Starter of this subject: jim isham
Last post in this subject: 3/28/2002
Messages in this subject: 3
| jim isham | 3/28/2002 3 replies |
| Does anyone remember a quiz show sponsored by Camel cigarettes in the late 40's? I think it was on either CBS or a local show out of WJR Detroit.I can't remember if it was a weekly or daily program. It came on on the early evening. The contestants were asked 5 questions whose answers started with C,A,M,E and L. The answer to the first question started with the letter C, the second question's answer started with A, etc. If all 5 questions were answered correctly, then the contestants were asked 5 more questions whose answers started with L,E,M,A and C. I don't remember the monetary prizes amounting to very much. |
| Danny Goodwin | 3/28/2002 2 replies |
| The programin question was THE BOB HAWK SHOW. It was heard mostly on CBS Radio (it was also on the air for a season on NBC). |
| Nate Williams | 4/2/2002 1 replies |
| All I remember is that when the contestant answered all of the LEMAC questions correctly they went into a little music parody singing "you're a LEMAC now...." Remember LEMAC was CAMELs spelled backwards. My Dad smoked Lucky Strike, LSMFT..... and yes, he died of lung cancer. |
| Theodora Michaels | 6/23/2002 0 replies |
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There was a radio quiz show called (I think) The Lemac Show. I remember listening to this in the late 40s or early 50s.
You would answer five questions for money, each one becoming progressively harder and each one spelling out a letter, starting with L. When you got all of the letters, you were a "Lemac." What is a Lemac? It was a gimmick to promote the sponsor: Camel Cigarettes. Lemac is Camel spelled backwards. They had a catchy "reward" song when you became a Lemac: "You're a Lemac now. You're a Lemac now. You've won your fifty dollars. ...(and I don't remember the rest of the song.)" As a child, I was always asking questions to learn things. I enjoyed all quiz shows because I was insatiable about knowing facts. Now I watch Jeopardy (Which I first watched when Art Fleming was the q |