Talk:Cal Worthington

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Contents 1 Henning and Miss Teen USA 2 Early Life 3 Professional Difficulties 4 Cal Currently 5 Inadequate references

[edit] Henning and Miss Teen USA

Susan Henning is my mother, she did win miss teen USA in 1965.

Is this [1] the Susan Henning in question? That article (and her IMDB entry) claim she was Miss Teen USA in 1965. -- Mikeblas 00:04, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

They probably got the title mixed up... most probably a similar title (news people get them mixed up all the time)... the Miss Teen USA title was first awarded in 1983... (what I find interesting that the similarly named Shelley Hennig won in 2004... odd coincidence) -- PageantUpdater • talk | contribs | esperanza 00:11, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Early Life

Worthington's dog Spot is a direct parody of Chick Lambert's dog Storm. Lambert worked for Ralph Williams (parodied spot-on by The Firesign Theatre as Ralph Spoilsport) and featured his dog Storm in the many car commercials he did for Williams. Lambert later moved to Phoenix, Arizona, where, along with his dog, Storm II ("my dog, Storm the Second"), he sold cars for Jack Ross Chevrolet.

Jack Ross is a whole 'nother story. Unsuccessful candidate for Governor, married to '40s B-movie star Acquanetta, with a couple of the oiliest salesmen you ever want to meet.

For that matter, Ralph Williams is a whole 'nother story too.

Signinstranger 17:56, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Follow up for verifiable details on Cal's Bombing Runs over Germany: Cal Worthington's 29 bombing runs are documented at the 390th Bomber Group Memorial Museum (http://www.390th.org/index.htm) When the 'Research Data' asks for a name, type in EXACTLY: 'Worthington, Cal%'. His biography "My Dog Spot: The Cal Worthington Story," commissioned Bob Cox to write his story in 1975. Only a few copies remain because Cal's home burned to the ground six or seven years ago and almost all his memorabilia was destroyed -- momentos, photos, documents, the works, were lost. At 85, he is still flying his Learjet around California and Nevada. See: http://www.cacountry.tv/learnmore_story.cfm?id=18 Kate Campbell of the Ag Alert/California Country Magazine wrote this article about him for the magazine. She can be reached at: Kate Campbell, Assistant Editor Ag Alert/California Country 2300 River Plaza Dr. Sacramento, CA 95833 e-mail: Kcampbell@cfbf.com; Web: CFBF.com Jon Becker jbsandpony@yahoo.com. January 11, 2007. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.216.18.12 (talk) 00:47, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Professional Difficulties

I'm surprised there isn't more here about his legal problems. I live in Washington State, where the name Worthington is synonymous with bait and switch. I'm not even sure he can legally sell cars here anymore (don't know for certain). Perhaps it's not notable since his reputation is on par with many other car dealers. Kylebrotherton 10:44, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.216.18.12 (talk) 17:54, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Cal Currently

Just wondering if there's anything on him lately, healthwise I guess. Today I saw my first Worthington Ford (Long Beach) commercial without Cal being the one talking about the prices and great deals. User:Anonymous 10:59, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

As of Oct 28,2007 I saw a commercial on KCAL9 TV that featured Worthington himself. I changed the paragraph to read that some new commercials no longer feature Cal, as it appears he has made a comeback. I also removed a statement added in the article that stated something to the order of "Well, I saw a commercial with Cal on Oct 21." (75.50.101.192 06:43, 29 October 2007 (UTC))

[edit] Inadequate references

Most sections of this article are completely unreferenced. Is there a reason the material shouldn't be removed? -- Mikeblas (talk) 19:29, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

I've removed the unreferenced material. Unfortunately, this was most of the article. -- Mikeblas (talk) 03:45, 22 February 2008 (UTC)