The End of an Era: Mr. Whipple
November 19th, 2007 -- by Augie De Blieck Jr.
The Associated Press: `Mr. Whipple’ TV Actor Dick Wilson Dies
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.
Kids today probably have no idea who he is. Or the “Calgon, Take Me Away” woman. Or Madge, who’s also passed.
They’re too busy fast-forwarding through commercials and downloading their favorite TV shows. Bah!
November 20th, 2007 at 5:29 pm
Don’t forget Morris the cat. I mentioned him on a vocabulary test for 7th graders, and out of 120 kids, only 1 had only heard of good ol’ Morris. Most of them started singing “Meow, meow, meow, meow….” I had to correct them and say, “That’s Meow Mix. Morris was different.”
BTW, the word that I used Morris for was “finicky.”