Jean McBride Capps and Jim Finlayson were the Texas actors who played Mavis and C.W. McCall in the Old Home Bread commercials that took off in the early 1970s. Filmed for the Metz Baking Company, the ads followed a flirtatious trucker and a diner waitress along his delivery route. Their natural charm and Texas authenticity helped make the spots a hit across the Midwest and South. The campaign’s creator, Bill Fries, later turned the McCall character into a country music phenomenon, topping the ch