Mr. Whipple RIP

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Refrain from squeezing Charmin for the day in his honor.

During World War II, Dick Wilson served in the Canadian Air Force and became a U.S. citizen in 1954, the Associated Press reported.

He beat out 33 other candidates for the Mr. Whipple role and often expressed gratitude for his commercial career.

With "the kind of pictures they're making today," Wilson told the Associated Press in 1985, "I'll stick with toilet paper."

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 20 November 2007 15:27 (eighteen years ago)

you better squeeze all the charmin you can

dan m, Tuesday, 20 November 2007 15:37 (eighteen years ago)

You know who his daughter was, don't you?

Pleasant Plains, Tuesday, 20 November 2007 15:54 (eighteen years ago)

http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/4003/psha8.jpg

Melanie Wilson, top left.

Pleasant Plains, Tuesday, 20 November 2007 15:58 (eighteen years ago)

I didn't want to bring it up.

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 20 November 2007 16:53 (eighteen years ago)

Didn't mean to break up the solemn atmosphere.

Pleasant Plains, Tuesday, 20 November 2007 17:01 (eighteen years ago)

But you know, lol at squeezin' charmin.

Pleasant Plains, Tuesday, 20 November 2007 17:01 (eighteen years ago)

He lived, he died, his daughter was fondled by Balki.

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 20 November 2007 17:02 (eighteen years ago)

I remember him being on a VERY early Letterman show, where he defended the usefulness of his icon status with "You try using a handful of wet leaves instead."

RIP

Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 20 November 2007 17:05 (eighteen years ago)

Cousin Larry, actually, unless I missed an episode.

And trust me, I never missed an episode.

Pleasant Plains, Tuesday, 20 November 2007 17:24 (eighteen years ago)


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