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Compilation of live and animated commercials for Spud cigarettes.
This movie is part of the collection: UCSF Tobacco Industry Videos
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Keywords: tobacco; cigarette; advertising; menthol cigarette; filter
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Reviewer:
footyfoot -
Subject:
Heh.
Unfortunately for them, no slogan could kill that deeply unpleasant name.
Reviewer:
nigeldavahah -
Subject:
cig
spud
Reviewer:
cathyftr -
Subject:
Cooler than Cool..or KOOL?
I wonder if they meant KOOL which was the competition to Spud. If this ws the case then these ads must be the first to actually name your competition in their ads. Very rare in the 60s, more commonplace in the 80s but not very common today. Reason being..well who knows who would would own you tomorrow.
Example..7-up in the 80's with their "Never Had It..Never Will" anti-caffine campaign. Those ads back then really attacked Dr. Pepper for having caffine. However who owns 7-UP now? Dr. Pepper !!
No wonder those ads are hard to find now.
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flair -
Subject:
Smoking In The Shower
mouth-happy
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mstamper -
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The first cigarette marketed to oafs
These are (unintentionally) the funniest cigarette commercials in the collection. The show starts with Mr. Spud (a hulking, unpleasant figure) singing the Spud theme song, which sounds a lot like "Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat, won't you please put a penny in the old man's hat". It's infectious though; you'll find yourself humming it for days. The pitch is crude and uncouth ("lissen to me lady, lissen to me bud..."); it's designed more to insult than motivate. We then see "a football player" endorse Spud by writing (in inexplicably feminine handwriting) that Spud freshens the taste "something wonderful". Finally, in the most hilarious commercial of all, a hypnotist orders the viewer to try Spud NOW! Watch this and try to imagine Marlon Brando smoking Spud. No self respecting person would have been seen with a Spud pack. Who bought this?
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