Winston Super Kings (Not How Long You Make It)

[tomservo56954]

The great touch is the woman interacting with the on-screen graphic....

[baldrottweiler]

I missed the old days of advertising.

[TonyMaximMuscles]

Am I the only one who sees all of the fallic symbolism going on here???

[ripkenfan86]

@TonyMaximMuscles No you're not. George Carlin did a bit on a 70s audio recording about the suggestiveness in 60s and 70s cigarette commercials, which, upon hearing it, prompted me to look up the commercial in the first place.

[daytonacoupe]

Jack Clark died of bone cancer in 1988 at the age of 62. I wonder if cigarette smoking had anything to do with his illness? He didn't "make it long" unfortunately.

[jcreed09]

Did Don Draper do this ad?

[hebneh]

I remember this song being sung faster, with the extra line: "It's taste that makes the difference / In a Winston Super King!" That undoubtedly was from a later commercial; this one is introducing the new longer Winston when it was first marketed.

[Escomillo]

Love all the references to length and size and how you make it long.

[fromthesidelines]

This was first seen in 1967, featuring Jack Clark as spokesman at :35 {he was famous as an announcer and occasional game show host, especially on Allen Ludden's "PASSWORD" during the '60s}. This is a black & white kinescope of an original color videotape spot.

[tomservo56954]

@fromthesidelines Clark did numerous commercials...he was the man who asked shoppers if they would give up their box of Tide for two boxes of another detergent.

(Carol Burnett did a great spoof, where Harvey Korman ended up mugging her to get her box of "Tidy")