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Marlball
Type Tobacco Company

Location Baseball stadiums

Featured in Cracked Magazine #31 (1963)

Only one thing I like more than stealing bases and that's a Marlball!
Morrie Willis, Marlball spokesman

Marlball is a baseball-themed tobacco company originating from the 1958 parody magazine Cracked, first appearing in their 31st issue from 1963.

Overview[]

Marlball Cigarettes are the top choice of smokes for baseball players and baseball fans alike and are officially promoted by the record-breaking baseball star Morrie Willis of the LA Dodgers who serves as the brand's official spokesman and who always claimed to love smoking Marlballs more than stealing bases.

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Trivia[]

  • It is a blatant parody of Marlboro Cigarettes.
  • Morrie Willis is a parody of former Major League Baseball star Maury Wills who also served as a spokesman for a cigarette brand, although in his case it was Tareyton rather than Marlboro.

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