'Mr. Whipple' actor Dick Wilson dies

[Greylyn58]

Source: CNN

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- 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.

The man famous as TV's "Mr. Whipple" died of natural causes at the Motion Picture & Television Fund Hospital in Woodland Hills, said his daughter Melanie Wilson, who is known for her role as a flight attendant on the ABC sitcom "Perfect Strangers."

Wilson made more than 500 commercials as Mr. George Whipple, a man consumed with keeping bubbly housewives from fondling toilet paper. The punch line of most spots was that Whipple himself was a closeted Charmin-squeezer.

The first commercial aired in 1964 and by the time the campaign ended in 1985 the tag line and Wilson, a former Canadian airman and vaudeville veteran, were pop culture touchstones.

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RIP Mr. Wilson. It's sad to lose another Pop-Icon. I use to love your silly commercials. Hope you get to squeeze all the Charmin you want now.

[superconnected]

1. Guess we can squeeze the charmin now.

[Bolo Boffin]

2. Maybe not.

[Beerboy]

13. I bet he punted that stuff all over the studio IRL,

and let it stick to his shoe.
I'll miss Mr. Whipple, and I think he also played Mr. Kravitz, husband of nosy neighbor Gladys on the early B/W "Bewitched" TV show.

[Thor_MN]

16. He was on Bewitched many times, but as "old timer"

or "drunk". He didn't play Abner Kravitz, that was George Tobias.

I'm going to have to go to the store and consider squeezing the Charmin. RIP, Mr. Whipple.

[Raine]

3. R-I-P Mr. Whipple nt

:-(

[Faygo Kid]

4. He was only in his 40s when he started, and I was a kid. Now I'm in my 50s.

I feel squeezed. RIP, though.

[Beerboy]

15. I forgot the end of those adverts,

he always glanced around furtively, then molested the Charmin! What a perv!

[kestrel91316]

5. They quit running those ads in 1985?????

I could swear I saw one only a couple of years ago......

They left quite the impression on me. Every time I see a package of Charmin' I still say to myself "Don't squeeze the Charmin'", and then I often give it a squeeze.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

6. RIP Mr. Whipple, and Godspeed!

May you do lots of squeezing, wherever you are!

Another icon gone. WAAAAAAHHHHHHH.

[Voltaire99]

7. He was just a Great American. Flags at half mast, please.

The nation will always think highly of his contributions while wiping its ass with soft, cushy double-ply.

[bbinacan]

8. Why so cynical? n/t

[mac56]

10. Really. Why so cynical? We all know who he is, and

this brings back fond memories for lots of us.

Some people just gotta piss on the toilet seat.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

14. When you wipe it off, you know what you'll use...

nt

[joeybee12]

9. He made his mark, and had a nice, long life...

RIP, Mr. Wilson.

[kurth]

11. Rest softly

[trof]

12. Miz t. met him once.

He sat next to her on a flight from L.A. to Boston.
She said he was a real 'card' and she even felt like he was coming on to her a bit, but nice.

They got to talking about their kids and she showed him a picture of our daughter.

He said "Want to see a picture of my pride and joy?"
Sure.

And he whipped out this card:

[AnneD]

17. LOL.....

Some how, that is in keeping with his character. He has a nice long wonderful life and brought smiles to our faces. We remember him fondly.