tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post8017183724844965913..comments2024-03-29T09:47:04.022-04:00Comments on Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I : Olde TVComrade Misfithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-13256320541041463612018-06-04T15:28:08.834-04:002018-06-04T15:28:08.834-04:00You are correct, sir!
The R. J. Reynolds Tobacco ...You are correct, sir!<br /><br /><b>The R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (Camel cigarettes) sponsored the series, as well as holding a monetary share in the program and a copyright on the series. Mike Barnett was frequently shown smoking a cigarette (and occasionally flashing a pack at the camera), and at the conclusion of the program, Ralph Bellamy would put on reading glasses and read a list of veterans' hospitals and military bases to which "the makers of Camels" was donating cigarettes that week.</b><br /><br />https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_Against_CrimeDark Avengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02220642215040873632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-9836844484184072642018-06-04T11:17:36.444-04:002018-06-04T11:17:36.444-04:00Sheesh! I remember watching Ralph Bellamy in Man A...Sheesh! I remember watching Ralph Bellamy in Man Against Crime when I was a kid. Sat on the floor —carpeted floor, actually — in the living room. The TV was, I think, 9 inches, but imbedded in about 16 cubic feet of dedicated mahogany cabinetry that hid a complex and vast array of vacuum tubes and wires. It was connected to one of the many roof antennas (everybody who had a TV had one) in our apartment building via something that looked like a flat piece of tape with two wires clearly inside of it. Although I liked to sit close, my mother was horrified by this — convinced that radioactive rays were coming out of the screen. <br /><br />Don't hold me to this because after more than 60 years I may have my private dicks mixed up, but I seem to remember that one of Man Against Crime's sponsors was some brand of cigarette (forget which) and that during some of the commercials, Bellamy would take a few deep inhales of on camera to show us how good the stuff was.<br /><br />Meanwhile, "Old Gold" cigarettes featured long legged dancing women wearing giant cigarette packs from the waist up, while an announcer (Was his name Dennis James?) promised, "Not a cough in a carload." But Chesterfield cigarettes were superimposing a T over the throat and jaw of somebody and promising it would be kind to my T-Zone. Pall Mall Cigarettes were "Outstanding! AND they are mild!" Uh oh, I got started. I'm getting outta here before I get as hooked on nostalgia for outrageous stuff as I was on cigarettes for the 32 years before I was finally able to quit.<br /><br />Yours very crankily (cough cough),<br />The New YOrk CrankThe New York Crankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04489472134701718697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-51401688970698685782018-06-04T01:05:12.815-04:002018-06-04T01:05:12.815-04:00You should try the orignal b/w "Mike Hammer&q...You should try the orignal b/w "Mike Hammer" with Darren McGavin. Great jazz background, McGavins wit and every sterotype known to man.Storytellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12040646525575089925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-68730230076596982432018-06-03T22:47:36.987-04:002018-06-03T22:47:36.987-04:00Sure seems they could run faster without their pan...Sure seems they could run faster without their pants falling around their ankles...<br /><br />Reminds me a bit of Highway Patrol, with Broderick Crawford. Of course, that was about 56-59, call it 60 years ago.<br />CenterPuke88https://www.blogger.com/profile/17770056621255249861noreply@blogger.com