Dave Thomas & Orville's popcorn

[Fred Shapiro]

On Wed, 9 Jan 2002 Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:

>    There have been many other pitchmen in the food business, such as Roy
> Rogers.  Paul Newman also pitches his own brand.  Tom Carvel is another.

I think Frank Perdue was a pioneer in this regard.

Fred Shapiro


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