Flintstones Banned Commercial

[eShul1]

must.....smoke......now

[orangehornet57]

Winston also sponsored The Beverly Hillbillies.  Some people seemed more concerned about the bad grammar in the slogan.

[cjpatz]

"Gimme a Winston. The spirit of the USA!"

Does anyone remember that commercial?

[TAKE2TOKES]

yabba dubba cough



[ks1963vanwoert]

i never knew

[TheWhistler3]

Who thought this was a good idea?. I know the Flintstones where also aimed at adults, but to have a cigarette company be the sponsor of a show that attracted a young audience makes not sense. I don't think six year olds could buy cigarettes, real ones, even in those day.

[willy7369]

Everybody knows they have a choice. Tobacco is BIG business.. Make money at all costs... The commercials / ads were better back in the day....

[auti34]

back then they didnt no how bad it was

[IdyllWind]

It wasn't considered by most to be a bad thing back then guys. As we, as a society, learn dangers of our habits we (sometimes) tend to push them away. I'm sure 50 years from now some kid is gonna look at a "retro" McDonald's commercial and be like "OMG they actually ate that calorie infested, saturated fat filled, heart attack-inducing PROCESSED FOOD?!" "The poor children!" Times they change...

[roflcopter673]

2 people went yabadaba crazy when they saw this

[Vanguard710]

those basterds wanted to make 7 year olds smoke

[don417]

@Vanguard710 Hook em early, Hookem for life, haha

[db1burns01]

I remember buying candy cigs when I was 5

[sissybearsheba]

@db1burns01 jesus chirst lol, do not take to offend, but how old are you?

[db1burns01]

@sissybearsheba 49 years old and at the Thrifty candy section the had candy cigettets. They stopped selling those shortly after.

[sissybearsheba]

@db1burns01 lol yes my grandmother told me that she could get those, but of course, she could also buy real cigs when she was a child

[ty1on77]

@sissybearsheba they had Popeye cigarettes when I was a kid (i'm 33). Just a white candy stick with a red end. They were pretty gross. They also had the gum kind with a one shot puff of flour or powdered sugar that you could blow out the other end to simulate smoke. Fun times.

[SerenityIsTheMan]

@db1burns01 RIGHT!

[rkortez]

THAT WAS AWESOME!

[MegaBlu69]

OOOOOOOO MYYYYYYYYYYYY GOOOOOOOOOD WHAAAAAAAAATTTTTT THEEEEEEE FUUUUUUUUUUUUCK ????

[GaryJean84]

At one time cartoons were meant for adults too... its just a sign of the times thats all

[EnchantressLaina]

Yeah... I'm sure cigarettes smoking was popular at the time and the 'cool' thing to do, but if this aired today I don't think I'd want my hypothetical kids watching this. It would give them ideas, and as a children's cartoon, the Flintstones are role models somewhat. But I don't see the point of this commercial. What was the target audience for this? Ages 2-14?

[jcmoovee]

@EnchantressLaina 9-13

[MrDeppness]

So the Flinstones were closet smokers???

[CriticalListener]

At least they weren't advertising whiskey or beer!

[cepijoplomnom]

Free speech is great. Unfortunately people who should know better than promote cigarettes to children didn't give a crap so they had to be regulated. I think you give up your rights when you abuse them or use them as a means to an end that you know is wrong. Especially one as obvious as this.

[MagictallicaStudios]

@cepijoplomnom That's tellin' 'em.

[electricninja69]

Back then it was called FREEDOM. Before you got on a soapbox and told everyone else what to do. Ever hear of it?

[MagictallicaStudios]

@electricninja69 Why, yes. It all disappeared when Barack Obama was elected... the asshole.

[EmilyArtsy161]

wow... this is sad...

[jokeing1230]

(Y) nice

[adobo212]

i saw a street kid one time.. he was running in traffic just to get a cigarette thats almost out.. and that kid is like 4 to 6 yrs old..

[isdykelis2]

omg fucking dick they pissed of flinstones and done flinstones with cigarretes whats up with that ???? in stone age no one even knew about them ;D

[bigusdikus0]

i wanna get me one o them crocodile lawn mowers

[DreamsOfYore]

What

The

Fuck

[ashc241185]

Oh my god, I can't believe they EVER advertised cigarettes on a kids programme!!!!!!!!

[puppycat7007]

yabadabalungcancer

[firstpeter31822]

Winston smells BAD like all cigarettes do. PHEW!!! I'm sure glad they banned cigarette commercials, but I wonder why today's youth are smoking, even without that.

[sissybearsheba]

@firstpeter31822 because their parents still smoke, then they start off because its 'cool', then they get hooked

[Slayro08]

that was kinda weird i miss the flinstones and that kinda just ruined it for me

[actron]

It was a different world then.Don't let things like that bother ya, just take what you enjoy and ignore the rest.

[nateindahood777]

damn i want a cigarette now

[SanJoseSharksNetwork]

That has to BE FAKE!!!

[notmymusicvids]

Its not

[Bowmaj21]

I wonder when the last person ever clicked their lighter like that while singing that song?

[wdbisl]

wow! no wonder kids started smoking!

[A4EffortFilms]

Was that a real commercial?

[kitmusiclver]

wow! lol