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| Johnny Smoke |
How many saddles will be empty tonight?
I swear, the voiceover in this ad is none other than Darth Vader himself, Mr. James Earl Jones...but I can't validate it.
This is one of the best anti-smoking ads to air: listen to the no-nonsense words. Surely this ad was intended to mock the famous Marlboro cowboy ads.
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time 1:01 size 1.5 mb aired 1960s
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| Benson & Hedges 100s |
Steve Stunning...man about town.
More like dork about town.
Fumbling, bumbling man tries to woo beautiful girl, but his cigarettes get in the way.
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time 1:01 size 1.49 mb aired 1970
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| John Wayne, 1907-1979 |
For the American Cancer Society.
Another victim of cigarettes, Wayne was not able to dodge the lung cancer that ultimately killed him.
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time 1:01 size 915 kb aired 1970s
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| Newport Cigarettes #4 |
Cool and refreshing as a summer shower.
Newport cigarettes always had the best jingles, and usually associated smoking with a fresh environment and fun.
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time 1:02 size 1.0 mb aired 1962
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| Lucky Strikes |
LS/MFT
What television commercials site would be complete without those fun-lovin', square-dancin' cancer sticks?
Looks like these don't even have filter tips...
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time 1:01 size 1117-1171 kb aired 1948
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| Marlboro Country |
Come to where the flavor is.
Cigarette marketing at its finest. A full orchestra of beautiful music, cowboys on the range, a soothing and relaxing atmosphere. Very famous ad.
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time 1:03 size 782-835 kb aired 1960s
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| Admiral Cigarettes, 1897 |
The silence was deafening...
Just when you thought they didn't get any older, I drag out this one. If you remember this one, you're what we call prehistoric.
Obviously, this didn't air on television... which hadn't been invented yet.
The audio portion of this is added for interest. It's by the famous group, The Edison Concert Band ("The Liberty Bell March"), recorded in 1896.
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time 0:32 size 470-504 kb filmed 1897
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| Montclair |
Now, that may have shocked you.
Flavor, enjoyment, delicious, fresh taste...one gets the impression that people were eating these things rather than smoking them.
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time 1:02 size 768-817 kb aired 1963
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| Marlboro |
You get a lot to like with a Marlboro: filter, flavor, pack or box.
Just before Marlboro Country took us by storm, this jingle made us associate nicotine (and freshly brewed coffee) with comfort, relaxation, and romance.
If you were around back then, you'll remember this tune.
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time 0:51 size 646-683 kb aired 1960
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| Winston Longs |
It's not how long you make it, it's how you make it long.
Another in a long line of mental gimmicks that cigarette companies used to get people addicted. Gee, what's long and needs to be sucked to stay hot? Why, Winston, silly goose!
If you don't think sexual with this ad, do the words have any meaning whatsoever?
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time 1:03 size 786-827 kb aired 1963-4
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| Virginia Slims |
The slim cigarette...for women only.
Some cigarette companies jumped on the Women's Lib bandwagen in the late '60s and early '70s, convincing them that long and slim was womanly.
Unfortunately, even though they were long and slim, they still caused the same icky cancer that men got.
Yes, you'd come a long way, baby. Baby? No doll-face? Couldn't we see through this back then? They herded "baby" right into the disease corner with this highly successful campaign. And you thought nobody put baby in the corner...
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time 1:03 size 1.54 mb aired 1970
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| Sammy Davis, Jr., 1925-1990 |
The Great American SmokeOut.
Davis was one of several celebrity smokers who made public service announcements about the evils of smoking. He died of throat cancer.
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time 0:30 size 375 kb aired 1980s
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| Muriel Cigars |
Why don't you pick it up and smoke it sometime?
With Edie Adams. Note the woman in this ad and her orgasmic reaction to the man's smoke. Give me a break.
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time 1:02 size 1.0 mb aired 1964
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| Oasis Cigarettes #2 |
Gently misted...
This is one of the worst cigarette ads, combining something called "misting" with a greasy looking guy pretending to be smooth.
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time 0:47 size 758 kb aired 1961
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| Newport Cigarettes #2 |
Newport tastes smoother...smooth all the way.
Another enticing cigarette jingle with enticing smokers, so larger-than-life that they jump right out of your TV set...and become your secret friends.
There's something wrong with the psychology here...
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time 1:04 size 945-986 kb aired 1960s
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| Have A Lark Today |
There's nothing, nothing, nothing like a Lark.
One of many Lark ads with a jingle that annoyingly lingered long after the ad ended.
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time 1:04 size 945-986 kb aired 1960s
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| Newport Cigarettes #3 |
Newport tastes fresher...tastes better, too.
If you wonder why so many people used to smoke, here is one reason: Irresistible jingle, very sophisticated.
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time 1:03 size 1.26 mb aired 1960s
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| Chesterfield |
Sound off!...sound off, for Chesterfield.
Chesterfield left "no unpleasant aftertaste"?
Define aftertaste.
Featuring the Fontane Sisters.
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time 0:50 size 622-671 kb aired early 1950s
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| Chesterfield |
Men of America.
Here's one of a series of gutsy commercials appealing to tough, burly men of the early '60s.
If you smoked this brand back then, nobody would mistake you for a girly-boy.
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time 1:02 size 766-813 kb aired 1962
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| Kent Satisfies Best |
For the best combination of filter and good taste...
Another early but famous Kent jingle. Kent was considered the "healthiest" of cigarettes back then, because it was lower in deadly chemicals than competing brands. So they decided to also attach the good taste label to it, to make it even more attractive and yummy.
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time 1:02 size 790-818 kb aired 1960s
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Continued on page 3 of Smoke.
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