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Television Star
The Zippo lighter has
its presence not only in box office smash movies, but also in many TV
programs. The Zippo Lady Bradford table lighter proudly graced the
coffee table in the Ricardo's living room in the '50s comedy I Love
Lucy. Through the decades the Zippo lighter has appeared in many top TV
shows including M*A*S*H, Seinfeld, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,
and as a staple prop in the award winning Mad Men.
Featured TV Role
I Love Lucy
Zippo fans need only tune in their televisions or
rent a movie from the video store to catch the Zippo lighter in
performance. Fans of classic television re-runs will notice the Zippo
Lady Bradford table lighter proudly gracing the coffee table in the
Ricardo's living room in the '50s comedy I Love Lucy. Super fans have
even counted the number of times the Lady Bradford is used in various
episodes.
Also see Zippo in…
TOMP
An innovative group of British performers has
completed the Zippo lighter’s transformation to a musical instrument. In
STOMP, the eight-person troupe combines percussion, dance, and unlikely
objects to produce amusing and infectious musical numbers, one of which
is performed entirely with Zippo lighters. Co-founder Luke Creswell
explains the genesis of the Zippo number:
"I was in Glasgow for a big outdoor extravaganza. Everyone in the bars I went to did tricks with their Zippos... Fans of Zippos know they have a distinctive ping when they're opened - and I started thinking of that."
STOMP has been an enormous success in the United Kingdom, United States, Canada and Australia.
"I was in Glasgow for a big outdoor extravaganza. Everyone in the bars I went to did tricks with their Zippos... Fans of Zippos know they have a distinctive ping when they're opened - and I started thinking of that."
STOMP has been an enormous success in the United Kingdom, United States, Canada and Australia.
ippo's rise to prominence during World War II is reflected by the large number of films that feature
Zippo lighters, both those made during that period and afterward. Whether it's Donna Reed lighting Montgomery Clift's cigarette in From Here to Eternity or Errol Flynn wielding his Zippo with characteristically suave leading-man style in Objective Burma, a Zippo lighter provides an instant air of authenticity. Director George Stevens was captured using his Zippo during the making of his documentary D-Day to Berlin. In 1945, Vincent Minelli's The Clock used a lighter to bring Judy Garland and Robert Walker together for a whirlwind courtship. The dialogue indicates that it is a Zippo lighter, but the shortage of civilian Zippo lighters forced the use of a stand-in. (See Zippo history for more information about the shortage of Zippo lighters during World War II.)
The military connection extends through films about the Korean War and Vietnam. A Zippo linked Karl Malden and Richard Widmark in Sergeant Terror, while Gregory Peck counted on his Zippo for moral support in Pork Chop Hill. The Green Berets, starring John Wayne, was extremely popular. So is the camouflage model the Duke used is one of Zippo's most sought-after collectibles. Apocalypse Now director Francis Ford Coppola set the haunting tone of his film in the opening scenes with Martin Sheen's Colt revolver and a Zippo lighter.
