I love watching old-time TV commercials. I grew up in the age of them (born in 1960). I remember the commercials for Kent, Marlboro, Salem, Pall Mall, Newport, Parliament, Benson and Hedges, (love the instrumental it had called "The Disadvantages of You," ironically), Virginia Slims, and other cigarette brands. My Mom smoked a few of these brands. I think that she still smokes Newports, but I wish that she would quit, especially after having had breast cancer a few years ago.
Never smoked but boy were we encouraged by the ads. Saving the best for last with the Lark ad. Made me want to go to the Jenos Pizza Roll ad. Another Fred classic.
I never smoked, but I attended a junior high school in Connecticut where most of the student body did. The majority of the faculty were non-smokers though. My sister and I would walk into school through a throng of smokers and come out smelling like we just went through a pack of smokes ourselves. Always loved those jingles though, even more so today. Thanks Fred!
I'm 72 and used to smoke. I never understood what " That great taste or flavor" they always talked about. They just " Tasted" like Tobacco! Also wonderd why Pall Mall was pronounced Pell Mall.. 🥴
AWESOME! I love old cig commercials! "9 out of 10 doctors RECOMMEND......" Cigs are chock full o' stuff that's GOOD for you! Etc...... Thank you for providing this amusing presentation! I'm 60 and quit cigs 6 years ago. I still love the smell of cig smoke though, oddly enough.
Marlboros got my dad…Parlaments got my mom…And FYI, Nat King Cole’s wife was instrumental in getting those “ warnings “ on the cigarette packs. But you can’t beat those jingles!
@@Laceykat66 Nonsense, the cigarette industry sold smoking as healthy and desirable & all the executives got in line & lied to Congress when they knew what their product was capable of. Note also assisted by the sugar industry
@@eringo-bragh4243 WHat? A company advertised so you would buy their product? When did THAT start? Why weren't we taught that in schools? Does that still go on today? Thank heavens people running for office can produce ads trying to get us to vote for them. Imagine what that would mean. Do I have to buy the flaming hot Cheetos because they are on my NBC show or can I decide to buy something else? Help me out here.
There were cigarette machines, when I was a kid. I remember some of these brands that no longer exist. This is another amazing compilation of the past.
Winston tastes good Like a cigarette should No filter No flavor They're rolled with toilet paper Anyone else remember that? God I'm old. One thing is for certain, these people who make commercials know what they are doing. 60 years and I remember those jingles on t.v.
That was some great snappy jingles on those ads. Cigarette ads were on everything. I remember the shelves behind the cashier at the grocery store. Everything in my house smelled of smoke. I can’t still remember the brands my grandparents and parents smoked. Gpa did the filter less Pall Mall, Gma and mon did the Benson and Hedges, my dad smoked Winston. I always disliked the smell so never did, even 6 years military where everyone smoked. I have a neighbor that smokes in her backyard, I kinda like it, it’s nostalgic. Thanks Fred. Always enjoy your work. ✌️
You're welcome, Cmon. Much more sensitive to smoke now. I can tell when the person in the car in front of me at the light is smoking. 40 years ago I didn't notice that.
There was some evidence that the anti-smoking was finally making some impact, I remember my sister in elementary school were quite vocal with my parents who continued to smoke until my dad's triple by-pass.
They didn't ban smokeless tobacco televised advertisements until well into the 80's. I can't remember the exact year, but anyways I've always thought it to be a parental responsibility rather than government dictation as with anything else really. I remember when congress went all Nazi on cigarette advertisements campaigns and all I could think about was how it wasn't anyone's responsibility to keep their kids safe other than themselves.
@@hercules1073 Sorry, I have to laugh. Parents didn't look out for kids in terms of smoking, up to that point smoking was the norm & there was an expectation that everybody smoked. You also ignore one of the few health outcomes that most can get behind as smoking and cancer was linked unlike fat and heart disease.
Lifelong nonsmoker, 58 yrs old. Cool commercials. I miss all the fun advertising. Cigarettes had their own aisle at Kmart and my sisters and I always admired the shiny packs and knew the slogans. It's a legal product and provides jobs and taxes.
I always love explaining to the younger generations who didn’t see cigarette ads on TV that Pall Mall is pronounced Pell Mell, like the street in London.
Between these catchy ads and most of our relatives smoking, it's no wonder many Boomers and Gen-Xers became smokers. This was considered a part of "normal" life. Even as a former smoker, I confess, I still love these ads.
Oddly enough cigarettes only became popular in the 1920s. Tobacco before that was too harsh for most people which is why cigars and pipes were more popular, and for men. Int he 1920s they developed a milder tobacco and the industry took off.
@@Laceykat66 By the 50s, everybody was smoking men, women; I'm surprised babies weren't encouraged but hey teenagers were supposedly cool if they smoked.
@@eringo-bragh4243 And everyone had bacon and eggs for breakfast and then margarine was better than butter and sugar with a food kids needed for energy. Then the truth came out and you got to choose what to eat and what not to give your kids. You were not forced to smoke or you would be fired. I mean what government would make you do something that was untested or lose your job or be drummed out of the military, right? That is unthinkable. Right?
@@Laceykat66 Oh and now we have obesity rate around 50% as well as diabetes. Really you are quite disingenuous as even doctors direct you on what to eat etc, yet they seem tied into the same medical lies they've been taught.
@@Laceykat66 Where were you living? Everyone was eating bacon and eggs? Really? Cereal was the main meal for breakfast & dinner was usually some form of hamburger. Are you just making things up?
I think it was Kent my dad smoked. Mom never did. Dad quit January 1970. And I never started thankfully not only unhealthy but super expensive habit! Thanks Fred.
I saw almost all of these brands around home with a smoker father. But his favorite was L&M. I taught myself to smoke when in my freshman year in college at 17. But started for real when I moved to Europe. And I'm still at it. KOOL jingles Fred-ssi. ☺️💜🤟
We had a maintenance chief in our squadron on the Kitty Hawk that was a smoker and he would come into our AE shop and anyone who wasn't smoking got the jobs so we would all light up when we heard him coming haha he finally caught on to us!
Wow Fred, how they made smoking so glamorous and cool! I smoked for a while as a teenager. Quit when I got into cycling. One of the smartest things I ever did.
72 here, quit smoking 16 years ago when I had a mild, refreshing heart attack. The scary thing is, I remember about 2/3 of these ads and the jingles like it was just yesterday. Imagine some cretins today are now saying it's all a conspiracy -- cigarettes, salt, trans fats, why, they're harmless! 💀 So satisfying... try one today!!
Smoked regularly for almost 20 years up to age 38 when I got to be a happy father. Mostly Marlboro but also Lark, Camel, Lucky Strike. When I was in England, Senior Service, and Players. But mostly the Swedish brands: Prince, John Silver and occasionally Ritz without filter! Never the hay tasting Blend. At some period smoking the pipe usually Borkum Riff.
I'm always glad that my parents never smoked! My mother tells stories about how both her parents smoked like chimneys and my mother would get teased at school because HER clothes would reek of stale cigarettes - YUCK!
Every model in these ads has sadly passed away long ago from various chronic illnesses. Every damn one. I checked. Ok, not quite. The woman going around with Lyle Waggoner is still with us at 94. But Lyle is dead.
Because we could smoke wherever we wanted to. I used to smoke at my desk in a shipping office when I was in college. No need to go huddle in some designated smoking area and not be productive.
Back in the day they were cheaper to buy a packs of cigarettes now a day's lot cheaper to roll them these are cool yep still smoke thank you my friend Fred
As long as you're not like a friend of mine, Brenda, who, when I ask why do you still smoke, he answers, "Because -- cough cough! -- I enjoy -- gag! wheeze! -- it so -- cough -- much!"
@@NickvonZ The tobacco executives stood before Congress and lied about cigarettes not causing cancer. It's actually one of the few epidemiological studies where the effect is undeniable.
Winston tastes good like a cigarette should, improber grammar, Winston tastes good AS a cigarette should, pardon our grammar, but, Winston tastes good, like a cigarette should, I remember that Winston commercial
I as a “ Social Smoker” Lite Smoker in the 1980s & 90s and wonder why ?? I quit entirely in the early 2000s and am so very glad I did . Kick myself for having ever started in the first place . I do not miss Smoking !! Awful stinking habit !
Such happy little jingles for those cancer sticks lol. Thank you Fred, this was a wonderful throwback 😊
Nice music, bad death, Bridget.
Brings to mind the old magazine ads where ..." 9 out of 10 doctors/dentists recommended....."
even "The Flintstones " were pitchin' Winston's......!!!
Yep! Fred and Barny puffing away! 😂
I smoked Kools mostly. Southeast Asia and Army duty really got me hooked!
I love watching old-time TV commercials. I grew up in the age of them (born in 1960). I remember the commercials for Kent, Marlboro, Salem, Pall Mall, Newport, Parliament, Benson and Hedges, (love the instrumental it had called "The Disadvantages of You," ironically), Virginia Slims, and other cigarette brands. My Mom smoked a few of these brands. I think that she still smokes Newports, but I wish that she would quit, especially after having had breast cancer a few years ago.
Never smoked but boy were we encouraged by the ads. Saving the best for last with the Lark ad. Made me want to go to the Jenos Pizza Roll ad. Another Fred classic.
Thanks, Bud.
I remember all those cigarette commercials, between my parents and grandma, the living room was like a fog.
Yep, same here, I was a non-smoker that smoked heavy as a child. Obviously I am talking from all the 2nd hand smoke.
😮Thanks for this gem!💯💥👍!
You're welcome, Frank.
I never smoked, but I attended a junior high school in Connecticut where most of the student body did. The majority of the faculty were non-smokers though. My sister and I would walk into school through a throng of smokers and come out smelling like we just went through a pack of smokes ourselves. Always loved those jingles though, even more so today. Thanks Fred!
I find that my nose is much more sensitive to smoke now than it was 40 years ago.
I'm 72 and used to smoke. I never understood what " That great taste or flavor" they always talked about. They just " Tasted" like Tobacco! Also wonderd why Pall Mall was pronounced Pell Mall.. 🥴
Neither myself nor anyone I ever knew pronounced it "Pell Mall." We always just "Pall Mall" like you would think it's supposed to be pronounced. LOL!
Same here! They were pronouncing it "Pell Mel"
AWESOME! I love old cig commercials! "9 out of 10 doctors RECOMMEND......" Cigs are chock full o' stuff that's GOOD for you! Etc......
Thank you for providing this amusing presentation!
I'm 60 and quit cigs 6 years ago. I still love the smell of cig smoke though, oddly enough.
Marlboros got my dad…Parlaments got my mom…And FYI, Nat King Cole’s wife was instrumental in getting those “ warnings “ on the cigarette packs. But you can’t beat those jingles!
I've heard somewhere that Nat King Cole smoked a full pack of unfiltered Kool before he recorded just to get that inimatabe sound.
Neither "got" your parents. They freely chose what they wanted to do.
@@Laceykat66 Nonsense, the cigarette industry sold smoking as healthy and desirable & all the executives got in line & lied to Congress when they knew what their product was capable of. Note also assisted by the sugar industry
Yeah, mom died at 69 after dad had triple by-pass & was told to stop smoking. He did, she didn't.
@@eringo-bragh4243 WHat? A company advertised so you would buy their product? When did THAT start? Why weren't we taught that in schools? Does that still go on today? Thank heavens people running for office can produce ads trying to get us to vote for them. Imagine what that would mean. Do I have to buy the flaming hot Cheetos because they are on my NBC show or can I decide to buy something else? Help me out here.
That was very interesting. I forgot when they stopped doing cigarette commercials. As always thank you for your hard work.
You're welcome, Jan. Those commercials ended Jan. '71.
The last cigarette commercial was in 1971. If you were old enough to remember more than 50 years . Laugh and remember these commercials!
There were cigarette machines, when I was a kid. I remember some of these brands that no longer exist. This is another amazing compilation of the past.
Thanks, LT.
Winston tastes good
Like a cigarette should
No filter
No flavor
They're rolled with toilet paper
Anyone else remember that?
God I'm old.
One thing is for certain, these people who make commercials know what they are doing. 60 years and I remember those jingles on t.v.
The version I knew is,
Winston tastes bad
Like the one I just had
No filter
No taste
Just a (beat) (beat)
Thirty cent waste
That was some great snappy jingles on those ads. Cigarette ads were on everything. I remember the shelves behind the cashier at the grocery store. Everything in my house smelled of smoke. I can’t still remember the brands my grandparents and parents smoked. Gpa did the filter less Pall Mall, Gma and mon did the Benson and Hedges, my dad smoked Winston. I always disliked the smell so never did, even 6 years military where everyone smoked. I have a neighbor that smokes in her backyard, I kinda like it, it’s nostalgic. Thanks Fred. Always enjoy your work. ✌️
You're welcome, Cmon. Much more sensitive to smoke now. I can tell when the person in the car in front of me at the light is smoking. 40 years ago I didn't notice that.
Cigarette advertising on TV was banned on Jan 2 1971.
Which is too bad as they were some of the most creative art of the 20th century.
There was some evidence that the anti-smoking was finally making some impact, I remember my sister in elementary school were quite vocal with my parents who continued to smoke until my dad's triple by-pass.
They didn't ban smokeless tobacco televised advertisements until well into the 80's. I can't remember the exact year, but anyways I've always thought it to be a parental responsibility rather than government dictation as with anything else really. I remember when congress went all Nazi on cigarette advertisements campaigns and all I could think about was how it wasn't anyone's responsibility to keep their kids safe other than themselves.
@@hercules1073 Sorry, I have to laugh. Parents didn't look out for kids in terms of smoking, up to that point smoking was the norm & there was an expectation that everybody smoked. You also ignore one of the few health outcomes that most can get behind as smoking and cancer was linked unlike fat and heart disease.
Viceroy, it tastes good.
I mean, that's Don Draper level stuff right there...
Thanks for putting this together Fred. I get a kick out of what would now be concidered rebellious
You're welcome, FF.
Lifelong nonsmoker, 58 yrs old. Cool commercials. I miss all the fun advertising. Cigarettes had their own aisle at Kmart and my sisters and I always admired the shiny packs and knew the slogans. It's a legal product and provides jobs and taxes.
Lifelong smoker, 50 yrs old. I completely agree. Now we’re inundated with alcohol and gambling ads.
@@kennyj204and mcdonalds, burger king, carls jr, and a bunch of fast food thats worse than smoking cigarettes
And provides Cancer...a big business.
@@rippingmyheartwassoeasy But no secondhand calories.
I always love explaining to the younger generations who didn’t see cigarette ads on TV that Pall Mall is pronounced Pell Mell, like the street in London.
Keep them coming FredFlix. These are fun.
i like al the wacky packages stickers for smokes i still collect them at times "virginia slums " " muleburo "
Very cool Fred!😉
I trust you're not just blowin' smoke, TO2W. 😊
Between these catchy ads and most of our relatives smoking, it's no wonder many Boomers and Gen-Xers became smokers. This was considered a part of "normal" life. Even as a former smoker, I confess, I still love these ads.
Oddly enough cigarettes only became popular in the 1920s. Tobacco before that was too harsh for most people which is why cigars and pipes were more popular, and for men. Int he 1920s they developed a milder tobacco and the industry took off.
@@Laceykat66 By the 50s, everybody was smoking men, women; I'm surprised babies weren't encouraged but hey teenagers were supposedly cool if they smoked.
@@eringo-bragh4243 And everyone had bacon and eggs for breakfast and then margarine was better than butter and sugar with a food kids needed for energy. Then the truth came out and you got to choose what to eat and what not to give your kids. You were not forced to smoke or you would be fired. I mean what government would make you do something that was untested or lose your job or be drummed out of the military, right? That is unthinkable. Right?
@@Laceykat66 Oh and now we have obesity rate around 50% as well as diabetes. Really you are quite disingenuous as even doctors direct you on what to eat etc, yet they seem tied into the same medical lies they've been taught.
@@Laceykat66 Where were you living? Everyone was eating bacon and eggs? Really? Cereal was the main meal for breakfast & dinner was usually some form of hamburger. Are you just making things up?
These ads where the smokers are by a pure clean crystal-clear lake or stream makes me wonder what they'll do with the butts. Flick them in the water?
The Village People just missed out on doing remakes of the manly men Chesterfield ads.
I'm rewatching MadMen right now, and this goes right with it. Draper handled Lucky Strike. "It's toasted."
A collection of catchy "coffin nail" ads.
Thanks, FredFlix 🚬
You're welcome, Luis.
Nothing like the memory of these commercials. I tried smoking off and on between 1974 and 1976. Thank God it did not take.
My lungs ache after watching this.
Smoke 'em if you got 'em. 🤣👍👍👍
You were obviously in the military! I’ll never forget that phrase. I was Army 1969-1971
No, thanks.
I think it was Kent my dad smoked. Mom never did. Dad quit January 1970. And I never started thankfully not only unhealthy but super expensive habit! Thanks Fred.
I saw almost all of these brands around home with a smoker father. But his favorite was L&M. I taught myself to smoke when in my freshman year in college at 17. But started for real when I moved to Europe. And I'm still at it. KOOL jingles Fred-ssi. ☺️💜🤟
We had a maintenance chief in our squadron on the Kitty Hawk that was a smoker and he would come into our AE shop and anyone who wasn't smoking got the jobs so we would all light up when we heard him coming haha he finally caught on to us!
Wow Fred, how they made smoking so glamorous and cool! I smoked for a while as a teenager. Quit when I got into cycling. One of the smartest things I ever did.
Very true, 5arge.
Julie London. Julie London. JULIE LONDON.
oh heck yeah!
72 here, quit smoking 16 years ago when I had a mild, refreshing heart attack. The scary thing is, I remember about 2/3 of these ads and the jingles like it was just yesterday. Imagine some cretins today are now saying it's all a conspiracy -- cigarettes, salt, trans fats, why, they're harmless! 💀
So satisfying... try one today!!
Wow,you must be psychic Fred. I had the Winston jingle in my head the last few days and I've never smoked.
I already knew that, Stan.
i quit 41 years ago.
Me too. Right after my first child was born.
Beats the fog I grew up in with Mom, Dan & Grandma puffing away
Benson Hedges were the best commercials they were hilarious.
The casket industry thanks the ad agencies for keeping their financial pipeline going through these ads.
Smoked regularly for almost 20 years up to age 38 when I got to be a happy father. Mostly Marlboro but also Lark, Camel, Lucky Strike. When I was in England, Senior Service, and Players. But mostly the Swedish brands: Prince, John Silver and occasionally Ritz without filter! Never the hay tasting Blend. At some period smoking the pipe usually Borkum Riff.
What no Lucky Strike Ads? This is video has to have a "to be continued".
11:53
Benson & Hedges
@@jeskormanak1029 missed it when I got up to get something.
Im heading to the 7-11 for some Marlboros now.
0:25 I never knew it was pronounced Pell Mell. In fact, I seem to recall other commercials pronounced it the way it was spelled.
I'm always glad that my parents never smoked! My mother tells stories about how both her parents smoked like chimneys and my mother would get teased at school because HER clothes would reek of stale cigarettes - YUCK!
Every model in these ads has sadly passed away long ago from various chronic illnesses. Every damn one. I checked. Ok, not quite. The woman going around with Lyle Waggoner is still with us at 94. But Lyle is dead.
Quit smoking over 30 years ago but the damage was done. Now have lung problems. Young and foolish.
I thank God that I never smoked. I just think of all of the money I saved and maybe even saved a few years of my life too.
How did y'all have time to do anything else with all the smoking?
Because we could smoke wherever we wanted to. I used to smoke at my desk in a shipping office when I was in college. No need to go huddle in some designated smoking area and not be productive.
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I grew up on a tobacco farm.
Back in the day they were cheaper to buy a packs of cigarettes now a day's lot cheaper to roll them these are cool yep still smoke thank you my friend Fred
As long as you're not like a friend of mine, Brenda, who, when I ask why do you still smoke, he answers, "Because -- cough cough! -- I enjoy -- gag! wheeze! -- it so -- cough -- much!"
@@FredFlix yep I do the same thing never was supposed to but I did anyway
Ive always wondered how early did the cigarette makers know that their product was bad for peoples health
Back in the colonial days. There was talk about it being bad for the brain in the 1700s.
30 years before they admitted it! 😂
@@NickvonZ The tobacco executives stood before Congress and lied about cigarettes not causing cancer. It's actually one of the few epidemiological studies where the effect is undeniable.
Winston tastes good like a cigarette should, improber grammar, Winston tastes good AS a cigarette should, pardon our grammar, but, Winston tastes good, like a cigarette should, I remember that Winston commercial
Anyone else remember people smoking on planes?
Nice 😊
Thanks, Michael.
I remember a time when we'd walk a mile for a Camel.
Yikes! Different world now.
I as a “ Social Smoker” Lite Smoker in the 1980s & 90s and wonder why ?? I quit entirely in the early 2000s and am so very glad I did . Kick myself for having ever started in the first place . I do not miss Smoking !! Awful stinking habit !
INDIAN HABIT
Winston tastes bad like the last one I had no filter no flavor just a big wad of toilet paper
😂I remember that!
Yacht caps are so douchey.
Winston tastes bad like a cigarette I had, No filter, no taste, just a 50 cent waste!
They for sure new how too sell it eh smoked for 53 years and finally quit, sadly kids a now killing them self with vapes who are just as dangerous.
Nice. They’re all so very Madison Avenue. I wish it wasn’t so deadly, or I’d still be smoking.
Julie London. Julie London. JULIE LONDON.