What comedian was “The Toastmaster General of the U.S.”?
George Jessel was “The Toastmaster General of the U.S.”.
His TV show, “The George Jessel Show,” ran during the 1953-54 season on ABC.
George Jessel was “The Toastmaster General of the U.S.”.
His TV show, “The George Jessel Show,” ran during the 1953-54 season on ABC.
Tenspeed was con artist E. L. Turner (Ben Vereen) and Brown Shoe was Lionel Whitney (Jeff Goldblum). The two ran a Los Angeles detective agency on the TV series “Tenspeed and Brown Shoe”.
Eleanor Roosevelt endorsed Good Luck Margarine on TV. She was paid $35,000 for the endorsement.
The name of the man who played El Exigente in Savarin Coffee commercials in the 1960s and 1970s was Carlos Montalban, brother of actor Ricardo Montalban. Born in 1904, he died in 1991.
Jerry Lewis has been chairman of the Muscular Dystrophy Drive since 1950.
William F. Buckley’s syndicated talk show “Firing Line” has been on the air since April 1966.
Corbin Bernsen of “L.A. Law” played a “boy” in the black action film Three the Hard Way (1974). The film, directed by Gordon Parks Jr., starred Jim Brown, Fred Williamson, and Jim Kelly.