GREAT BEGINNINGS, 1790
Announcer: “The Raleigh and Kool Cigarette Program with Tommy Dorsey.”
Song: “Two cigarettes on the air.”
Announcer: “And here he is, the star of our show, Tommy Dorsey.”
(a typical opening for The Tommy Dorsey Show, a variety program on radio; NBC, 1937-1946)
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