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8 unusual facts about Southern Comfort


A Home on the Mississippi

After the end of Prohibition in 1933, Currier and Ives licensed the image to the makers of Southern Comfort, who continue to use the lithograph on their liqueur labels today.

Harry Gordon Johnson

He was a strong drinker and his reputation at London School of Economics and Political Science was that he travelled weekly between London and Chicago, and he would enter each flight with a bottle of Southern Comfort and would leave it with a fully written paper!

Mardi Gras in the United States

The majority of the overall Mardi Gras festivities have corporate sponsorship, primarily from Anheuser-Busch and Southern Comfort.

Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana

The parish has five other sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places, including Woodland Plantation, which has been depicted on the label of Southern Comfort whiskey since the 1930s.

Sam and the Womp

The track gained further momentum after being used to soundtrack an international TV advertising campaign for Southern Comfort.

Southern Comfort

In an episode of The Thirsty Traveler entitled "A River of Whiskey," spirits historian Chris Morris describes the original recipe of Southern Comfort.

Southern Comfort was first produced by bartender Martin Wilkes Heron (1850–1920), the son of a boat-builder, in 1874 at McCauley’s Tavern in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana.

West Pointe à la Hache, Louisiana

Woodland Plantation, the plantation depicted on the label of Southern Comfort since the 1930s, is an antebellum mansion in the town, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.


T. K. Carter

He is also known for playing slightly nervous characters, such as the rollerskating chef, Nauls, in John Carpenter's The Thing, as well as the unfortunate National Guard, Cribbs, in Walter Hill's Southern Comfort.


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Big Walter Horton

In October 1968, while touring the United Kingdom, he recorded the album Southern Comfort with the former Savoy Brown and future Mighty Baby guitarist Martin Stone.

Harsh Reality

Mark Griffiths has worked with Matthews Southern Comfort, Jonathan Kelly, Al Stewart, David Essex, The Everly Brothers, and Cliff Richard & The Shadows.

Sweet Southern Comfort

"Sweet Southern Comfort" is the title of a song written by Rodney Clawson and Brad Crisler, and recorded by American country music artist Buddy Jewell.

The Eye of the Beholder

This episode is also sampled in the 2010 song "Southern Comfort" by Envy on the Coast.