PODCAST: Life Squeezed From Mr. Whipple- Dick Wilson

Mr. Whipple Takes Final Taxi- Download the MP3

The man who made the phrase “Please don’t squeeze the Charmin” famous, Dick Wilson, has taken his Final Taxi at  91.

For more than 20 years Wilson appeared as Mr. Whipple in the television ads for Charmin. As a grocery store manager he would monitor the aisles and ask customers to refrain from picking up the paper product and squeezing it.

Wilson also appeared on several episodes of “Hogan’s Heroes” and “Bewitched.”