Vintage Advertisements

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[Jimx29]

Not gonna check trough 6+ pages to see if this one made it here or not:

[swede]

Well, I started smoking Winstons at the tender age of 14. Now I know why.
It boggles the mind that we would have advertised smoking in a children's TV show---were we not even a little uncomfortable with that in the mid-sixties? (I quit in my twenties, but I smoked a hell of a lot of cigarettes in ten years.)

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[Zool]

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Mod hair Ken.

[mraynrand]

Well, I started smoking Winstons at the tender age of 14. Now I know why.
It boggles the mind that we would have advertised smoking in a children's TV show---were we not even a little uncomfortable with that in the mid-sixties? (I quit in my twenties, but I smoked a hell of a lot of cigarettes in ten years.)

The Flintstones were basically the Honeymooners in cartoon form - a lot of adults watched. People were just starting to figure out how bad smoking was. I don't find it all that surprising. Certainly no more surprising than warning of an erection that lasts longer than four hours.

[swede]

The Flintstones were basically the Honeymooners in cartoon form - a lot of adults watched. People were just starting to figure out how bad smoking was. I don't find it all that surprising.

I agree that The Flintstones were more Simpsons than Sponge Bob, with a significant adult audience. And I think you make a valid conclusion concerning the audience and the benign public perception of smoking: it is not surprising that such an ad was made and aired.

Further, I certainly remember entertaining cigarette commercials--many of them animated, and yet it still seems strange to see Barney and Fred puffing away shilling for Winston. I guess I shouldn't since real celebrities were often courted for print and TV smoking ads, why shouldn't Hannah-Barbera make of few bucks off of the Rubbles.

And I don't actually blame Fred and Barney for my early addiction. That comes from watching me ol' man enjoy his after-dinner Salems. Blind people don't usually smoke, you know; apart from the logistics and flaming hair, the initial urge to smoke is imitative.

[mraynrand]

Blind people don't usually smoke, you know; apart from the logistics and flaming hair, the initial urge to smoke is imitative.

Do blind people get erections lasting more than four hours?

[swede]

Do blind people get erections lasting more than four hours?

I don't see how they wood.

[Iron Mike]

Accompanying my Grandfather to St. Vincent Hospital to appointments for cobalt treatment for his lung cancer kinda turned me off smoking.

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Far Out...

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OMG.... I'm so old that I remember the Kool Aid ads.... Holy "F".... the Chinese "Sloppy Joe" shit is pissing me off though....

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Holy CRAP!!! That's one of the best food ad vids ever!!!!

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Are you an alcoholic male under 50? Boy, have we got the magazine for you... with copious amounts of pictures of broads who wouldn't give you the time of day let alone "bang" you. Then again, you read it for the articles anyway.... right?