Legendary Car Dealer Cal Worthington Dead At 92

[Don Plumley]

Wow - what memories. The single most annoying commercials - but clearly they were effective. His dog Spot.

Legendary Car Dealer Cal Worthington Dead At 92

Off to the big used car lot in the sky...

[Don Plumley]

Let's all sing together now...

If you need a car or truck, go see Cal...

If you want to save a buck, go see Cal...

If you need a car or truck and you want to save a buck,

go see Cal

go see Cal

go see Cal...

[nostatic]

god speed. I saw one of his commercials a few days ago. He looked 92 in them. I grew up in San Diego and back then on a good day we'd get the LA independent stations. His commercials were on non-stop.

[motion]

I remember driving by his dealership in the 60s always hoping to get a glimpse of him or one of the animals I saw on TV.

[look 171]

I can never make out what he's saying. I always though it was, If you a need a car or truck pussycow, and so on. Thinking back, its pretty stupid, but cool at the same time with all the animals. I still remember the theme. How about Pete Ellis Dodge, Long Beach Freeway, Firestone exit, Southgate. Those commercials are imbedded in my head.

[Don Plumley]

Apparently Cal Worthington convinced the LA stations to run movies all night long instead of dead air. And of course buying commercials from him. Running all night long. Smart. Darn, I have that jingle stuck in my head now.

[Steve Carlton]

God just bought two dozen Chevys. Jesus opted for a white Corvette, fully loaded.

[legion]

Growing up in La Verne in the 80's. Saturday afternoons were Legos, Elvira, and Cal. Godspeed.

[legion]

Reading the comments, I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought the lyrics were: "Pussy cow, pussy cow, pussy cow..."

[Nostril Cheese]

God Speed Pussy Cow

[KNS]

Originally Posted by look 171

I can never make out what he's saying. I always though it was, If you a need a car or truck pussycow, and so on. Thinking back, its pretty stupid, but cool at the same time with all the animals. I still remember the theme. How about Pete Ellis Dodge, Long Beach Freeway, Firestone exit, Southgate. Those commercials are imbedded in my head.

Growing up in LA those commercials are imprinted in my brain! As a little kid, I also thought he was saying "pussycow,pussycow,pussycow".

[Joe Bob]

Him and that other shyster.....Ralph Williams. End of an era.

[GWN7]

We had a AMC/Jeep dealer up here who copied Cal to the T. Even had a dog named Spot. I laughed when I saw the real deal.

[Joe Bob]

Google "Ralph Williams Outtakes".....language is a bit salty......b&w footage. His dog was named, Storm?

[Laneco]

Originally Posted by legion

Reading the comments, I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought the lyrics were: "Pussy cow, pussy cow, pussy cow..."

I though that for YEARS. Finally someone on Pelican a few years back posted the actual words. Wow, all those years I was singing Pussy cow - LOL!

angela

[Tobra]

It was not just LA, he had a store in Sacramento too. Quite the entrepreneur.

[jim72911t]

Originally Posted by look 171

I can never make out what he's saying. I always though it was, If you a need a car or truck pussycow, and so on. Thinking back, its pretty stupid, but cool at the same time with all the animals. I still remember the theme.

Looks like I was not the only one then. RIP Cal. Those commercials were a staple of my youth.

Originally Posted by look 171

How about Pete Ellis Dodge, Long Beach Freeway, Firestone exit, Southgate. Those commercials are imbedded in my head.

To this day, every time I drive the 710, that song pops in my head when I pass Firestone. Talk about effective advertising!

[Jim Bremner]

Cal Worthington - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Thank you Sir!

[look 171]

Oh man, this is funny. I was old enough to know that he can't be saying "pussycow". Its a bad word, it sounds like a bad word? For a long time, I was convinced he was trying to sing Mussycow. For the life of me, I don't know what the hell is a Mussycow? I was too cool to ask any of my friends what a Pussy cow is? After all, a boy was suppose to know all things about pussy, or mussy right?

[look 171]

I normally do n't watch much TV. Are there any catchy jingles for commercials now that the kids will talk about in 30 years? I am not sure if there are any?