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From The Cabin Coffee Table — An occasional look back at what the old Codgers saw and smoked (with a little detour and frolic, here and there):
Sounds like William Conrad.
That's unmistakably William Conrad. And the "Rawhide will be right back" announcer sounds an awful lot like Roy Rowan, who introduced radio's Gunsmoke (starring Conrad) before George Walsh took the job and carried it into the TV era. Rowan did a lot of work for CBS Radio, including Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (the Bailey episodes) and The Adventures of Philip Marlowe.
From The Cabin Coffee Table — An occasional look back at what the old Codgers saw and smoked (with a little detour and frolic, here and there):
Aside from interesting messages, in some of these earlier Edgeworth ads evening radio programs and “The Corn Cob Pipe Club of Virginia”, network broadcast from the Edgeworth Factory, are mentioned.
One can picture all across America on those evenings in the early 1930s ... men quietly sitting in their living rooms and kitchens, perhaps huddled together with their families ... calmly puffing ... the tubes in their RCAs and Philcos and the Edgeworth in their cobs and briars all gently glowing orange ... the relaxing aroma of the tobacco ... enjoying comforting Southern spirituals and entertainment ... as men sang to them over the ether from far away places ...
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Interesting! I also peruse that radio archive. Great periodicals there.The Corn Cob Pipe Club show aired on Wednesday nights at 9:00, and the Edgeworth Program (with the Dixie Spiritual Singers) aired at 8:00 pm on Thursdays, in 1932. I'm not sure how long the series ran or when they started; I looked them up at www.worldradiohistory.com in the archived schedule guides. I couldn't find examples of either show in the OTR Archives unfortunately.
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Ha! Good marketing -- a cute babe on the package!From The Cabin Coffee Table — An occasional look back at what the old Codgers saw and smoked (with a little detour and frolic, here and there):
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Interesting! I also peruse that radio archive. Great periodicals there.
Drilling down a little there, Edgeworth was not alone on the Radio at that time. In early 1932, Prince Albert also sponsored the “Prince Albert Quarter Hour” at 7:30 pm every night but Sunday. No idea as to content, but 15 minutes would have been a short feature format.
The Edgeworth "26 Long Smokes for 15 Cents" ad is reasoned, persuasive, thoughtful -- and it would not fly today. Too many words for today's instant-gratification culture and for consumers who haven't read anything but a cereal box since they were 12.
The offer of the free sample is, however, a good bet by the manufacturers, and a good deal for the prospective customer. How much was a stamp in 1932 -- 2 cents? Invest 2, get the equivalent of 15 back (though they may have sent a smaller sample than the standard tin in that promotion).
The guy in the earlier Sir Walter ad, I think, is not wearing polka dots; it's the artist's shorthand for a tweed suit. But those plus fours, the baggy pants, were probably considered way out of style by 1932. They were fashionable among young "collegiate" men 10 years before. So he had a big strike against him with her even before the pipe came into the picture.
Yes indeed! Great post!
My relationships now are mostly dogs.Ok, that's better. A busty woman in the ad. That's much more familiar to me than a lighthouse or dog.
A bit of humor and much truth in these ads.From The Cabin Coffee Table — An occasional look back at what the old Codgers saw and smoked (with a little detour and frolic, here and there):
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