Comments on: When Cigarettes Invaded TV: 5 Big Tobacco stories revealed

By: tony

tony — Thu, 22 May 2008 01:45:11 +0000

The first time I ever heard the Indiana Jones theme, I thought of the Kent jingle. Glad to see there are a few others out there who recognized the theme.

By: Susan

Susan — Mon, 19 May 2008 00:04:11 +0000

THANK GOD – I’ve been saying this for years now… you can find the Kent commercial on YouTube. Now THAT’S what happiness is!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 13 May 2008 20:47:26 +0000

Does anyone else remember the KENT cigarette jingle “to a smoker, it’s a KENT” that Williams definately ripped off to create the “Indiana Jones” theme?

By: Ana

Ana — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:51:07 +0000

Fred and Barney smoking Winston cigarettes is completely surreal. The cigarette pack looks far too large, and completely out of place, in the cartoon. Fred’s wife smoking a cigarette was even weirder. Goddamn.

By: Morris

Morris — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:55:50 +0000

I think the tobacco industry is still putting out television commercials…

The Phillip Morris “We Card” campaign is suppose to be part of a settlement agreement, but instead of producing commercials that tell you how bad cigarettes are, they say “Hey, kids you need to wait till your older to have this kind of fun”. This only makes teenagers more interested.

If you were trying to reduce teenage drinking you wouldn’t make a commercial with a liquor store clerk saying “I card”, and expect that to turn teenagers away from drinking.

By: harold

harold — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:57:32 +0000

Just one correction. I believe that it was the Surgeon General (not the Attorney General) who issued the report that cigarettes were bad for you.

By: Leisa

Leisa — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:09:54 +0000

Re: Virginia Slims

“Baby” was just the jargon of the time.

“You’ve come a long way, baby”
“Who loves ya, baby”
Not to mention every song on the radio…

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:00:00 +0000

Re: I Love Lucy

Who said cigarettes are completely bad?