DICK WILSON - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 326657
Price: $140.00
DICK WILSON
The star of the longest running commercial series in history is shown at a publicity event
in this 5¼x3½ color photograph, signed in black felt tip
Inscribed photograph signed: "To Clint Thank you/Dick/Wilson", in black felt tip. Color,
5¼x3½. Dick Wilson (1916-2007) was a standup comedian stunt man and actor who had
appeared in numerous TV guest spots (including Bewitched and Hogan's Heroes) before
finding his most famous role. Benton & Bowles developed a TV ad campaign for Procter &
Gamble featuring Wilson as "Mr. Wilson," the fussy grocery store manager who warned
customers not to squeeze the Charmin toilet paper, but could not resist squeezing it
himself. These ads, 504 in number, ran from 1964 to 1989, entering the Guinness Book
of Records as the longest running commercial series in TV history. Of course, Wilson
became so typecast as Mr. Whipple that he was unemployable in other acting roles. In 1979,
"Mr. Wilson" was the third most recognized American, exceeded only by Richard Nixon
and Billy Graham. Wilson, whose perks included a monthly shipment of Charmin bathroom
tissue, came out of retirement in 1999 to film one more commercial for the product. Fine
condition.
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