Who played Josephine the Plumber and what did she advertise?
Jane Withers was Josephine the Plumber, who sang the praises of Comet Cleanser in the 1960s.
Jane Withers was Josephine the Plumber, who sang the praises of Comet Cleanser in the 1960s.
Clint Eastwood’s character in “Rawhide” was Rowdy Yates on the CBS Western that ran from 1959 to 1966.
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.
Eleanor Roosevelt endorsed Good Luck Margarine on TV. She was paid $35,000 for the endorsement.
Wilkins Coffee was the first product advertised by the Muppets, in 1957. The Muppets were featured in an eight-second commercial in which one Muppet fires a cannon at another to prevent him from drinking his Wilkins coffee.
Peter Deuel (aka Duel) played Hannibal Heyes (alias Joshua Smith) and Ben Murphy played Jed “Kid” Curry (alias Thaddeus Jones) on “Alias Smith and Jones”. After Deuel died of an apparent suicide, Roger Davis took over the role of Smith.
NBC began regular television transmission to the American public in 1939.