Friday Morning Videos: The Maytag Repairman Giving A Demo

Not the best quality video, but it is a slice of time. Here is the former Maytag Man doing an in store range demo.



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Kelly's Korner - The New Maytag Man

Hey, All,

I was watching TV the other night and saw a commercial for a Maytag dishwasher with a very familiar (at least to me and other Syfy station watchers) face!

 

Colin Ferguson has joined the ranks of one of the most iconic advertising characters for the latest round of Maytag commercials.  Colin, born and raised in Canada and now a naturalized US citizen, was the lead character, Sheriff Jack Carter, on the Syfy series Eureka.  If you are any kind of a comedic geek, this show was great and I was sad to see it cancelled.  Colin is also playing on the Syfy series Haven as a kind-of-funny bad guy.

I think the most familiar of these Maytag repairmen was actor Jesse White, who in 1967 became Maytag's "loneliest repairman" because of the dependability of the old Maytag appliances.  Mr White played the lonely repairman in 68 commercials from 1967 to 1989!  He was then replaced by Gordon Jump of WKRP in Cincinnati fame, followed by Hardy Rawls who only appeared in print advertising and personal appearances.  For a short time there was an apprentice repairman, played by Mark Devine.

In the newest round of commercials, Colin, in a total deadpan, plays a variety of Maytag appliances, extolling the virtues of these appliances. Plays an appliance, you say?  Catch these commercials on www.maytag.com and you'll see what I mean - they are hilarious!  And, just to say for me on a personal level, Colin, if  you want see how Maytag parts go out to you repairmen, come visit me anytime!  lol

Have a great week!

Friday Fun: Maytag History and The Maytag Man

As parts suppliers we have always had a special fondness for Maytag Men. The Maytag Man is probably the most well known association many people have with the appliance service industry. There are a lot of fond memories service techs have shared with us of working with Maytag before the company was acquired by Whirlpool. For those of you with Maytag nostalgia or a fondness for the Maytag Man, we hope you enjoy this video as much as we did. It is a little long, so give yourself 15 minutes to watch it. It has some great old pictures, clips from commercials and interviews with folks in the Maytag advertising department discussing the history of this iconic advertising character. Enjoy!



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