tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post2233361370024083636..comments2023-11-03T11:37:13.579-04:00Comments on Something Old, Nothing New: You Can't Chop Your Papa Up in MassachusettsJaime J. Weinmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15128500411119962998noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-68173969938206036362007-04-26T13:35:00.000-04:002007-04-26T13:35:00.000-04:00There was a brief period in the early 1970's when ...There was a brief period in the early 1970's when Graham was ubiquitous on TV talk shows as a funny and entertaining guest, often performing his novelty songs. Again, it looked like he was poised for a breakthrough which never quite came.Whithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07308880186307909986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-17252495943739502362007-04-25T00:13:00.000-04:002007-04-25T00:13:00.000-04:00Interestingly, Graham became most familiar to TV v...Interestingly, Graham became most familiar to TV viewers in the 1970s as "Mr. Dirt" in ads for Mobil detergent gasoline, which the oil company rolled out in the wake of the first bump-up in gasoline prices after the 1973 OPEC oil embargo. His job on the M*A*S*H writing staff started shortly after Mobil ended the "Mr. Dirt" ad campaign (somewhere I've got an old audio clip of Graham doing a song from the radio version of the Mobil ad campaign, but finding it would be a job and a half right now).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com