
American Tobacco Company
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Sep 25, 2026
100 Objects #19: Western Electric 500 Series
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11:41Roman MarsHOST
But a classic model of monopoly was also a classic target for the government to break up.
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11:47Roman MarsHOST
The government had just broken up Standard Oil and the American Tobacco Company, and now it was starting to eye AT&T.
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11:55Roman MarsHOST
But the president of AT&T, a man named Theodore Vail, came to the government with an offer.
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12:00Adam SavageGUEST
I feel like he must have had an epiphany, 'cause roundabout 1913, '14, he starts reaching out to the US government and offering a non-adversarial relationship He starts saying, look, I know you guys think that we're a monopoly, but please don't break us up.
1957 04-21 Pirates at Dodgers Game 1
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2:07Jerry DoggettSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Today's game, like all the Dodger games this season, will be brought to you by Lucky Strike, the best tasting cigarette you ever smoked.
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2:15Jerry DoggettSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It's made by the American Tobacco Company.
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2:17Jerry DoggettSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Tobacco is our middle name.
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2:20Jerry DoggettSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
and the F&M Schaefer Brewing Company of Brooklyn, brewers of Schaefer beer, America's oldest lager beer.
2 HRS 34 MINS LATER
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156:12Jerry DoggettSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We'll be sending more play-by-play your way in about 20 minutes when the Dodgers meet the Pirates in the second game.
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156:17Jerry DoggettSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
You be sure and be on hand.
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156:19Jerry DoggettSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Meanwhile, this is Jerry Doggett speaking for Vin Scully and Al Halper, saying so long for the American Tobacco Company, America's leading manufacturer of cigarettes, on behalf of Lucky Strike, the best tasting cigarette you ever smoked.
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156:33Jerry DoggettSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And for the F&M Schaefer Brewing Company of Brooklyn, brewers of America's oldest lager beer, Schaefer.
216. The pile Up EP 64: Raymond Loewy
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63:03RoseHOST
Ugh
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63:03EmilyHOST
... of American Tobacco at the time, uh, bet Loewy that he couldn't design a better cigarette pack.
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63:10EmilyHOST
And, um, he changed it to white, all white with a red, um, circle with a gold, uh, stripe around it.
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63:18EmilyHOST
And then he also brilliantly, and this seems so obvious, but, like, this isn't what they were doing at the time, he put the logo on both sides of the pack.
THE DETECTIVE WHO SANG
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8:34AdrianHOST
Cheap how?
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8:35ClaraHOST
Well, the sources note that a massive comedy variety juggernaut like the Jack Benny program cost its sponsor, the American Tobacco Company at the time, around $40,000 every single week just to produce.
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8:48AdrianHOST
Hold on.
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8:48AdrianHOST
Let me stop you right there.
History of the United States, Vol. VII-Charles Austin Beard, Mary Ritter Beard
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52:55William TomkoNARRATOR
On his initiative, the Northern Securities Company, formed to obtain control of certain Great Western Railways, was dissolved by order of the Supreme Court.
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53:05William TomkoNARRATOR
Proceedings were instituted against the American Tobacco Company and the Standard Oil Company as monopolies in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Law.
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53:15William TomkoNARRATOR
The Sugar Trust was found guilty of cheating the New York Customs House, and some of the minor officers were sent to prison.
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53:23William TomkoNARRATOR
Frauds in the Post Office Department were uncovered, and the offenders brought to book.
9 MINS LATER
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62:13William TomkoNARRATOR
They were coldly received in the Senate and so amended that Taft abandoned them altogether.
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62:20William TomkoNARRATOR
A tariff reciprocity agreement with Canada, however, he forced through Congress in the face of strong opposition from his own party.
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62:28William TomkoNARRATOR
After making a serious breach in Republican ranks, he was chagrined to see the whole scheme come to naught by the overthrow of the Liberals in the Canadian elections of 1911. prosecution of the trusts the party schism was even enlarged by what appeared to be the successful prosecution of several great combinations in two important cases the supreme court ordered the dissolution of the standard oil company and the american tobacco company on the ground that they violated the sherman anti-trust law In taking this step, Chief Justice White was at some pains to state that the law did not apply to combinations which did not unduly restrain trade.
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63:14William TomkoNARRATOR
His remark construed to mean that the court would not interfere with corporations as such became the subject of a popular outcry against the President and the judges.
Our yeses as pathways home to our Soul
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49:17Marion RoseHOST
So one of them was about cigarettes.
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49:19Marion RoseHOST
So apparently the what they call the maybe American Tobacco Company realized that men were smoking, but for women it was seen as taboo, particularly out in public.
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49:35Marion RoseHOST
And so apparently he went to Bernays and and Bernays came up with this idea which was how do we basically trick people into trick women into changing this whole, but of course that would mean tricking everyone into perceiving a whole different way of thinking about smoking.
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50:00Marion RoseHOST
So rather than it being seen as something that was shameful, so you think about those shame sticks, to change that.
Brooklyn Dodgers vs Philadelphia Phillies REMASTERED .
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3:54Vin ScullySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Yes, here come the Dodgers, and this is Ben Scully along with Jerry Doggett inviting you to stay with us now as they invade Connie Mack Stadium in Philadelphia to play the Phillies in the final game of 1957.
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4:05Vin ScullySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
All the doing sent you away with the compliments of the F&M Schaefer Brewing Company of Brooklyn, brewers of America's oldest lager beer, Schaefer, and also with the compliments of the American Tobacco Company on behalf of Lucky Strike, a light smoke, the best tasting cigarette you ever smoked.
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4:22Vin ScullySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
An hour before the ballgame gets underway, for real enjoyment, have yourself a foaming glass of Schaefer.
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4:27Vin ScullySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It's real beer.
1 HR 7 MINS LATER
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71:35Jerry DoggettSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Now your host for the next five innings will be Lucky Strike, a light smoke.
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71:39Jerry DoggettSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The best tasting cigarette you ever smoked.
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71:42Jerry DoggettSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It's made by the American Tobacco Company and tobacco is our middle name.
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71:57Jerry DoggettSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Okay, we move along now to the top of the fifth inning of the ballgame.
1964 04-23 Reds at Colt 45s
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5:56Gene ElstonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
From Colt Stadium in Houston, the Colt 45's game of the day is on the air.
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6:01Gene ElstonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
This evening's game between the Colt 45's and the Cincinnati Reds is brought to you by the American Tobacco Company, makers of pell-mell famous cigarettes.
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6:11Gene ElstonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
For those who are particular about taste, yes, particular people take particular pleasure in the good taste
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6:18Gene ElstonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
of cigarettes.
32 MINS LATER
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38:00Gene ElstonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The ball hit his bat, and he bounced it right back to the hill.
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38:03Gene ElstonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Two away, and here's the catcher, John Edwards.
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38:05Gene ElstonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
First portion of tonight's baseball broadcast is being sent your way by the American Tobacco Company, makers of Pell Bell, famous cigarettes.
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38:13Gene ElstonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Wherever you are, we hope that you'll enjoy our broadcast tonight.
JACK BENNY: SUNDAY NIGHTS AT SEVEN
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26:30AdrianHOST
Problem solved, I guess.
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26:31ClaraHOST
Later, when American Tobacco's Lucky Strike cigarettes took over sponsorship, the fast talking tobacco auctioneer chants and the slogan LSMFT Lucky Strike means fine tobacco were woven so deeply into the scripts that they became running gags themselves.
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26:47AdrianHOST
And rounding out this universe, we absolutely cannot forget Mel Blanc.
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26:51ClaraHOST
Ah, the legend.
History of the United States, Vol. VII-Charles Austin Beard, Mary Ritter Beard
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53:29William TomkoNARRATOR
On his initiative, the Northern Securities Company, formed to obtain control of certain Great Western Railways, was dissolved by order of the Supreme Court.
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53:40William TomkoNARRATOR
Proceedings were instituted against the American Tobacco Company and the Standard Oil Company as monopolies in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Law.
W
53:50William TomkoNARRATOR
The Sugar Trust was found guilty of cheating the New York Customs House, and some of the minor officers were sent to prison.
W
53:57William TomkoNARRATOR
Frauds in the Post Office Department were uncovered, and the offenders brought to book.
11 MINS LATER
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64:34William TomkoNARRATOR
After making a serious breach in Republican ranks, he was chagrined to see the whole scheme come to naught by the overthrow of the Liberals in the Canadian elections of 1911. prosecution of the trusts.
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64:48William TomkoNARRATOR
The party schism was even enlarged by what appeared to be the successful prosecution of several great combinations.
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64:57William TomkoNARRATOR
In two important cases, the Supreme Court ordered the dissolution of the Standard Oil Company and the American Tobacco Company on the ground that they violated the Sherman Antitrust Law.
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65:10William TomkoNARRATOR
In taking this step, Chief Justice White was at some pains to state that the law did not apply to combinations which did not unduly restrain trade.
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