Down the Drain

You’ve never heard of him, but you’ve heard his lasting legacy, one of the most familiar ad jingles of all-time. Tom Fouts, aka Captain Stubby, who died at the age of 86, was a humorist, broadcaster, bandleader and radio commercial writer in the Midwest and later New York, when he stumbled upon the simple brilliance of "Roto-Rooter, that's the name and away go troubles down the drain," which has been used by Roto-Rooter for 50 years.