Dick Van Purina

Actor Dick Van Patten, loved as the father on Eight is Enough and reviled as the death doctor in Soylent Green, is vying to become the George Foreman of dog food with Dick Van Patten's Natural Balance Eatables for Dogs.

The food comes in several flavors, including Irish stew, Chinese takeout and hobo chili. Van Patten illustrated Natural Balance's great taste by chowing down on some for the cameras at a recent media launch party.

It's always sad to see America's senior citizens reduced to eating dog food, but at least Dick's getting paid for it.