REMEMBERING:  A carton of cigarette commercials before they were banned from radio and television: Chesterfields, Lucky Strike, Camels, Kool, Pall Mall and more, with help from Jo Stafford and Phil Harris. Don’t inhale.  Also: the unlikely writer of a song hit by Les Paul and Mary Ford, plus the connection between songwriters Johnny Mercer and Hoagy Carmichael.  And: Thanksgiving month salutes to such personalities as Bob Hope and Shirley Ross (Thanks for the Memories); Tommy Dorsey (the Sentimental Gentleman of Swing); Dick Powell (crooner-to-tough guy); Patti Page (the Singing Rage); and Roy Rogers (King of the Cowboys). 66 minutes.

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Songwriter Johnny Mercer sings a medley of his hits on Steve Allen’s 1960 TV show.

Hoagy Carmichael sings “The Monkey Song” in a clip from the 1952 film “The Las Vegas Story.”

Red Engle and Jo Stafford perform “Tim-Tay-Shun” on TV in 1960

Jo Stafford sings a medley of her million seller hits on 1950s television.

Phil Harris guest stars on the Ed Sullivan TV Show and sings three great songs.

“The Life and Death of Cigarette Advertising on TV” as presented on A&E “Time Machine.”

40 Vintage Print Tobacco Advertisements

Bob Hope and Shirley Ross sing “Thanks for the Memory” in film clip from “Big Broadcast of 1938.”

Bob Hope and Shirley Ross sing “Two Sleepy People” from 1938 film, “Thanks for the Memory.”

Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra play “Song of India” in a film clip from “Las Vegas Nights” (1941)

Dick Powell sings “I’m Young and Healthy” in a film clip from “Forty-Second Street” (1932)

The complete half-hour “Patti Page Show” for Oldsmobile  on ABC-TV  in 1959. Guest is Nat King Cole.