Narragansett Beer w/Nichols and May (Dictator)

[Helmschris]

Another interesting oddity is a cartoon Fidel Castro being assassinated by an exploding cigar in a beer commercial when one of the ideas the CIA was kicking around at that time was assassinating the real Fidel Castro with an exploding cigar.

[fromthesidelines]

This is one of a series of "spot ads" (designed to be shown during local station breaks) for 'Gansett beer in 1959, featuring celebrated "improv" comedy duo Mike Nichols & Elaine May. As usual, their dialogue is mostly ad-libbed...

[geoffolehane]

This is an interesting oddity. Narragansett Beer is back in production.