He had a whole mess of car dealerships on the West Coast, and he was one of the first to come up with commercials for them, always introducing himself and his "dog" Spot, which was never a dog, but all sorts of other wild animals like whales, tigers, elephants, and monkeys.
I heard this on KEarth radio this morning, the DJ quipped how many listeners right now on the LA Freeway are driving a Worthington car. He is more known then a lot of celebrities in Southern CA. I loved his commercials, so many dog Spots over the years decades!
CAL wrote:If you need a better car, go see Cal.
For the best deal by far, go see Cal.
If you want your payments low, if you want to save some dough,
Go see Cal, go see Cal, go see Cal.
I can't talk about newer adverts because I haven't watched television in years, but when I was younger Luigi from WA Salvage (a local hardware store chain) was the local celebrity. He would probably be considered an Italian stereotype now and shunned, but the adverts were loved by everyone back in the day. Sadly, one of their biggest stores burnt down in 2006 and they went bankrupt
Side note: Luigi was actually my Dad's friends Dad. So I actually got to meet him once and he signed a poster for me
Nice example there. I could barely make out what he was saying, but he certainly fits the definition of "local" for sure. Just has that character, that personality. Shame the store is no longer in business.
Xeogred wrote:The obvious answer is that it's time for the Dreamcast 2.
A channel I follow on YouTube, Oddity Archive, posted a good episode on local commercials today. In addition to a few I already mentioned (Crazy Eddie & Cal Worthington) there's a bunch of other good stuff like Earl Scheib (RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!)
Xeogred wrote:The obvious answer is that it's time for the Dreamcast 2.
It's a bit funny growing up with people like Matress Mack and Jim Adler, especially since they're still around, but my favorite local spokesperson (who may not have been local) was for Lawrence Marshall dealerships.
JoeAwesome wrote:It's a bit funny growing up with people like Matress Mack and Jim Adler, especially since they're still around, but my favorite local spokesperson (who may not have been local) was for Lawrence Marshall dealerships.
"We clobber big city prices!"
He's real excited about clobbering, isn't here? I was expecting something a little more hyper.
We clobberrrrr pricessss in Texaaaas!
Xeogred wrote:The obvious answer is that it's time for the Dreamcast 2.
I heard this on KEarth radio this morning, the DJ quipped how many listeners right now on the LA Freeway are driving a Worthington car. He is more known then a lot of celebrities in Southern CA. I loved his commercials, so many dog Spots over the years decades!
