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Joe Camel (also called Old Joe) was an advertising mascot used by the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (RJR) for their cigarette brand Camel.The character was created in 1974 for a French advertising campaign, and was redesigned for the American market in 1988.
Another promotion was "Old Joe", a circus camel driven through towns to attract attention and distribute free cigarettes. The brand's slogan, used for decades, was " I'd walk a mile for a Camel! The iconic style of Camel is the original unfiltered cigarette sold in a soft pack, known as Camel Straights or Regulars.
It was a precursor of the modern television network news program, sponsored by R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, maker of Camel cigarettes. In February 1949, NBC premiered the 15-minute Camel News Caravan, with Swayze appearing on screen. It was the first NBC news program to use NBC-filmed news stories rather than movie newsreels.
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Jokámel — A Joe Camel parody of the anime series Pokémon following Camel's departure from the cigarette mascot business with the cartoon being tobacco free as the protagonists fight against Team Mortar. There is also commercials for Jokámel products.
Actor Peter Crombie, best known to TV fans for playing deranged stalker “Crazy” Joe Davola on Seinfeld, has died at the age of 71, our sister site Deadline reports. He reportedly died on ...
Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, who became known as “Joe the Plumber” after he famously confronted then-candidate Barack Obama over his tax policy during the 2008 presidential campaign, died Sunday.
Joe Flaherty, best known to TV audiences for his work on the Canadian sketch comedy series SCTV and the NBC cult classic Freaks and Geeks, has died. He was 82 years old. Flaherty’s death was ...