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Lee Aubrey “Speed” Riggs (February 18, 1907 – February 1, 1987) [1] was an American tobacco auctioneer in Durham, North Carolina, United States.For more than three decades, Riggs appeared on the radio shows Your Lucky Strike Hit Parade and The Lucky Strike Program with Jack Benny for the American Tobacco Company as the voice of Lucky Strike cigarettes.
British Lucky Strike pack with government health warning, alongside a cigarette. The message "L.S./M.F.T." ("Lucky Strike means fine tobacco") was introduced on the package in 1944. [16] Lucky Strike was one of the brands included in the C-rations provided to American troops during World War II. Each C-ration of the time included nine ...
Lucky Strike soon accounted for 38 percent of U.S. cigarette sales. During the Great Depression the company remained successful and Hill's salary exceeded $2,000,000. He made a substantial investment in advertising and sponsored Your Hit Parade and the Jack Benny Show. He also sponsored Frank Sinatra, Ethel Smith and Lawrence Tibbett. [30]
Steven Foster, the CEO of upscale bowling chain Lucky Strike Entertainment, was hands down the most easy-going Undercover Boss yet. The hit CBS (CBS) reality show is still as phony as the toupee ...
Thundereggs usually look like ordinary rocks on the outside, but slicing them in half and polishing them may reveal intricate patterns and colours. A characteristic feature of thundereggs is that (like other agates) the individual beds they come from can vary in appearance, though they can maintain a certain specific identity within them.
Thunderegg is an American rock and roll band and recording project currently based in San Francisco, California, led by songwriter Will Georgantas (guitar, vocals).Its earliest incarnation was the Yale University band Larry, [1] formed in 1992 and featuring founding Thunderegg players Jake Fournier (bass) and Keith Woodfin (drums).
A lucky strike is a reference to the gold rush period. I heard it was because they used to put marijuana in the odd one, which would be the lucky strike, but I have no citation for this.--Hm2k 11:39, 27 December 2007 (UTC) The spliff "lucky strike" is an urban myth. See snopes.com--Onthemat 12:21, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
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