-wilson20nov20,1,1733059.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-californiaWasn't sure where this post fit so I put it here; move it as you see fit Phid.Wally
Pop History probably. I didnt look at the link because I wanted to figure out on my own who this was….Was it the “dont squeeze the Charmin” man?
Alright, it's been moved to Pop History.While I remember Mr. Whipple from my childhood in the 1980s, I didn't know he did more than 500 of the spots for Charmin (according to the article). Interesting trivia...his daughter was on Perfect Strangers. I bet he was paid decently for his long career, but I wonder how it felt to be replaced by a cartoon bear as a toilet paper's icon. I suppose that might par for the course in that line of business.
