Camel News Caravan

It has nothing to do with what I'm about to tell you, but it's important background information, okay? Back in the day, cigarettes just weren't advertised on television.

Cigarettes were in the name of the show, okay? There was a show, and I'm gonna show you an ad for it later, called Camel News Caravan, obviously sponsored by Camel.

The best anchorman at the time, John Cameron Swayze, was the one that anchored the show.

A network news program.

No more doctors recommending cigarettes.

No more cowboys or liberated women selling an admitted health risk as a way of life.

Uh, here is John Cameron Swayze from that Camel News Caravan I told you about.

And, "Only Camels taste so rich, yet smoke so mild." And then at the bottom, and if you see this, "Tune in to these other great shows brought to you by R.J.