Being a modest everyman is how he became a regular in those Lite commercials, alongside Rodney, Butkus, Billy Martin and John Madden. It’s why Johnny Carson adored him, christening Uecker “Mr ...
Uecker became a regular member of the cast of sports characters who appeared in Miller Lite commercials in the 1980s, which tended to play on his “Rodney Dangerfield of Sports” persona.