Limp Lizard
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June Foray, the voice of Rocky the Flying Squirrel, Natasha Fatale, Cindy Lou Who, etc. died today at age 99. She brought lots of pleasure to many. She is gone but her work lives on.
She brought lots of pleasure to many.
Back then there was only one sponsor per show for nearly all the shows. Milton Berle had Texaco. What's My Line had Lucky Strike. I think. But no extra bucks for exclusivity. That's just the way things were.Yeah, but that one sponsor paid big bucks for the exclusivity.
Go Frogs!
Back then there was only one sponsor per show for nearly all the shows. Milton Berle had Texaco. What's My Line had Lucky Strike. I think. But no extra bucks for exclusivity. That's just the way things were.
Didn't remember that. Just all those years of LSMFT!For a time a WML sponsor was Stopette, the first (or very nearly so) spray underarm deodorant.
Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco.Loose strap means floppy [ teat ]?
Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco.
By the way, I think Lucky Strike was for Jack Benny and Your Hit Parade. Whats My Line had others. I've Got a Secret had Bufferin and Winston. Really missed on Lucky Strike, though. But: Winston tastes good like a (clap-clap) cigarette should!
Yeah Limp - bad choice of words on my part. I should have said something like "brand sponsor," but it was a premium price (at least according to my RTF prof).
In the earliest days of TV the commercials were often performed live in an adjacent studio, and were subject to flubbed or forgotten lines by the actors.
I'm not quite old enough to remember single commercial "What's My Line" episodes, but some of the old kinescopes are on YouTube, with the spots still in place.
Fascinating to watch now.
Go Frogs!
One of the episodes on YouTube has Moore holding a baby with a cigarette hanging from his mouth. We thought nothing of it back then, but it surprised me how I found it disturbing when I saw it this week. Things change.They are also on a cable outlet...along with "I've Got a Secret" and "To Tell the Truth"....complete with commercials....Gary Moore chain-smoking on set in "I've Got a Secret"....