I first tried Camels when I was in High School. Even then I thought it was just about the best cigarette I ever tasted. I smoked Winston for a while then Marlboro for a while when they screwed up Winstons. But through all those years every once in a while I'd have to get me a pack of Camel Straights. A few years ago Camel became my brand exclusively. They are the best cigarette ever made.
2 packs/day of nonfilter camels hasn't killed me yet at age 69. 2 months ago had the c/t scan for lung cancer and the result was NO lung cancer noted. i started at age 14. 55 yrs now smoking. my stepdad smoked camels and i swiped some from his pack daily. filter cigarettes suck. camels tasty nicotine and tar make me happy everyday.
Fantastic commercials, Fred! I truly appreciate watching them again. I'm 69 years old, and remember Kool Aid powdered mix that needed sugar😂! I smoked Tareyton, Kent and ultimately, Salem cigarettes along with various pipe tobaccos ( Borkum Riff, Half& Half) for 11 years before I quit cold turkey in 1977. Pall Mall cigarettes are mild? Are you kidding? One of those put me into outer space! For those who are interested, L&M stands for Liggett and Meyers Tobacco Co. Along with R.J. Reynolds and the American Tobacco Company, you're looking at some dark days of American consumerism and advertising...from a public health perspective. But, growing up with t.v. and magazine ads in the 50's and 60's, one can't escape the sheer nostalgia of it all!
Your videos are always cool to watch Fred. Even though I was born in 1960 I love watching all commercials from the late '40s to the late '70s, whether I remember them or not. That Pall Mall jingle (10:01) is set to the melody of the old folk song "Sweet Betsy from Pike", which I think dates back to the 1850s and the first American gold rush. Thanks for another entertaining video!
@@johnrudy9404 I lost several relatives due to smoking related illnesses, including my dad (emphysema). Smoking was all around us, and many considered it a rite of passage into adulthood. You used to see standing ashtrays in supermarkets and department stores, even in the clothing department (!).
Being born in 1972, I of course have no memories of the 50s and 60s but I still enjoy watching these old ads! You are my favourite RU-vid channel at the moment, FredFlix; have a wonderful day!
Fredflix. Thank you so much for this great video and a nice walk down momory Lane. Now let's not forget some of them old classic oldies but goodies TV Shows.
Another excellent nostalgia filled compilation Fred! Love the joyful jingles of that era! I can't believe that airlines used to served cigarettes with their meals! How times changes from one thing to the exact opposite sometimes.
It still looks to me like it would have been a fabulous era to live in! It was definitely a great time for the 'mad men', who really pushed the idea that smoking and active living, and even sports, go perfectly together! 🤔😗😊
I remember smoking on planes in the early '80s, before I quit tobacco in all forms (November 2, 1991. Not that I remember). Fascinating collection. Many ads I've never before seen.
Smoking wiped out nearly all of my mom and dad's family members.. brothers, sisters, aunts and uncles, my grandparents..all from cigarettes and alcohol. Still like the commercials though..
Wow, that was a tough thing to experience and state. I've been watching 50s + 60's advertising for many years. Yes, the hawking of death was rampant, yet I must agree with you. They sold death back in the day fancifully, delightfully and oh so creatively.
They're still doing it today with junk food, and alcohol. Obesity and diabetes are epidemics today people just traded one bad habit for another. Just human nature unfortunately. Sorry you lost so many to smoking
I hate cigarettes, but I love cigarette commercials. They're fun (it's also incredible to think that there was a time when cigarettes were served on airplanes, or sent to hospitalized veterans), but they don't make me want to rush out and buy cigarettes. The classic argument that the commercials enticed people into buying a product they knew even then was unhealthy is not entirely sound. People need to think for themselves and not be swayed by a clever presentation or a catchy jingle. Even more than a half century since such commercials were banned from TV, people still smoke.
Light one up then run into the ocean!! Modern 50s technology presents the “Waterproof Cigarette!” Gotta love that last L&M commercial. Thanks Fred, Happy New Year!
Wow, imagine having a breakfast of Aunt Jemima Pancakes (with a thick slab of butter and a quarter-cup of imitation maple syrup) followed by a couple glasses of Kool-Aid! And to top it off, a couple (or maybe more) Camel cigarettes. I think Rod Serling started his days like this... or was it John Wayne?
@yellowstoneloyal8186 Oh, cool. Therefore, because *_your grandmother_* smoked cigarettes all her life, and lived to be 97, therefore, most definitely, cigarettes are safe, right? Isn't that what you are saying? LMAO.. the lengths people will go to fool themselves!
@@andrewvelonis5940 They removed the "Aunt Jemima" name and replaced it with "Pearl Milling Company". Look up Aunt Jemima and read her story. They did her a real disservice.
@@user-gs2gw2qx9o I had a teacher in junior high school who smoked in the classroom. Yes, it was allowed (but not for students). Later, in college as a freshman, classroom windows opened to the outside air and breezes, and there were ashtrays available for students' desks. It was A-OK for students to smoke in class. In my first corporate type job out of college, smoking at your desk was perfectly acceptable and there were ashtrays in all the conference rooms and cigarette machines in the break rooms. It was a different world back then. I quit smoking in 1999 and never went back.
They say that during WWII Eisenhower had a staffer whose job it was to keep a fresh pot of hot coffee and dozens of packs of unfiltered cigarettes available for the general 24/7. He was known to get very little sleep around the time of D-Day.
Gonna need a citation for that, otherwise I'll file that under urban legends and bunk. Let me direct you to an article in the January 2012, Vol 102, No. 1 | American Journal of Public Health titled _Inventing Conflicts of Interest: A History of Tobacco Industry Tactics_ by Allen M Brandt to see how the tobacco industry *actually* responded to the first causal studies in the 1950s.
@@KManLeos Haha tell me you don't care about facts without telling me that you're dumb. Tell you what Mr Helper. Why don't YOU put me in my place and tell me who and when Philip Morris sued someone for saying that cigarettes cause cancer? I'll wait.
@@FIREBRAND38 How old are you? You have to be under 30. There have been three class action lawsuits against the tobacco industry. The largest of which had a settlement of $4.5 billion. In 2006 the American Cancer Society went after Philip Morris specifically for lying to the public and suing doctors and scientists that were involved in medical studies proving tobacco caused cancer.
Esso was short for Standard Oil. Similar to Chevron dealers with their brand name (independent dealers) but all their products were Standard Oil as far as the petroleum products at least. Funny how in those days Aunt Jemima had no racist overtones. We just looked forward to some great flapjacks. Similar to the black chef on the Cream of Wheat cereal box. L&M stood for Leggat & Myers tobacco Co.
Classic...makes we want to have a sandwich on some good old fashioned Sunbeam bread, with a cold Bud opened with a can opener, watch my old fashioned wife make some kool-aid for the kids before women wanted to become men, and to top off a perfect day with a good smoke and another can of cool Bud opened with the same can-opener. It was fun growing up in those days which they were here now.
Great stuff! Do you have the old Wildroot Liquid Creme Shampoo with the cartoon girl at the dance? "Look at your hair, is it oily and dull......does it only cover your skull?" Funny stuff.
Always got me how smokers got 10 minutes off for a smoke and we who didn’t smoke had to keep working , I always thought they should have clocked out for the time it took
People may disagree with cigarette ads, but it’s still a legal product. And I’d much rather watch these ads , than the lawyer, drug maker, drag, woke garbage shoved down our throats now.
Cigarette commercials were the best propaganda money could buy; my parents and grandma all smoked in our house so that it was like a fog, yet none of us kids picked up the habit.
Of course, it is now standard to take a moralistic attitude toward the cigarette commercials. But, at that time, hard liquor was banned from advertising on television. Now that has reversed. Is this progress?
It wasn't? (Kidding.) There are more varied products in further installments. But, while your point is well taken, I intentionally picked cigarettes because they are historically significant and much more interesting than cleaning products. I do have many other videos on this channel (over 1,000 posts in all) with commercials for all kinds of products, including toys and cars.
