of The Vault of Horror in the story, Ample Sample. The company has maintained a longstanding tradition of supporting American servicemen and servicewomen during wartime. During World War I, millions of tins were shipped to American soldiers throughout the world. During World War II, women at the Whitman's production line secretly slipped handwritten notes of encouragement into candy boxes to help soothe soldiers' homesickness. The G4 spinoff of The Soup called Web Soup spoofs the Whitman's Sampler package with a segment called Mixed Nuts Sampler. Wacky Packages parodied the Whitman's Sampler brand as "What Man's Simple Candy". Whitman's Sampler was mentioned by Mama Harper in the sitcom Mama's Family in the episode "Birthright", which first aired on January 31, 1987. A Whitman's Sampler box appears anachronistically in the film Kid Blue (1973), which is set in 1900. In the first episode of season 5 of The Sopranos, title character Tony Soprano offers a Whitman's Sampler by way of sarcastic apology to associate Johnny Sack: "What do you want an apology? A fucking Whitman's Sampler?" In the episode "The Stall" of Seinfeld, George brings a Whitman's Sampler to Elaine's boyfriend Tony to apologize for injuring him while rock climbing. While Tony declines George's apology, he eagerly accepts the Whitman's Sampler. See also List of bean-to-bar chocolate manufacturers References Bibliography Williams, Juan. Thurgood Marshall American Revolutionary Baltimore Afro-American, Nov. 22 1941, p. 1 External links Official Whitman's website Guide to the Whitman's Chocolates Collection of Print Advertisements, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. Chocolate companies based in Pennsylvania Manufacturing companies based in Philadelphia American companies established in 1842 Food and drink companies established in 1842 1842 establishments in Pennsylvania