tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post8245033159319670001..comments2024-03-28T11:45:24.378-07:00Comments on Tralfaz: The Benny Feud That Didn't Involve Fred AllenYowphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-62819022040807751702024-01-27T12:55:25.913-08:002024-01-27T12:55:25.913-08:00This was not actually broadcast. It's demo for...This was not actually broadcast. It's demo for American Tobacco, at least I've been told.Yowphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-71951769217238963362024-01-26T13:59:17.353-08:002024-01-26T13:59:17.353-08:00I was listening the Jack Benny show of 4/9/1944, a...I was listening the Jack Benny show of 4/9/1944, and it opened and closed with a Pall Mall commercial, but in the middle Don talked about Grape Nuts. I was confused, and still am.Ignatznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-85054038870246818922014-04-06T12:26:32.122-07:002014-04-06T12:26:32.122-07:00It's puzzling, J.L. There's got to be some...It's puzzling, J.L. There's got to be some unknown dynamic at play, perhaps involving an attempt by NBC to keep Standard Brands happy.Yowphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-60532211282671352252014-04-06T08:10:30.960-07:002014-04-06T08:10:30.960-07:00Reading the first story, it sounds as if the dispu...Reading the first story, it sounds as if the dispute was (or should have been) more between General Foods and NBC than between the company and Benny if NBC's execs were the ones demanding Jack find a new sponsor. It might also explain why General Foods products seemed to be hawked far more on CBS and ABC than on NBC moving forward all the way into the 1960s (with Jack and the company finally getting back together for the 1962-63 TV season).J Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175515543694122729noreply@blogger.com