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DescriptionErnie Ford Charles Laughton The Ford Show 1961.JPG
Photo of host Tennessee Ernie Ford and guest star Charles Laughton from the television program The Ford Show. The photo shows Laughton declining to read a poem from the show's unofficial poet, Fred Wobbly. Wobby's verses were frequently read on the program and were always written on a brown paper bag.
Ford Motor Company via their advertising agency, J. Walter Thompson. Not unusual in the 1950s and 1960s for a sponsor (Ford sponsored this show), network or studio to distribute publicity material through an advertising or public relations agency. Ford used their ad agency for this; the company distributed quite a bit of material in this way. Ford was a sponsor of I Love Lucy at one time and used the agency for this purpose also.
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