RKO's Digs At TKK

[Roger Kirk]

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> Like Bob Bittner, I'm no sports fan (life is too short to spend three hours
> watching people you don't know play a game), but I remember when Ted Williams 
> died, just about this time of year, grainy black-and-white films or kinescopes
> were shown of a skinny kid (no steroids in his day) knocking home runs right over Gem Razor
> Blade signs as well a few other advertisers.  Perhaps the amount of advertising
> is somewhat less than in those days, but it seems to me that ballpark fences have
> always been prime territory for such promotions.
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Works both ways.  Remember the Ted's Root Beer signs?