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Maytag Repairman Back On Air

The Maytag Repairman returns this week in the first of three TV spots that star the latest actor to play the always lonely service guy. Clay Jackson, a real estate agent from Richmond, Va., was chosen from more than 1,500 applicants to star in a new ad campaign. He is only the fourth actor in the slot since the first commercials aired in 1967.

This time out, the legendary repairman will go out and try to find other things to fix, rather than sit in his shop waiting for Maytag repair calls that never come. Whirlpool Corp. owns the brand.

Read the whole story at Associated Press via Houston Chronicle »

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