Anthony Martingnetti, the “Anthony! Anthony!” of a Prince spaghetti commercial, has died at the age of sixty-three. The New York Times has an obituary, commercial included.
I remember “Anthony! Anthony!” not so much from the commercial as from Bob and Ray’s radio repurposing of it. The mother’s shout, racing feet, and a door slamming. After which Bob or Ray would say something like “There goes that kid again.” A sweet form of pop-culture fame.
Thursday, August 27, 2020
“Anthony! Anthony!”
By Michael Leddy at 9:13 AM
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Well, sixty-three is too soon to go, but it sounds like he had a nice life. (It's sad when you read an obituary and it says, well, he never lived up to his childhood fame, and got a lot of parking tickets, and was grumpy al the time.)
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