I never bought a car from Cal Worthington, the flashy automotive dealer who for years was on Los Angeles TV more often than reports of gridlocked traffic. In fact, an awful lot of that gridlocked traffic was because of all the people who did buy cars from Cal.
Since he never sold me a clunker, my thoughts of him are all positive. He was a showman who did entertaining commercials for his various dealerships. He'd always refer to "My dog, Spot" even though "Spot" might be an elephant or a skunk or a parrot. He even had a catchy theme song. Here's a video that features the long version of that tune, illustrated by clips from his commercials. As you'll see, the guy knew how to get attention. In his line of work, that may be more important than offering good merchandise at a fair price…