“OMG, he had beer and cigarettes in the broadcast booth???”
During the early 1960s when the only televised games were from San Francisco, Scully smoked the Lucky Strikes between innings while promoting them.
Jack Benny integrated the cigarette commercials onto his TV skits during the 1950s. That is why only his later shows are on retro TV.
Yep, we got to see 9 games from San Francisco per season and that was it. National games of the week were blacked out. So we got to “watch” the games on the radio. Vin was exceptionally good at allowing us “see” the game through his descriptions. He really spoiled us, because other announcers—even good ones—just don’t measure up.