Cal Worthington, called "The best known car dealer pitchman
in history" by the TV Bureau of Advertising, has died. Worthington's outlandish commercial were first broadcast in the 1950s. The former WW II pilot was
something of a star to California television viewers and radio listeners for his slapstick "Go See Cal" advertisements, which featured loony antics with his "dog, Spot." The hook was that Spot was
never a dog; it might be an elephant, a tiger, a hippo -- even a killer whale. He began to broadcast three-hour country music shows from his dealership in '59.
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