tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post6530299664903311748..comments2024-03-10T00:00:31.355+00:00Comments on BRIAN SIBLEY : his blog: CHRISTMAS WITH THE STARSBrian Sibleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-68123336768527860822013-12-15T08:16:48.893+00:002013-12-15T08:16:48.893+00:00Very true. For a very interesting article revealin...Very true. For a very interesting article revealing the fine detail of the Lucky Strike sponsorship deal with Jack Benny (including requirements for when and how the commercials are to be presented) click <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/jackbennyinthe1940s/the-jack-benny-show-in-the-1940s-website-articles/jack-benny-program-and-lucky-strikes" rel="nofollow"><b>here</b></a>. Brian Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-86909958050522678542013-12-15T03:53:05.104+00:002013-12-15T03:53:05.104+00:00Keep in mind that several major tobacco companies ...Keep in mind that several major tobacco companies were sponsoring radio and TV shows during that period- Jack Benny was on for American Tobacco's "Lucky Strike" for 15 years (1944-'59), although he preferred smoking cigars in private [Ann Sothern's "PRIVATE SECRETARY" was sustained by Luckies, as well, 1953-'57]; Liggett & Myers' Chesterfield sponsored Perry Como, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Arthur Godfrey in the early '50s...and then, there were those celebrities who endorsed cigarette brands "if the price was right".bgraumanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07481033911573623806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-17100949259483080352013-12-14T00:37:20.050+00:002013-12-14T00:37:20.050+00:00Celebrity endorsement of anything puzzles me becau...Celebrity endorsement of anything puzzles me because I cannot think of anything I've bought on that basis. Yet advertisers say it works and continue to pay huge bucks for it, often merely for the voice. <br /><br />However, I could be dissuaded from buying a product if I took a serious dislike to the endorser, although I cannot think of any of those off-hand either. Woman on a Rafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08897415591130901416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-84432231564632174072013-12-13T15:24:12.965+00:002013-12-13T15:24:12.965+00:00I can't help wondering how many of those stars...I can't help wondering how many of those stars died of smoking-related illnesses in an age when smoking was almost universal. I know Nat King Cole died of lung cancer.Roger O B...noreply@blogger.com