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|death_place=Orland, California, U.S. |other_names=Calvin Coolidge Worthington Calvin Worthington Cal Coolidge Worthington |known_for= A long-standing series of offbeat television commercials featuring "my dog Spot" |occupation=Car dealer |alma_mater= |nationality=American |parents=Benjamin Franklin Worthington |spouse=four divorces |relatives=8 siblings |children= |website= |footnotes= |module= }} Calvin Coolidge "Cal" Worthington (November 27, 1920 – September 8, 2013) was an American car dealer, best known on the West Coast of the United States, and to a more limited extent elsewhere, from minor appearances and parodies in a number of movies. He was best known for his unique radio and television advertisements for the Worthington Dealership Group, most of which began with the announcement "Here's Cal Worthington and his dog Spot!"—though "Spot" was never a dog. Often, Spot was a tiger, a seal, an elephant, a chimpanzee, or a bear. In one ad, "Spot" was a hippopotamus, which Worthington rode in the commercial. On some occasions, "Spot" was a vehicle, such as an airplane that Worthington would be seen standing atop the wings of while airborne. "Spot" was officially retired in the mid-1980s; however he was mentioned occasionally in his later commercials. According to a profile published in the ''Sacramento Bee'' in 1990, Worthington grossed in 1988, making him at the time the largest single owner of a car dealership chain. His advertising agency, named Spot Advertising, had Worthington as its only client and spent on commercials, the most of any auto dealer at the time. He sold automobiles from 1945 until his death and owned a ranch located in Orland, California, north of Sacramento. ==Early life== Calvin Coolidge Worthington was born on November 27, 1920 in the now-defunct town of Bly, Oklahoma,〔Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2013 by Harris M. Lentz III, p. 409〕〔(Emmy's website )〕〔('Go See Cal' Legend Dies' ) Long BeachcomberVolume XXI - Number 19, Sept. 20, 2013〕 three weeks after his namesake, Calvin Coolidge, had been elected Vice President of the United States.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://jalopnik.com/legendary-car-dealer-cal-worthington-dead-at-92-1279953124 )〕 Worthington grew up in grinding poverty, one of nine children, and dropped out of school at the age of 13. His first job was as a water boy on a road construction crew for 15 cents an hour. He joined the Civilian Conservation Corps〔 at age 15. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cal Worthington」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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