Cal Worthington

I must be on some commercial kick or something right now...

When I was a kid I loved the Cal Worthington car commercials. I was pretty darn happy when I would catch a new one to see who Cal Worthington's new dog Spot was. It was never, ever a dog. I remember a tiger, a pony, a seal, a hippo and even an elephant. Some poor animal always got the glorious roll of "Spot".

I just dug Cal Worthington. I remember thinking that he looked like a kind and honest man and if I had the funds readily available to me at age 8, I would have easily hopped on my tricycle and sped over to Bellflower and purchased one of his fine vehicles.

I also remember the catchy jingle. "If you need a better car..." O.K., this is where the problem starts. When I was a kid I could have sworn I heard this: "If you need a better car, pussy-cow. He's the greatest one by far, pussy-cow. Give a new car to your wife, she will love you all her life, pussy-cow, pussy-cow, pussy-cow!"

I find out years later that they were actually singing "Go see Cal". That makes sense! I had distorted images in my brain of some bovine-feline cross breed. Whew!

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