Bob Denver and Elvis

My mother-in-law says "Good stuff, Maynard!"

This and the death of Bob Denver, made me curious about the origins of this saying.

Bob played a character on Dobie Gillis called Maynard G. Krebs, but it doesn't seem like this is the start of the saying.

Most people associate the saying with a 1980s TV commercial for Malt-O-Meal cereal.

But it seems that the line was used in an Elvis Presley film from the 1960s called Kid Galahad.

So, I guess even Bob Denver had some Elvis in him, unlike Michael J. Fox.

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