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===Commercials and ''MAD'' Magazine=== Swift provided the original voice of the [[Frito Bandito]] in the animated [[Fritos]] Corn Chips commercials of the 1960s. In the 1970s and 1980s, he was the talking drain in [[Drano]] television commercials, the voice of the Mirinda Craver in [[Jim Henson]]'s [[Mirinda]] commercials, and the voice of The [[Burger King advertising|Burger King]]. Because of his uncanny ability to create so many different sounds, tones and accents, he was able to voice competing products, including Tip-Top, [[Braun (company)|Braun]], [[Bimbo Bakeries USA|Stroehmann]] or Taystee.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,938905-2,00.html |title=Show Business: How To Be Rich Though a Pencil|magazine=Time |accessdate=2023-08-07}}</ref> He impersonated [[Carroll O'Connor]] as [[Archie Bunker]] and [[Adolf Hitler]] as "Dolf" on [[Mad (magazine)|''MAD'' magazine]]'s vinyl insert recording of "Gall in the Family Fare", the ''[[All in the Family]]'' satire that ran in the magazine's Super Special No. 11 in 1973.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhIpR1x1-fI|title=MAD Magazine presents "Gall in the Family Fare"|date=July 10, 2007 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref> He also played [[Captain Cupcake]] in the Hostess Brands commercials.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/commercials/Hostess/Captain-Cupcake/ |title=CAPTAIN CUPCAKE |website=Behind The Voice Actors |access-date=January 13, 2020}}</ref>
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