This is why irony was invented:
Your daily ear worm from the gold standard of ear worms, 1960s cigarette commercials. So, do you think she's lip-synching here? Try getting this one out of your head.
Try one Miss Jane.
Hey kids! Light up!
What would Don Draper say?
Heh, I was just thinking of Don Draper! Of course, in 1965, Sterling-Cooper-Draper-Pryce, w/ Don's public notice, gave up cigarette ads (now, if only Don, et al, could give up smokin' 'em!)
ReplyDeleteWho is the actor who missed the bus in the first clip. He looks very familiar. I though at first it was Karl Malden, but I don't think that's right. But I'm sure he's better known for something.
ReplyDeleteAnd in the final clip, shouldn't it have become "Winstone"?
This is just the sort of important information that we are being prevented from seeing by our socialist governments. It's a conspiracy. What are they scared of?!
ReplyDeleteDamn, Fred and Barney smoking Winston, pretty classy stuff. I love the Flintstones, but this is too much. Was nothing sacred back then?
ReplyDeleteThe last televised cig ad I remember is the Marlboro Man lighting up after a hard day's work. Now THAT made me want to smoke