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James Mason On Bum Wine

I owe an eternal hathos debt to the reader who sent me this commercial in which the distinguished actor James Mason swanks up the kind of wine that bums drink. I wonder how much Ernest and Julio Gallo paid him to say those words. Say, did you ever see these outtakes from an Orson Welles […]

I owe an eternal hathos debt to the reader who sent me this commercial in which the distinguished actor James Mason swanks up the kind of wine that bums drink. I wonder how much Ernest and Julio Gallo paid him to say those words.

Say, did you ever see these outtakes from an Orson Welles commercial for Paul Masson wines? He was as drunk as Cooter Brown:

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