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rsdsharp

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3. Many of the shows were sponsored by tobacco companies.

Reply to dem4decades (Reply #1)

Mon Apr 11, 2022, 02:18 PM

Apr 2022

The Dick Van Dyke show was sponsored early on by Kent cigarettes. They even did commercials for them.

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Phillip Morris sponsored I Love Lucy. The network didn’t want to go along with Desi’s idea of showing Lucy’s pregnancy. It was their CEO who cleared the way for them to do that story line. He sent a telegram to CBS saying: “ Don’t fuck with the Cuban.”

The cast of both shows received cartons of cigarettes from their sponsors weekly.

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