Sunday’s ad is for Blatz Beer, from 1951. The ad is part of Blatz’s “I lived in Milwaukee, I ought to know” series from the later Forties and Fifties that featured prominent celebrities, sports figures and famous folks from Milwaukee claiming to know “Blatz is Milwaukee’s Finest Beer” because they lived there, or near there, at some point in their lives. This one features English actor George Sanders, and was best known for roles in Rebecca, All About Eve and as the voice Shere Khan in Disney’s The Jungle Book. He was also the first to play Simon Templar in a series of Saint movies. As far as I can tell, the closest he came to Milwaukee was visiting it “many times.”
