The Maytag repair man was nothing more than the same propaganda you see in every commercial. Maytag has been one of the LEAST reliable brands (in many categories) for years. Nowdays, the whole industry is just a couple of conglomerates that sell under a whole bunch of brands names. Maytag is part of Whirlpool.
By the way, that's pretty far off topic so let's not go too much farther down that road, eh?