Benny's longest-running sponsor, however, was the American Tobacco Company's Lucky Strike cigarettes, from 1944 to 1955, and it was during Lucky Strike's sponsorship that the show became, at last, The ...

LAST week I switched off my television after seeing yet another anti-smoking advertisement and put on a DVD of US comedian Jack Benny, who had his own series during the 1950s and 60s.

Mel Blanc stole the show from Jack Benny at Christmas. Skip to the ... and announcer Don Wilson and the Sportsmen Quartet’s sponsor push for Lucky Strike cigarettes would be woven into the ...

Benny's longest-running sponsor was Lucky Strike cigarettes, from 1944 to 1955. One spot touted “there’s never a puff that’s ever rough.” Another said, “Be Happy, Go Lucky!” ...

This episode starts out with a cameo by Jayne Mansfield, followed by a song and dance number pushing Lucky Strike cigarettes by the brilliant Eddie “Rochester” Anderson, Benny’s longtime ...

I tracked down the audio of that Jack Benny show from 1948. It occurs at about 26 minutes if you want to skip ahead, but then you'd miss the cigarette advertisement for Lucky Strike. Facebook ...

A museum worker holds a pack of Lucky Strike cigarettes used on the set of the television series 'Mad Men'. Photo: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters British American Tobacco (BATS.L), the cigarette giant behind ...

Lucky Strike maker British American Tobacco fined $635m for selling ... Jack Bowles, BAT’s chief ... He was then pictured lighting up on state TV during a tour of a Hoeryong cigarette factory in ...

British American Tobacco Plc said US consumers are increasingly switching to lower-priced cigarette brands as higher living costs reduce disposable income.. The maker of Lucky Strike cigarettes ...