Jim Jordan - old timer?

The brains in Maine live mainly...

Fred Allen advert in the comic section

It's rare when radio show ever advertised in the comic section of newspapers - that is, unless the advertisement was about a crossover comic/radio show, such as The Lone Ranger, Superman, Charlie McCarthy, Mark Trail, Blondie, etc.

Here's one I found today of Fred Allen and Portland Hoffa, announcing the return of their show off summer vacation in 1948:

Incroporating commercials into the storyline

You may remember I asked guest interviewee Lee Shackleford a while back if Fibber McGee and Molly were the first to incoporate commercials as part of the storyline of the show.

Well, still no definitive answer but there is this from December of 1935 (Milwaukee Journal):

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An unusual ad for CBS

1949 [I also had to edit the size, this thing was huge]

Yes, I'd like a good pay job in radio...

Corny and unusual commercial: Ronson lighters (1950)

First of all, this is one corny commercial.

Secondly, you may not want to listen to the following if you adore pigs, alligators, lizards, etc.

Dong! Ding! Dong!

Gildersleeve doesn't know how to name anything!

Name the dog, the baby on the doorstep and Majorie's twins!

Lighten up, world... Gildy says: It's okay to smoke

Please say you got the pun in the title!

Gildy's 'Name the Baby' contest

Win a car - or a toaster!

Large Bob Hope/Pepsodent ad [#04]

Large Bob Hope/Pepsosent ad [#03]

96 fun-packed pages

From 1941 Bob Hope's book, They Got Me Covered

Loving those large Colgate/Bob Hope ads!

Unique Duffy's Tavern ad

True or false: Listening to radio in 1938 will give you a gigantic head?

Rare ad: Fibber McGee and Company

Here's an ad for Fibber McGee and Company, the show without Molly in 1937-38 when she was gone for 18 months due to a "breakdown" (reportedly, alcoholism.)

This is the first ad I have ever seen for this show, which is essentially Fibber McGee and Molly - without Molly

The Biggest Show in Town!

Awesome ad for The Quiz Kids