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Saluga's [[shtick]] as Ray J. Johnson is to become annoyed when addressed as "Mr. Johnson," exclaiming in a loud voice, "My name is Raymond J. Johnson Jr. Now you can call me Ray, or you can call me J, or you can call me Johnny, or you can call me Sonny, or you can call me Junie, or you can call me Junior; now you can call me Ray J, or you can call me RJ, or you can call me RJJ, or you can call me RJJ Jr. . ." ultimately ending with, "but you doesn't hasta call me Johnson!"
The spiel received more widespread attention in the late 1970s after being used in a series of commercials for [[Miller Lite]] beer, and subsequently, in the early 1980's for [[Anheuser-Busch]] Natural Light beer. Saluga appeared alongside comedian/pitchman [[Norm Crosby]] echoing (in a roundabout way) Norm's advice to unknowing customers on how to more easily order the lengthily-named beer: "Well, y'doesn't hasta call it Anheuser Busch Natural Light Beer, and y'doesn't hasta call it 'Busch Natural.' Just say 'Natural!'" Saluga then later launches into the "You can call me Ray" routine at the mere mention of the word "name."<ref>{{Citation|last=allcommercials|title=You Can Call Me Ray|date=2009-02-05|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LztZu5s0-QU|accessdate=2017-11-25}}</ref>
Saluga, as Raymond J. Johnson Jr., was also a frequent guest on Chuck Barris' ''[[The Gong Show]]''.
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