# RIP Pussy Cow **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 9, 2013, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-pussy-cow/668431 "2013-09-09T19:55:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![luvtinayothers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@luvtinayothers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luvtinayothers)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-pussy-cow/668431/1 "2013-09-09T19:55:02Z")
> **[News from California, the nation and world - Los Angeles Times](https://www.latimes.com/)** > > The L.A. Times is a leading source of breaking news, entertainment, sports, politics, and more for Southern California and the world. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-pussy-cow/668431/2 "2013-09-09T20:05:25Z")
Why _ **pussy cow** _? Or are you making a comment on how Cal’s dog weren’t a dog? ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-pussy-cow/668431/3 "2013-09-09T20:11:08Z")
So no more late night dog Spot spots! `¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬ > [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#): > > Why _ **pussy cow** _? > > Or are you making a comment on how Cal’s dog weren’t a dog? No, the way his ad jingle catchphrase, “Go see Cal,” was slurred in the singing, it sounded like “Pussy cow”. It really did. I knew what this was about just from the thread title. Probably most people who lived in So Cal for any length of time would. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-pussy-cow/668431/4 "2013-09-09T20:12:39Z")
Just found this out, myself. I linked to a compilation of his commercials in another thread, where I mentioned Doper **PussyCow**. Cal Worthington and his dog Spot were a staple during my formative years. > [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#): > > Why _ **pussy cow** _? > > Or are you making a comment on how Cal’s dog weren’t a dog? Many people think that when they sing ‘Go see Cal, go see Cal, go see Cal’, they’re singing ‘Pussy Cow, Pussy Cow, Pussy Cow’. ---
**Author:** ![luvtinayothers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@luvtinayothers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luvtinayothers)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-pussy-cow/668431/5 "2013-09-09T20:12:53Z")
You probably need to have grown up in Southern California to understand, but EVERYONE thought it was “pussycow”. > **[Can 56,000 People On Facebook Be Wrong? Just Ask PussyCow - (Video) - The...](https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2012/02/17/can-56000-people-on-facebook-be-wrong-just-ask-pussycow-video/)** > > Cal Worthington is somewhat of an advertising institution across the West Coast and especially Southern California.  Born Calvin Coolidge Worthington on November 27, 1920, he grew up in a family of nine children and dropped out of school at the... ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-pussy-cow/668431/6 "2013-09-09T20:17:14Z")
[Commercial compilation](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrF9PzuHQtY) ---
**Author:** ![want2befree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-pussy-cow/668431/7 "2013-09-09T20:41:39Z")
RIP Cal. I’ll come see you someday. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-pussy-cow/668431/8 "2013-09-09T20:43:11Z")
Dead as a redneck’s car up on blocks. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-pussy-cow/668431/9 "2013-09-09T21:14:24Z")
> [@luvtinayothers](#): > > You probably need to have grown up in Southern California to understand, but EVERYONE thought it was “pussycow”. Or Northern California. I grew up with Cal, too, and yeah, we thought he was saying “pussy cow”. RIP, Cal. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-pussy-cow/668431/10 "2013-09-09T21:26:25Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Just found this out, myself. I linked to a compilation of his commercials in another thread, where I mentioned Doper **PussyCow**. > > Cal Worthington and his dog Spot were a staple during my formative years. > > Many people think that when they sing ‘Go see Cal, go see Cal, go see Cal’, they’re singing ‘Pussy Cow, Pussy Cow, Pussy Cow’. It’s synchronicity. I hadn’t really thought about Cal Worthington (or his “dog” Spot) for quite a whil until you mentioned the user name last week. I also grew up in LA and instantly got the reference. I’m surprised Cal was only 92. I thought of him as old nearly 40 years ago, when I had to suffer through those commercials to find out how Underdog was going to escape his latest predicament. ---
**Author:** ![want2befree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-pussy-cow/668431/11 "2013-09-09T22:08:45Z")
> [@Greg\_Charles](#): > > when I had to suffer through those commercials to find out how Underdog was going to escape his latest predicament. haha! Memories! ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-pussy-cow/668431/12 "2013-09-09T22:25:39Z")
Pretty sure I always thought it was pussy cow. I never could understand why anyone would buy a car from such a self-absorbed carny, but there you go. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-pussy-cow/668431/13 "2013-09-09T22:29:44Z")
I haven’t seen his commercials since the late 70’s, but I immediately knew what this thread was about. I actually got to pet “Spot” once. ---
**Author:** ![Hockeyshrink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4491bb/32.png) [@Hockeyshrink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockeyshrink)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-pussy-cow/668431/14 "2013-09-10T01:11:36Z")
I remember moving to the pacific northwest and seeing a Cal Worthington (and his dog Spot!) commercial for the first time… I totally thought it was pussy cow. I had to ask someone what they were really singing. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-pussy-cow/668431/15 "2013-09-10T01:29:20Z")
> [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > Or Northern California. I grew up with Cal, too, and yeah, we thought he was saying “pussy cow”. > > RIP, Cal. None of us in Houston thought it was anything other than “Go See Cal” Must be an accent thing. (Worthington Chevrolet was on the NW corner of US-59 and Hillcroft until about 10-15 years ago). > **[Dailymotion](https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xf3ugu_worthington-chevrolet-houston_auto)** ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@Capt\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_Kirk)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-pussy-cow/668431/16 "2013-09-10T01:36:34Z")
> [@bump](#): > > None of us in Houston thought it was anything other than “Go See Cal” > > Must be an accent thing. > > (Worthington Chevrolet was on the NW corner of US-59 and Hillcroft until about 10-15 years ago). > > [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xf3ugu\_worthington-chevrolet-houston\_auto](http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xf3ugu_worthington-chevrolet-houston_auto) I just snapped to the fact of who he was. Here his ads had an accent and a decidedly Texas feel. Thanks for the reminder **bump** RIP Cal **Capt** ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-pussy-cow/668431/17 "2013-09-10T01:47:23Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > [Commercial compilation](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrF9PzuHQtY) I remember those commercials…seeing some of his interactions with ‘wild’ animals, it’s a wonder he ever made it to 62, much less 92 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-pussy-cow/668431/18 "2013-09-10T01:53:15Z")
> [@bump](#): > > None of us in Houston thought it was anything other than “Go See Cal” > > Must be an accent thing. > > (Worthington Chevrolet was on the NW corner of US-59 and Hillcroft until about 10-15 years ago). > > [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xf3ugu\_worthington-chevrolet-houston\_auto](http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xf3ugu_worthington-chevrolet-houston_auto) Well, you don’t have to have a California accent to hear it as “Pussy cow”. I am British and first heard his ads soon after I first came to California in 1983. I quite spontaneously heard the “pussy” part without having been prompted by any locals, though I think, having gathered that his name was Cal I originally thought they were singing “Pussy Cal”, and that perhaps it was some sort of reference to the tiger he had on a leash in those ads. When “pussy cow” was later suggested to me by a local, it fitted what I heard at least as well. It was really quite difficult to hear it as “Go see Cal,” however, even after I knew. It just did not sound like that. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-pussy-cow/668431/19 "2013-09-10T02:57:13Z")
So was he inspiration for that very underrated classic film [Used Cars](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081698/)? ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-pussy-cow/668431/20 "2013-09-10T18:58:15Z")
He said he’d eat a bug if he couldn’t sell you a car. Looks like it’s the other way around now. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-pussy-cow/668431.md?page=2)