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in 1951, Norge appliances ("America's finest home Appliances"), the sponsor of the new NBC variety show 4 STAR REVUE, offered 4 "Free, Full Size, lifelike, colorful masks" of the four rotating cast of famous comedian hosts, Danny Thomas, Jack Carson, Jimmy Durante and Ed Wynn. On the back of each cut-out mask were the comics "jokes & scripts" so you could "Put on your own TV SHOW!" featuring their very own monologues.


I own the cardboard masks and while they are certainly not "lifelike", they do have a weird, nightmarish charm about them. And yes, I put on my own TV show nightly!

The 4 Norge masks: Thanks to Mark Heimback-Nielsen & Stephen Kroninger
Posted by Drew Friedman at 4:19 PM