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Calvin Coolidge Cal Worthington November 27, 1920 September 8, 2013 was an American car dealer, known on the West Coast of the United States and to a more limited extent also appearances and minor parodies in a number of films is better known for its unique radio programs and television advertising for the dealer group Worthington, most of which began with the announcement here Cal Worthington and his dog spot if spot was never a dog often spot was a tiger, a seal, elephant, chimpanzee, and a bear in an ad, the spot was a hippopotamus, which Worthington is mounted in the commercial sector on occasions spot was a vehicle such as an airplane that Worthington would be seen standing on the wings of spot flight was officially withdrawn in mid -1980s; However, it was mentioned from time to time in its advertising later.
According to a profile published in the Sacramento Bee in 1990, Worthington reported 316 8 million in 1988, making him at the time the largest owner of a car dealership chain His advertising agency, named commercial had Worthington as one customer and spent 15 million on advertising, the more a car dealership when he sold 1945 automobile until his death and had a 24,000 acre 9,700 ha; Ranch 38 sq mi located in Orland, California north of Sacramento.
Calvin Coolidge Worthington was born November 27, 1920 at the defunct town of Bly, Oklahoma 3 4 5 three weeks after its namesake, Calvin Coolidge was elected US Vice President June 1 Worthington grew up in poverty grinding, one of nine children, and left school at the age of 13 His first job was as a water boy on a road construction crew for 15 cents per hour 7 He joined the Civilian conservation Corps 1 at 15.
At the beginning of World War II Worthington enlisted in the Army Air Corps commissioned a second lieutenant, he was the Vaulting Champion at Goodfellow Field in San Angelo, Texas, he saw combat as B-17 Flying Fortress pilot with the 390th Bomb group flying 29 assignments in Germany, he was released after the war as captain Worthington received the Medal of the air five times and received the Distinguished Flying Cross, which was presented to him by the General Jimmy Doolittle.
Worthington military service was often revisited in the 21st century in aviation magazines because he had trained drivers who will become some of the first US astronauts.
After leaving the army, Worthington wanted to become a professional pilot but could not because it was not graduated from college, he sold his car 500 to buy a gas station in Corpus Christi, Texas, which failed, but 8 sold for what he had paid, an indication of the success of future sales it then sold used cars in front of the post office in Corpus Christi, stepping folksy people who stopped to pick up their mail he moved a lot of ground, where he made a profit 500 a week selling just three cars, he decided car sales would be his career.
In 1949, Worthington moved to Huntington Park, California establishing a Hudson Motor Car dealer Soon he entered the emerging field of television advertising, buying time for a music television live country three hours show every Saturday and Sunday on the Los Angeles KTLA television station that was eventually titled Cal's Corral a regular on the show was the flamboyant and eccentric singer and guitar player Hawaiian Jenks Tex Carman When television became more established and sponsorship of entire programs subsequently became impossible, he became a Ford dealer with a minute and 30 -Second advertisements.
In the 1970s, Worthington was saturating the commercial breaks during night hours on four of seven television stations in Los Angeles, which had agreed to fulfill their night shift by reading Worthington advertisements of films could be seen breaking into old movies overnight, from midnight to six hours.
One rivals Worthington in the early 1960s was Chick Lambert, a vendor familiar with the brand Motors Ford City As a dealer of TV pitchman, Lambert always presented my dog, storm a large German shepherd dog as a accessory in advertisements storm is being seen lounging on the hood of a car, sitting behind the wheel or walking with his owner along the rows of cars in the mid-1960s, Lambert took dog act Ralph Williams Ford previously Leon Ames Ford, becoming well-known Storm and its intro Some people call this a publicity; I call it an invitation Worthington facilitated trade wars by countering with the first of his dog Spot ads, a gorilla roaring response was so positive that a new campaign is born with Cal Worthington and his dog Spot view it -Dessous for more information.
The physical scope of the dealer group Worthington could eventually cover a large part of the American Southwest and West Society at its peak had 29 dealers Among the markets served by Worthington included Anchorage, Alaska; Phoenix, Arizona; Carlsbad Claremont Folsom Sacramento Long Beach and South Gate, California; Reno, Nevada; Houston Sugar Land, Texas; and Federal Way Washington 9 The company has since sold most of these concessions; it still works the anchor points and Long Beach.
The company entered the Anchorage market at a time fanatic in 1976, at the height of the construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline In fact, the appearance of a wealthy Alaska business well in California coincides with the related prosperity oil often entered the consciousness of Alaskans over the years, although Worthington was not the only businessman who fell into this category Worthington bought an existing dealership, Ford friendly Stepp of the family, who continued to operate the Lincoln Mercury dealer in the city for many years after.
It was one of the first to abandon the traditional autonomous concession for auto centers.
In 2002, he also updated owned three shopping centers and an office tower, grossing 600 million per year.
For nearly a quarter century, from the 1960s until the 1990s, Worthington has published a series of television and radio commercials setback for its auto dealers modeled loosely after the wacky ads pioneering Earl Madman Muntz They began as a parody of a competitor who appeared in ads with a recently adopted 1 pound puppy They were known as My dog spot ads because each commercial introduce Cal Worthington and his dog spot However, the dog never was a dog in most cases it was an exotic animal led around on a leash, like a tiger or elephant These advertisements began as a parody of a long series of ads produced by the seller Chick Lambert, who worked for several Los Angeles-area Ford dealers for many years The ads began invariably I Chick Lambert sales manager here at Ralph Williams Ford, and this is my dog, Storm Storm was a German shepherd, which usually lounging on the hood of the first car to f eatured in the ad.
Worthington advertisements were seen on all Los Angeles television stations in the 1960s and early 1970s, mainly through advertising saturation during the night hours was also played in Ontario, Canada Advertisements will be accompanied by a jingle set to the tune of US air Force drinking song with the lyrics rewritten to refrain If you want a car or truck, go see Cal, if you want to save money, go see Cal; Here are several different versions of the lyrics, such as giving a new car to your wife, she will love you all your life and I will stand on my head until my ears turn red, and ending with visit Cal , go see Cal, go see Cal When the idea of a jingle was first, it was launched to the conceptualized as slow with a big up rolling drums; Worthington disagreed and felt the song should be quick and wrote the lyrics and recorded the song himself 7 Jingle managed in the years that followed, Worthington discovered that there were children who thought his name was Go see Cal 7.
Among the many creatures that were presented as spot was a SeaWorld orca a lion, an elephant, a goose tiger, bull, various snakes, a rhino skunk bear, roller skating chimp a water buffalo carabao and a hippopotamus Besides the many animals that have been presented, one of the spots in Cal Worthington Deacon Jones was at the time one of the Fearsome Foursome NFL Rams from Los Angeles who sang Jingle Go See Cal Worthington made treats two local circuses for animals for commercial shoots, he also made use of private owners who often praised their animals in film and television in nearby Hollywood 7 draws.
In some commercials, Worthington pretend he would suddenly for sale, such as eating a bug or stand on my head to my ears blush According to a spokesman for the Television Bureau of Advertising is probably Worthington the best known car dealer pitchman in television history.
Worthington has been married and divorced four times, he never owned a car, instead of borrowing a sale of its dealers Worthington said in 2007 he did not like selling cars, but just a little trapped in after the war, I have not the skills to do what I wanted to just fly in May 8, 2010, Worthington appeared in a political ad for the candidate of the California State Assembly Larry Miles The commercial, a return to the days my dog spot featured Worthington and spot Miles 10.
Worthington died September 8, 2013, at the age of 92 at his ranch in Orland, California He is survived by his son Rod, Cal Jr. And Coldren; daughters Barbara, Susan, and Courtney; and nine grandchildren 11.
Grand son Nick Worthington has been the general manager of the automotive empire Worthington 12 After the death of Cal, Nick appeared in advertisements.
Worthington appeared in film and television presenting as a car dealership In addition, its advertisements provided background in numerous films, and both the style of its advertisements and its own personal appearance and mode of discourse have was portrayed by other actors as well.
The film Hickey Boggs 1972 starring Bill Cosby and Robert Culp has a bar scene where advertising Go See Cal can be heard and seen on television.
Worthington himself appeared as a car dealer in the film Save the Tiger in 1973.
A commercial Worthington was shown in 1974 Gone in 60 Seconds original.
In the movie 1974 Truck Turner Turner is chasing a bail jumper who attacked a gas station owner and stole his truck to escape into the desert to a distant airport Turner asks the man if he has another truck; man responds, Who do you think I look like Cal Worthington.
Worthington ads were parodied in the feature film comedy Marty Feldman 1977 Remake Last Beau Geste A desert battle scene is interrupted by Ed McMahon announcing a commercial break after an honest trade Hakkim played by Avery Schreiber, a salesman camel used that gave details on the price it offers on specific camels in the same way that Worthington would boast private cars in its advertisements the ad in the finished film with Hakkim promising to stand up on my fez my face is such a mess and then singing View Hakkim see Hakkim see Hakkim at the same rate as that used to sing Go see Cal, go see Cal, go see Cal in ads for Worthington.
The first few seconds of an ad Cal Worthington, Worthington which appears with a tiger lounging on a car hood next to him who tried several times to bite his arm and grab his leg in a seemingly playful manner, is shown TV in a scene about 20 minutes in the 1978 horror movie Dog aka Dracula Zoltan, Hound of Dracula in the movie, the TV is off as Worthington really starts his sales pitch, but at the beginning of advertising can is the voice of the narrator clearly on television advertising, here's Cal Worthington and his dog spot, followed by Worthington good naturedly called the tiger, my God, be a good dog, don t bite me.
In the 1986 film Down and Out in Beverly Hills Cal Worthington a commercial theater in a scene where a character can not get to sleep The implication is that the night Worthington ads were so well known that the view would indicate to the audience that the character was awake well after midnight.
The 1988 film Beetlejuice offers a parody of commercials late at night Worthington 13.
In 1993 Made in America movement the character of Hal Jackson, played by Ted Danson is based on Cal Worthington is a car dealership in California, playing in his own scandalous advertisements, accompanied by large, in control animals.
Worthington and advertisements made brief appearances through the Into the Night movie Also included in this film was another commercial competitors Cal, Pete Ellis, with his jingle address, Pete Ellis Dodge, Long Beach Freeway, Firestone Exit Southgate.
Ads My dog on site have been usurped early Dirty Duck animated film; a car dealer pulls his dog at some point.
Worthington made many appearances over the years on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson In a particularly memorable aspect Worthington appeared with Spotlight, in this case a goose that soiled his shirt Johnny Carson joked He should be happy he was does not the elephant one.
In 1974, the television series Emergency featured an episode in which the paramedic star of the show rescue of a car salesman who is trapped in a car with a tiger during a commercial shoot 14.
Worthington was a match on Match Game 75 in a question about earthquakes The question told the bad news is California fell into the ocean The good news is therefore BLANK Celebrity Patti Deutsch replied, Cal Worthington and his damn dog spot he was a competitor to answer 77 game match the question, Bernie is the world's biggest seller, he sold a used car to white Brett Somers competitor is Charles Nelson Reilly and Bonnie Franklin; it was also a response by Reilly to the issue of the dollar is so bad, he said no more, In God We Trust --it says now, in BLANK We Trust on 78 Match Game.
Cal Worthington and his dog Spot were falsified in a parody skit on regular Kiddington of Histeria animated series series Fort Worthington replaced, and the dog was called Fetch The skit told the story of Hannibal crossing the Alps elephants, Hannibal praised for Kiddington.
In Requiem For Chevyweight an episode in 1996 Married with Children Al Bundy Testica buys a 2000 Ford Mustang in 1996 a thinly disguised parody of Worthington named Cal Stevens played by Gary Grubbs, Worthington who like real life, talks with a South accent and wears a Stetson hat.
A short excerpt of a Worthington radio ads is selected at the end of the Robert Calvert track locked loop phase, the Lucky Leif album and longships.
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