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[Jimx29]

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[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.