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No problem Brian. Just teasing. I just wished I looked that young still...with hair and everything! :-) Perhaps if I could just get a Chicken Fried Steak at the Prime Cut....maybe....just maybe...it would gown hair on my head.

To add to Brian's previous comment, our field production charge in those days was $60./hr. With each hour of shooting you got a free hour of editing. It was serious money for folks back in those days. Today, the charge is double (still dirt cheap) but the client's resistance to doing any more than an hour's worth is still there. In response to @teancom's question about Dave's current status, Dave is still in Twin Falls. Age and time has taken it's toll as it has with many of us. The only current health problems that I am aware of were that he had to get a knee replaced. All of those years pounding the pavement on car lots took their toll. He did his last spot as he entered his early 70's for the local Hertz Car Sales lot. I still see him from time to time. Dave spends his time golfing in the Snake River Canyon. Off camera, Dave is essentially a "mild and introverted" type of guy. But as soon as you say, "Tape is rolling....", you just stand back and hold on.

I feel a need to "defend" :-) those Latham commercials. I produced over 10,000 of them over a period of almost 20 years. The star was Dave Campo who was initially syndicated nationally. Dave's pitch was unique. So much so that he was featured on the NBC evening news with Tom Brokaw and had a session on David Letterman. After spending so much time on the road, Dave settled down in Twin Falls Idaho to work full time doing Latham Motors advertising. His marketing helped to take a dealership that was about to close it's doors to a position as the number one dealership in the State for a time. The Suzuki car franchise at the dealership was number one in the nation for some time. Yes those commercials could seem very irritating, but the bottom line was...they were entertaining....they sold cars....and they made money...LOTS of money. I still have several thousand of those spots on tape. Perhaps when time allows, I'll post a "sampler" on YouTube.