[11] In some commercials, Mr. Whipple was accompanied by a stock boy named Jimmy, played by Adam Savage, known decades later for the television series MythBusters.
According to Charmin makers Procter & Gamble, a 1978 survey found that Mr. Whipple was the third best-known American, behind former President Richard Nixon and evangelist Billy Graham.
[1] The country song "Don't Squeeze My Sharmon," which was a Top 10 hit for Charlie Walker in 1967, was inspired by the advertising campaign for Charmin.
In 2001, the lyric "Shake junt staring, I don't mean no harmin'/Call me Mr. Whipple cause I want to squeeze the Charmin" was included in the Project Pat song "Ooh Nuthin".
In 2006, the lyric "You can call me Mr. Whipple, I won't do no harmin'/Never to the Charmin, come holla at me woman" was included in the Project Pat song "Good Googly Moogly".