r/otr • u/MisterMisterYeeeesss • 20h ago

Tobacco Auctioneers

Radio Life 4/18/1943

When I was a kid (in the 80s/90s), I had no idea what the tobacco auctioneers were saying during the ads. This is the most detailed transcription attempt I've ever seen.

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u/TheranMurktea 10h ago

The riddle that puzzled people from the 50s and onward, had been solved long ago...

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u/MisterMisterYeeeesss 8h ago

There was a brief period where they did a bit about other companies speaking gibberish, and included some audio played backwards in the ad. It even caught the actors by surprise, and Jack once ad libbed a "...and that new thing they added today" to the delight of the audience.

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u/TheranMurktea 8h ago

Was it the 'no more gibberrish, no double talk, just the facts'?
Cause I'm currently listening qround 1952 and the 'scientific results' was something started around 1951.

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u/MisterMisterYeeeesss 7h ago

Yeah, that was it - I don't recall it lasting very long, but those episodes stand out in my mind.

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u/_hubbit_ 3h ago

"Yam I right right Yam I am right Yam I right" ....who knew Popeye was an auctioneer?