# RIP Bill Fries, aka 'C.W. McCall'

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-bill-fries-aka-c-w-mccall/962197>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [April 3, 2022, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-bill-fries-aka-c-w-mccall/962197 "2022-04-03T19:18:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2022, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-bill-fries-aka-c-w-mccall/962197/21 "2022-04-04T16:38:52Z")

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_Here’s the video of his first Old Home Keep On Truckin’ Cafe commercials_.

Thanks for posting, John! Those are great commercials. The kind of commercials that people look forward to seeing. And I’ll bet they sold a lot of bread. You can take that from someone who produced TV commercials for years.

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**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2022, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-bill-fries-aka-c-w-mccall/962197/22 "2022-04-04T18:14:17Z")

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My favorite CW song…

[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UjeTq2fShRc/hqdefault.jpg "Classified C.W. MCcall") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjeTq2fShRc)

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