Introduced by Ed Sullivan as "the greatest I've ever seen in his field," Nelson, with his puppet sidekicks Danny O'Day and Farfel the hound dog, performed on television variety shows and in nightclubs, but he " they " became most famous for humorous commercials for Texaco and Nestlé's Quik. " The New York Times
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:48AM on October 1, 2019