Clicquot Club Eskimos - You've Got That Thing

  • 14 years ago
Although the sound of this copy isn't very good, I gladly post this request. The Clicquot Eskimos were a popular musical variety radio show, first heard in 1923, featuring a banjo orchestra directed by Harry Reser. A popular ginger ale, Clicquot Club was Canada Dry's main rival. Clicquot was the name of the Eskimo boy mascot depicted in advertisements and on the product. In the early 20s Reser's banjo performances were sometimes described by newspaper columnists as "sparkling," and this prompted WEAF production manager George Podeyn to approach the Clicquot company about sponsoring Reser's band. The Eskimo theme was carried through whenever possible. The radio program aired on WEAF from 1923 to 1926, graduating in 1926 to NBC, where it was heard as a half-hour show on Thursday at 10pm, then Thursday at 9pm (1927-28), Tuesday at 10pm (1928-30) and Fridays at 9pm (1930-33). This great record was made in 1929, with a vocal by Harold 'Scrappy' Lembert.

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