NEW MAYTAG REPAIRMAN GETS OMEN BY CLEANING OUT LINT

NEW MAYTAG REPAIRMAN GETS OMEN BY CLEANING OUT LINT

NEWTON, Iowa (Wireless Flash) -- Cleaning out the lint from your clothes dryer might not seem lucky to you but it was a good omen for actor Mark Devine. The 33-year-old unknown has just been cast as the new Maytag Repairman and says he thinks the new commercials will be popular based on an omen he received while cleaning out lint from his mother's dryer. Devine says the clothes dryer had been on the fritz, but once he did his handywork, it started working just fine -- which he took as a sign he was born to be the Maytag Repairman. The new ad campaign featuring Devine starts Monday (Jan. 15)