Actor Dick Wilson is shown in this undated 1983 file photo. Wilson, the character actor and pitchman who for 21 years played an uptight grocer begging customers 'Please, don't squeeze the Charmin,' died Monday Nov. 19, 2007. He was 91. (AP Photo)
Actor Dick Wilson is shown in this undated 1983 file photo. Wilson, the character actor and pitchman who for 21 years played an uptight grocer begging customers 'Please, don't squeeze the Charmin,' died Monday Nov. 19, 2007. He was 91. (AP Photo)
RIP Mr. Wilson. Another icon from my childhood gone.
The writer must be a youngster. What the heck is the “Bob Newport Show”?
The only one I remember is the Bob Newhart Show.
Undated 1983???
My dad told me (back then, when I was junior-high-school age) his theory that Mr. Whipple and Aunt Bluebell were meant to be annoying; that that was how they created an impression that lingered until you got into the grocery store (no Cosco, BJ’s, or Sam’s Club back then, if you wanted TP you got it at the grocery store).
When I first heard his theory, I thought it interesting but too strange to be true. Over the years, though, I’ve decided that he was exactly right.