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Can you recognize all these actors who played famous TV commercial mascots?
Match Mr. Whipple, Madge, Mr. Goodwin and Mother Nature to the correct brands!
Even if you watch classic television series without the commercials it's hard to avoid product placement. So many familiar commercial actors turn up in your favorite shows!
Perry Mason alone had several classic commercial actors. You can also find them in Westerns and sitcoms.
We've gathered some actors who became widely known as characters for big brands. See if you can recognize them all!
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Here is Dick Wilson in an episode of Bewitched. As Mr. Whipple, he asked you to please not squeeze the…?
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Rhoda favorite Nancy Walker played Rosie the waitress for this product.
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Here is Jess White in an episode of Perry Mason. He was best known as which product mascot?
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Jonathan Goldsmith was also on Perry Mason. You know him for selling which beverage?
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Sticking with Perry Mason, here is actor House Peters Jr. on the stand. He played this iconic mascot in ads.
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David McLean was the star of a 1960 Western called Tate. He later played this rugged product mascot.
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Jan Minor was better known as Madge the Manicurist in commercials for this product.
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Jane Withers appeared on The Munsters. She also played Josephine the Plumber for this brand.
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Dena Dietrich declared, "It's not nice to fool Mother Nature!" in commercials for this product.
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Marge Redmond starred on The Flying Nun. She also played a friendly innkeeper named Sarah Tucker in commercials for this product.
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Arthur O'Connell played Mr. Goodwin the Pharmacist in 1970s ads for this brand.
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Can you recognize all these actors who played famous TV commercial mascots?
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6/11
7 out of 11.
6/11 awesome for baseball but awful for this quiz
Happy thursday 9/11 :)
Everyone is getting the guy's name wrong. It's Jonathan GOLDSMITH...though, to be fair, he made many appearances on TV shows as Jonathan Lippe.
A sad irony...David McLean, the Marlboro Man, died of lung cancer.
A sad irony...David McLean, the Marlboro Man, died of lung cancer.
10 out of 11. Missed on the Mr. Clean guy.
I never knew there WERE live action Mr Clean commercials.
9/11. Most interesting.
Better luck next time.........
You got 9 out of 11
Now isn't that interesting… the most interesting!
Now isn't that interesting… the most interesting!
missed the comet one.dont know why .knew it was wrong as soon as i put it down.i dont think liquid plumr was even invented back then
1/11
I got all of them right. Yayyy!
9/11
9 out of 11. I missed #5 and #6.
You got 9 out of 11
Now isn't that interesting… the most interesting!
Missed #4 and #5.
#4 Unfair. No Beard.
Now isn't that interesting… the most interesting!
Missed #4 and #5.
#4 Unfair. No Beard.
9/11
6/11. I never heard of Dos Equis Beer. I thought for sure Jonathon Goldberg was the guy in the Dr. Pepper commercials. I googled it and found out it was David Naughton in the retro Dr. Pepper commercials
Me either
Let's not forget this gem:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgotfl2Sk5Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgotfl2Sk5Y
I got Kwik-E-Mart
No, wait...
I mean 7/11
No, wait...
I mean 7/11
Too bad we couldn't get Richard X Slattery as "Murph" from Philips 76.