Week of September 3-9, 1955

Clara was reportedly dropped from the Wendy’s commercials by the vice
president of the company because she appeared in a Prego pasta sauce
commercial in 1985 saying… “she found the beef”!

 
Reeves in “Gone with the Wind” (1936) 

George Reeves ( January 5, 1914– June 16, 1959)

George Reeves in the 1950s TV program Adventures of Superman

Reeves as the mild mannered reporter Clark Kent from Superman

George Reeves during filming of a Superman episode

George Reeve’s death at age 45 from a gunshot remains a controversial issue to this day. The official finding was suicide, but some believe he was murdered or the victim
of an accidental shooting.

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On April 1, 1970, President Richard Nixon signed legislation officially banning
cigarette ads on television and radio. By the early 1970s, a  fight between the
tobacco lobby and public health interests began. Though the cigarette company’s continued to bombard unregulated print media with ads for cigarettes, tobacco companies lost the regulatory battle over television and radio.  

The last televised cigarette ad ran at 11:50 p.m. during The Johnny Carson Show
on Friday, January 1, 1971. Tobacco ads representing $20 million dollars in
advertising were then officially banned from TV and radio broadcast.