Former Burger King Commercial Star Rodney Allen Rippy In Critical Condition after Motorbike Crash

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Ex Jack in the Box Star Critical after Motorbike Crash

9/8/2010 4:05 PM PDT by TMZ Staff



http://www.tmz.com/2010/09/08/rodney-allen-rippy-jack-in-the-box-ads-motorcycle-crash/

Rodney Allen Rippy -- the chubby cheeked kid in those '70s Jack in the Box ads -- is in critical condition after a motorcycle crash ... TMZ has learned.

According to his publicist, Rodney was thrown 10 feet in the air when he wrecked his dirt bike in North Carolina on Monday -- but he didn't go to the hospital until today when he had trouble breathing. Rodney -- who's now 42 -- suffered broken ribs and a punctured lung. We're told he's recovering in the trauma unit.

Besides Jack in the Box, Rodney had a small role in one of the greatest movies of all time ... "Blazing Saddles."

[rpannier]

1. I remember those commercials from when I was a kid

I thought they were great
I also remember him in Blazing Saddles

Wishing him a speedy recovery and if he wants...
I'll be glad to drop by with a BK Double Whopper for him

[jobycom]

2. Now I understand why I never knew who he was.

I used to hear his name all the time as a kid. He was always a guest star or a punch line on TV, and I could recognize him, but I didn't know what he was famous for. Where I lived they didn't have Jack in the Box, so they probably didn't run ads in my area.

A part of my childhood has been explained to me.

Hope he recovers. :(

[MichaelHarris]

3. It, it

it be too big-a-eat!

[hlthe2b]

4. Jack in the Box, not Burger King...

[mackerel]

5. Blazing Saddles is a classic.