The Garden Weasel is a garden implement with three sets of rotating tines for loosening soil. It has been sold by the Faultless Starch/Bon Ami Company

Faultless Starch/Bon Ami Company

Faultless Starch/Bon Ami Company is the maker of a variety of household cleaning items including Bon Ami. The company's headquarters are in Kansas City, Missouri....

 beginning in 1976. It was one of the first products sold in North America using dealer-tagged TV marketing. The first pitchman was Jerry Baker

Jerry Baker

Jerry Baker is an American author, entrepreneur, public speaker, and product spokesperson who has written numerous books on gardening, home hints, and health topics...

, the well-known gardener. The subsequent pitchman who appeared on camera in the TV ads for this product was Jim Martindale, a longtime announcer and voice talent from Indianapolis, Indiana

Indianapolis, Indiana

Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S...

. Garden Weasel also makes several other products with varying uses:

• Weed Popper, which is designed to remove weeds, crabgrass, dandelions, and other unwanted plants
• Cobra Cord Bag which stores extension cords without tangling them
• Garden Claw, a gardening tool similar to the original Garden Weasel, but designed to break up firmer, uncultivated soil

In Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, the Garden Claw is advertised in commercials by noted gardener Art Drysdale

Art Drysdale

Art Drysdale is a Canadian horticulturist and entertainment personality, best known for his syndicated radio show and commercials for the Garden Claw...

.

In popular culture

• A tribute song to the Garden Weasel was written by musical comedian Heywood Banks
  Heywood Banks
  Heywood Banks is an American comedian, and writer and performer of humorous songs.His songs include "Toast", "Fly's Eyes", "Wiper Blades", "Pancreas", "Big Butter Jesus" , and "18 Wheels ".Heywood frequently appears on the nationally syndicated radio program The Bob and Tom Show...
  
   of Michigan, who frequently appears on the Bob & Tom syndicated morning radio program.
• The Garden Weasel played a prominent part on "The Garden Weasel aka What Have You Done For Me Lately", the first aired episode of The Larry Sanders Show
  The Larry Sanders Show
  The Larry Sanders Show is a satirical television sitcom that aired from August 1992 to May 1998 on the HBO cable television network in the United States. It starred stand-up comedian Garry Shandling as vain, neurotic talk show host Larry Sanders, and centered on the running of his TV show, and the...
  
  starring Gary Shandling. Sanders was required by the network to do live commercials for the product on his talk show, and resisted saying the commercial copy without joking. He was eventually rescued by his sidekick, Hank Kingsley (Jeffrey Tambor
  Jeffrey Tambor
  Jeffrey Michael Tambor is an American actor, perhaps best known for his roles as George Bluth Sr. and Oscar Bluth on Arrested Development and Hank Kingsley on The Larry Sanders Show.-Early life:...
  
  ), who had more experience in doing commercials.