Jack Wild, an Academy Award nominee for his teen turn as the Artful Dodger in 1968's Oliver! and familiar to TV viewers as H.R. Pufnstuf's Jimmy, died on Wednesday of mouth cancer. He was 53.
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Question: Since you have been so wise in answering all the questions about commercial jingles, can you please answer this one? The jingle goes, "Thank you very much, thank you very much, that's the nicest thing that anyone's ever done for me." I know I have heard this before. Does it come on every holiday season, or is it from a song? I need to find a way to get it out of my head!
Answer: Well, I can tell you where it's from, but you're on your own in trying to get it out of your head, Jaime.
Though many people will tell you the maddeningly catchy tune "Thank You Very Much," used in an ad for the Volkswagen Passat, is from the musical Oliver!, they've got the wrong Dickens classic. (I suspect they may be mixing it up with "Consider Yourself," which is
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