Maytag's iconic spokesperson the Maytag Repairman is out of a job. Now, the appliance brand and its leading ad agency DigitasLBi are introducing the Maytag Man, an upgraded and modernized version of ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Gordon Jump, who played a befuddled radio station manager on the sitcom "WKRP in Cincinnati" and made his mark in commercials as the lonely Maytag repairman, died Monday. He was 71 ...

I’m old enough to remember the “Maytag repairman” commercials that ran from 1967 to 1989 in which the repairman was “the loneliest man in town” because, the commercials claimed, Maytag appliances ...

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Breathing new life into an old marketing symbol has often helped weakened companies boost sales -- a trend that appliance maker Maytag and retailer Kmart are hoping can happen ...

The first thing you notice about the latest Maytag repairman is his height. He's 6-foot-6. "And 6-9 with the hat," he says about the powder blue hat that matches his jacket and pants. Clay Jackson is ...

I once met the Maytag repairman and he was not lonely. He was in the company of two friends in a hotel hospitality suite at the 1987 National Association of Broadcasters radio convention in Anaheim.