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chimed in with "Also, remember the Ty-D-Bol man? The guy who used to float around the toilet tank in a little boat? I hate to burst your bubble, but he wasn't real, either. He was just a professional actor who happened to be six inches tall. The REAL Ty-D-Bol man is only four inches tall and is
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of kids peeking into toilet tanks to find the little man in the boat. He was the first to introduce the automatic bowl cleaner and the first to turn the water in the bathroom blue. He was the Ty-D-Bol Man."
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