The Chicago-based food products firm retains the rights to Dean's name and likeness. Even years after he passed away, his image and voice are still used in commercials for Jimmy Dean Sausage products. In 1963, he became Johnny Carson's first guest host on "The Tonight Show".

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Yes, that is Jimmy Dean's voice. In fact, the audio comes from much older Jimmy Dean commercials. Jimmy Dean uploaded both the new commercials and the older commercials they're based on to its YouTube channel.

Jimmy Dean died nearly nine years ago and his music/TV fame faded long before that. Why, then, does his sausage company continue to use his voice (or a facsimile thereof) in its advertising? Well, mainly because it became successful as his company.

Jimmy, fed up with being not being able to work in the way he wants, runs the commercial without the approval of the partners at his firm. While the commercial is a resound success, for some reason Jimmy is reprimanded by the leaders of Davis & Main and is scolded by his brother.

Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki's voices have dropped naturally in the past decade and a half. They are, after all, quite a bit older now. Early on, Ackles actually looked younger than Padalecki, so the showrunners had him made up to look and “act” older. That became less necessary over time.

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At one point, it seemed obvious for him to do so. But he chose to not do it. Because he doesn't play by rules that he doesn't agree with. And Jimmy did not agree with the rule that Cliff needed to sign off on Jimmy's hard work.

Dean's Estate Because Dean died without a Will, his assets were passed to his heirs using intestate law. As his mother predeceased him, his father inherited his entire estate.

Jimmy views an ad previously used by D&M and finds it lacks "showmanship." Jimmy hires the camera crew he previously used and films an ad of his own. He decides to run it without the firm's approval and contacts a station in Colorado Springs, where no Sandpiper residents responded to the mailings.

Dean's Estate Because Dean died without a Will, his assets were passed to his heirs using intestate law. As his mother predeceased him, his father inherited his entire estate. Dean may have preferred that his money go to the aunt and uncle in who raised him.