Charlie the Tuna, representative of StarKist Tuna, made his first appearance in a TV commercial for StarKist, in 1961. He has starred in over 85 Television commercials, always trying to learn good taste. But the answer is always "Sorry, Charlie. StarKist wants tuna that tastes good, not tuna with good taste. There are two versions of this bobble, pink tongue and red tongue. The production on the pink tongue was only 1500 pieces.