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Graham played the character who dropped the clapperboard repeatedly in a famous, 1969 Alka Selzer "Spicy Meatball" advertisement and played the part of "Mr. Dirt" on a series of commercials for Mobil Oil in the 1970s.
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Oct 2, 2015 · This was before Mobil had those live action spots with Ronny Graham as "Mr. Dirt." Around the same time, Gulf Oil was running spots (mostly on NBC News) with shots of one of their tankers in Bantry Bay, with the Celtic-flavored jingle: "Bringin' home the oil, boys, bringin' home the oil... sailin' home to Bantry Bay, bringin' home the oil..."
(1970s) TV commercial: Mobil Oil as "Mr. Dirt", shown climbing up out of an engine all dirty and oily.
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On Ronny Graham (sorry for misspelling?) and that song Suckin' Eggs. I have the memory of him performing that song on Johnny Carson burned into my memory. For some reason that performance went through my mind tonight and I have spent the past hour trying to find that performance posted on line or at the very least the lyrics.
Mobil had one of the first iconic commercial characters of the 70's when they introduced Mr. Dirt in 1972. Actor-comedian-screenwriter Ronny Graham brought Mr. Dirt to life in a series of spots, including this one:
(1970s) TV commercial: Mobil Oil as "Mr. Dirt", shown climbing up out of an engine all dirty and oily.
