spiceman1957
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Did anyone noticed the cigarette Mr. Godfrey was holding? I guess back then you just didn't have style and panache without having your picture with a cigarette
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twintubdexter
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Godfrey was a big sponsor of Chesterfield cigarettes. There's a short promotional film floating around on YouTube with him at the controls of an Eastern Airlines Constellation (he was a pilot in the AF Reserve and owned several planes) puffing away with a carton of Chesterfields in the cockpit. He died in 1983 from Emphysema.
PS...for a combination, that Easy sure doesn't have many controls.
Godfrey was a big sponsor of Chesterfield cigarettes. There's a short promotional film floating around on YouTube with him at the controls of an Eastern Airlines Constellation (he was a pilot in the AF Reserve and owned several planes) puffing away with a carton of Chesterfields in the cockpit. He died in 1983 from Emphysema.
PS...for a combination, that Easy sure doesn't have many controls.
It's hard to imagine there was a time when many hosts of talk/variety shows smoked on the air. Johnny Carson used to smoke on the air back in the black-and-white days, didn't he? And like Joe mentioned, many of these shows were sponsored by cigarette manufacturers.
whirlaway
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Lucy and Desi smoked on I Love Lucy,it was sponsered by Phillip Morris.They would not have gone on the air if it wasnt for them.Lucky Strike was Jack Benny.Old Gold had several shows.Winston,the Flintstones and others.
Lucy and Desi smoked on I Love Lucy,it was sponsered by Phillip Morris.They would not have gone on the air if it wasnt for them.Lucky Strike was Jack Benny.Old Gold had several shows.Winston,the Flintstones and others.
Were I the king of the universe...
I'd make it so cigarettes were actually good for you. I still see people walking and smoking and get all nostalgic for the days when I could do that. I know they're hideously bad for you, but ain't no better pleasure than a drink in one hand and a lit fag in the other.
I'd make it so cigarettes were actually good for you. I still see people walking and smoking and get all nostalgic for the days when I could do that. I know they're hideously bad for you, but ain't no better pleasure than a drink in one hand and a lit fag in the other.
mrcleanjeans
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Taking the EASY way out!
So how fast did these spin? How long were they out?
So how fast did these spin? How long were they out?
Interesting that Easy was owned by Murray Corporation of America. They were a famous builder of car bodies for Ford, Hudson, and others, and owned the Eljer plumbing business -- toliets, sinks, etc.
hilovane
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Garry Moore was raraly seen without a cigarette-a WINSTON cigarette, when he hosted I'VE GOT A SECRET.
steve1-18
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Did Easy actually design and build the machine or did they re-badge a competitor's? I though that was the case with Crosley being made by the parent company of Bendix.
hilovane
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When Arthur Godfrey had one of his cancerous lungs removed 50 years ago, it made major headlines; in part due to his (by today's standards, anyway) unheard-of levels of popularity. If he had died then, it would've been considered a national tragedy. When he did pass away in '83, he did so in virtual obscurity.
Believe that they did design and produce their own design.
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