What Famous TV Commercial Actors Get Paid

Little Mikey 

This might be before your time, but Little Mikey was a legendary advertiser of Life cereal. Long story short, Little Mikey doesn't want to try the cereal, but his brothers pressure him to do it, then he likes it. Pretty simple, right? Well, it was so simple and so effective that John Gilchrist (who played Little Mikey) was able to build a career out of it. 

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The More You Know

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