Today's post is another trivia inspired offering,a commercial for Lucky Strike cigarettes that was either before my time,or before we had a TV. The character involved is an animated guy named Happy Joe Lucky,and yes cartoons were a popular way to advertise cigarettes in the 1950s. Happy Joe Lucky was often seen during commercial breaks on "The Jack Benny Show",in fact he even had a "live" appearance with singer Gisele MacKenzie that was compared to a Gene Kelly dance sequence. I am not sure if Lucky Strikes are still available in the US,from what I read they are available only in Europe now,but not the US. One last thing as long as I am talking about Lucky Strikes...Lucky Strike was also the name given to US Army tent cities,known as cigarette camps.
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