The Flintstones Sold Cigarettes In The ’60s
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1. Did you know…
That in 1960, Winston cigarettes were a sponsor for The Flintstones. At the time, the cartoon was geared more toward grown-ups. But still. The prehistoric cast became “spokestoons,” doing shameless product placement bits, which were incorporated into the episodes. Winston at least had the decency to end its partnership with the show once Wilma got pregnant.
2. After watching Betty and Wilma do all the housework, Barney and Fred decide to “do something” so they decide to “take a break” with Winstons.
3. After fixing the record player, Fred rewards Barney with a cancer stick, er, Winston.
And then it gets creepy when the record begins playing a Winston spokesman voice.
4. Fred goes down to the shop for a pack of cigs, talks about how great they are. For a full minute.
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rhdtmp0705 2 months agoI had a History of American TV class at uni where they showed a “series” called Martin Kane, Private Eye, sponsored by the United States Tobacco Company from ~1949-‘53 or ‘54. There was maybe one chase scene an episode with a long shot of blurry figures running down an alley. The production values and scripts were crap. As for Kane’s “cases”, Bugs Meany could solve them. Ah, but the product placement. Martin constantly had to light up, with a crane shot of his pack of cigs, and then a zoom in on the label from over his shoulder. And when he was trying to sort out a case in his head, was it down the pub with a beer, talking to the clever barkeep? Of course not. It was at the tobacconist’s, at least 3 times an episode, with some dodgy exposition. We were doubled over laughing 5 seconds into the first show.
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