Yes indeed they are poltically incorrect now and it's just as well, but those jingles used years ago , Man they were so catchy and tuneful, do people out there remeber them?
I've come to learn them all from the vintage radio and TV I've collected. As a devotee of the Jack Benny Show, all the jingles for Lucky Strike have become familiar. ("Be Happy, Go Lucky!") The 60s Salem one, "You can take Salem out of the country, BUT......" also has a catchy sound.
However, it's the non-musical ones "scientific" ones that produce the greatest level of unintentional hilarity. Like Camel in 1948 proclaiming, "Today, more doctors smoke Camels than any other brand!" Or Chesterfield in 1952 touting a "scientific" study of "NO AVERSE AFFECTS!" to those who smoked Chesterfields over a period of eight months.
I've come to learn them all from the vintage radio and TV I've collected. As a devotee of the Jack Benny Show, all the jingles for Lucky Strike have become familiar. ("Be Happy, Go Lucky!") The 60s Salem one, "You can take Salem out of the country, BUT......" also has a catchy sound.
However, it's the non-musical ones "scientific" ones that produce the greatest level of unintentional hilarity. Like Camel in 1948 proclaiming, "Today, more doctors smoke Camels than any other brand!" Or Chesterfield in 1952 touting a "scientific" study of "NO AVERSE AFFECTS!" to those who smoked Chesterfields over a period of eight months.
The ciggy ads that Rod Serling did for THE TWILIGHT ZONE are ironic. Both funny and sad, considering how much he smoked and at how young an age he died.
There's nothing more disturbing that watching Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble shilling cigarettes. Watching then light up some smokes while the wives do the chores is just an odd sight.
To Eric-Do you remember when Julie London did a commercial singing The Marboro song?, also, maybe you know this, In the 60's there was a Kent commercial that had a very catchy jingle, i can't remeber all the lyrics, but here are a few, to a Scotsman, etc etc, to a Persian etc etc To a smoker it's a Kent, was that melody taken from a classical piece or was it an original piece?
