Edie Adams for Muriel Cigars (1965)

[TimelordR]

She makes me want to take up smoking cigars! JK...

[tonygumbrell22]

What the country needs is a good 10¢ cigar!

[zyxquark]

I think I'm still a lot more comfortable with 1965. Hey, the Beatles are on Sullivan tonight.

[wilburbonzo]

There was more sex in the 50s and 60s flicks and commercials because the sex was still kept under the carpet, now that it's out in the open, no one bats an eyelash

[mso88]

The greatest Murial Cigar ad was the one with the Fidel Castro look-alike breaking into the Murial song while in a conga line with his lieutenants, "car-r-r-rumba! how do they do eeet?!"

[RealBadSeed]

What a different world it was back then. I was just a child, but I remember it well.

[greatwhitenorth112]

ONLY 10¢ niiice

[carpetcowboy58]

@greatwhitenorth112  and gasoline was 30 cents/gal

[CoruscantSunset]

Ha. Reminds me of George Carlin's joke about cigars. "Sigmund Freud said. 'Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.' Oh yeah? Well, sometimes it´s a big brown dick!"

[presbyterosBassI]

One of my heroines. Loved Ernie Kovacs and was left a young widow and mother with IRS liens. She put on the gown and went out and plugged cigars AND learned tax law. Oh and was extremely hot to boot!

[zlonxman]

Check her out in "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World." She looks great in a tight, torn dress and pearl necklace. (Oh, and she's hilarious too!)

[62easthar62]

could that chick wiggle her hindquarters -- or what?!

[TheBabyboomkidof53]

ahhhh yes......many a wicked boyhood fantasy involved edie! she was a hottie before the term came into being!!!

[InfurnusChaotix]

For ONLY A DIME?! I got hundreds of those laying around my couch, under the bed, in the closet, god knows where else. If only this was the 60's...Holy smokes!

[SKOTP69]

How Ironically Hot!

[rabsmiff]

Edie was a BABE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[WestonVonWellington]

a cigar for a dime? i wish it was still that price

[ur1sab]

sexy as sin

[cherwhit]

Edie did numerous commercials for Muriel, trying to pay off husband Ernie Kovac's debt to the IRS. From what I have read, she did it.

[arkady714]

With the look on that sultry sweetie, there could have been a rotting human spleen in that box...I'd've still taken it!

[Streamline09]

Freud would go nuts!

[franklindavid]

More than the Cigar!

She was the the mechandise that was sold, that's the irony of advertising.

[lcolby11]

SHE WAS THE SHT IN THE 60S

[terrryc]

The Womens' Libbers took all the fun out of sex. Edie proves here that a strong, sexy woman is a creature to be admired.

[logancody05]

@terrryc Beautifully put, you're absolutely right.

[BettinaBalser]

What a bombshell.  And Stan Getz just makes this extra special and wonderful. Hip, man! Way cool!

[FnordicQueen]

Such a talented woman. Embodying and subverting the bombshell, at once.

Who says that generation was stodgy? They just knew how to get stuff subtly past the censors instead of puking it all out for shock value.

[hajune]

You are a strange person.Just look at your right and you will see the video of her doing Marylin Monroe. I have never mentioned Mae West EVER in relationship to Edie Adams. She did a good Mariyln Monroe imitation as seen on You Tube. Mae West. has nothing to do with this video.

[1959heaven]

I remember commercials like this when I was growing up. I always thought Edie was beautiful and she had a voice to match!

[Latz51]

Catch her in a "Mad Mad World" she is the personification of the early 60's woman before all of the B.S.

[DCFunBud]

The cigar industry took pity on Edie Adams after her famous cigar-smoking husband died. Trenton-born comedian Ernie Kovacs died in a single car accident while trying to light a cigar. He was a big gambler, a big spender, and paid no taxes. He left her and their kids in big hole.

[zamusicza]

Takes you back to a time when people knew how to have adult fun. How long before cigars will be illegal? It's turned into a sad bicycle helmeted world.

[elc1960]

Edie was gorgeous. Unfortunately she passed a couple of years ago. I still remember her as Chong's mom in "Up In Smoke", where Strother Martin steals the scene with "that Finkelstein Shit Kid" line. Sounded like he botched the line but it sounded funny so they left it in.

[jazzfan19605]

Ms. Adams is definitely worth more than a dime. Great ad. Jazz, Sex & Smoke. That's life!

[Hunterunc]

That's the great Stan Getz on sax behind her.

[kariryanisabitch]

ooh i love that hair style!

[hajune]

She did a great Mariyln Monroe imitation also. She had a great sense of humor. Probably why she was Ernie Kovak's wife.

[paddyjoejr1]

@hajune That Was Mae West Not Marilyn Monroe!

[hajune]

@paddyjoejr1 I said she ALSO did a great Marilyn Monroe imitation. Never said this was one.

[hajune]

@paddyjoejr1 The Marilyn Monroe imitation is on You Tube. She did it on her husband's show, Ernie Kovacs.

[paddyjoejr1]

@hajune Yeah Right, Mae West Said it A Long time Before Monroe Said Than. They just change the words, It was Come up Sometime & See Me? Mae West said to Cary Grant on 2 of her Movies"I'm No Angel" & "She Done Him Wrong" Both in The 1930's! SO I'M RIGHT & YOU'RE WRONG, NUB!

[billemny]

Edie Adams A great talent but also very hot

I love her

[7beers]

Bill Clinton.

[ITCJon]

Edie Adams dies last year.

[Victorian9322]

I love the name Edie

[SirReal1958]

If I had the opportunity, I'd give Edie Adams something extra thick with extra pleasure..... and it would have nothing to do with cigars :)

[benvolio15]

How many cigar lovers of that time would have been able to resist such wily cajolery?

[thephotoplayer]

Extra "length" and "taste"? If there was ever blatant sexual subtext on television, it was in this commercial.

[NYPDface]

@thephotoplayer dont forget extra pleasure :)

[tyjeffries]

@thephotoplayer you left out extra pleasure!!! :0D lol Xx

[bigblondman1]

@thephotoplayer no, it wasnt. at least that was never the intention. they never made any admonition of that. its up to the eyes of the viewer. thats just your own interpretation. your attitude and the attitude of today. people are too obsessed with sex today. they think everything is about sex. it is, only if you want it to be. control yourself, please.

[thephotoplayer]

@bigblondman1 You're right. There's absolutely no sex being sold here. I was completely out of line and wrong.

[bigblondman1]

@thephotoplayer it takes a wise man to know when hes' wrong. ive been wrong too many times. its a big club. no harm done. thanks again.

[bigblondman1]

in contrast. the photoplayer wrote to me a agreed that he was wrong for seeing it that way. talk to him.its you who are the ***hole for insulting me and criticising my interpretation of the commercial . i was there. yes, there was sexual suggestion by her from her look and persona but not in the vulgar way as you believe. it was a classier time. something you obviously dont understand and appreciate. no i was not the producer. neither were you. so your remarks are only magnify your ignorance.

[collegeman1988]

@thephotoplayer this is where a cigar is NOT a cigar

[ipmoic]

I knew she was hot before I was old enough to know she was hot!

[roscoe008]

@ipmoic I know what you mean. I remember sitting in front of the TV long before I started school and Edie mesmerized me.

[myraj34dd]

@ipmoic In the "Lover Come Back" ear nibbling scene with Rock Hudson, she had to have gotten well heated up!

[beetledan]

Edie Adams had it "goin on" for sure! She was a total hotie. She made me hide in the bathroom when I was a teenager!

[NamVet70Mike]

Talk about a come-on!! God bless ya Edie where ever you are.

[surfboy5]

sexy 60's babe!

[BoundInChains]

Edie was so damn HOT on 'It's a Mad Mad World'

[fartblossom716]

that is a no shitter!!! AMC has been running the Mad Mad movie for a while now. man she was smoking hot back then!!

[nealbfinn]

No kidding. Edie was drop dead GORGEOUS. I had my first boy-girl thing over Edie in the 60's. Unfortunately she owed her late husband's massive IRS debt and had to take whatever bones were thrown her way. She was mis-used and abused by casting directors most of her career. Never as big a star as she should have been.

[fartblossom716]

yes no doubt!! not to many gals of to day would do such a thing like taking on a debt that massive...but it was a diffrent mind set back in them days!!

[Ricch7]

Edie was "hot" before the word became popular.She was born to soon;there wouldn't be enough money to pay her for her talents today.

[7beers]

Please. "Hot" has been around for millenia.

[GeorgeVreelandHill]

I love these old ads.

Edie made them even better.

Thanks for posting this classic!

George Vreeland Hill

[abbytab]

a very beautiful woman....nice tribute by Diamondsrfvr..........God's love.....

[drcoxcentral]

I like to use her as a lighter, she about to put me on fire with this commercial!

R.I.P. Edie

[altadisusa]

Excellent Muriel cigars a classic!

[mercoid]

R.I.P Edie

[cikis14]

Acts like marylin monroe

[asawifehasacow]

LOL!!!!!

[Diamondsrfvr]

I grew up watching these commercials! I had a wave of nostalgia and sadness today when I heard she had just passed in the hospital just a few blocks from where I currently live.

Such a talent with singing, acting, and comedy...and she was a beauty AND a beautiful person....May God hold you in the palm of his hand, Edie, and reunite you with your husband, Ernie, and daughter....With love from me....

[Robo1415]

I remember her doing those commercials too...yup...the oldtimers are going...:(

[cjelman]

Also, say "Hi" to Stan Getz for us, Edie!

[ElBoGreeze]

Yes, rest in peace, beautiful lady.

[johnsmileyjr]

She added beauty to "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World", and she was funny, too, as Sid Cesar's wife. Remember the bi-plane?

[johnsmileyjr]

RIP, our beautiful Edie! Give Ernie a hug!

[mchi59]

Great commercials....RIP Edie......Its been real....say hi to Ernie for me!

[recordman64]

What a lady she was...those commercials ROCKED!! RIP, Edie...

[svengali46]

Sweet dreams Edie....

You'll be missed....

[Soulnik]

Getz and Edie. Cool. Take me back to those days!

[986crazy]

Ah...simpler times...RIP Edie.

[JerseyCurmudgeon]

Edie was a class act, pure and simple. RIP.

[MaresWorld]

Rest in peace, Edie.

[jmen4ever]

She was 38 here,I believe. Even when I was 10, I could tell she was something! She endured the loss of a husband and daughter to car crashes,and court room battles over her step kids,stuggles to pay her husbands huge debts.a fighter and hard worker.

[jdsaratoga]

The minute you walked in the door....RIP Edie you were great!!!!!

[19michael55]

Rest in peace, Edie. You were the best.

[DukeHarveytheIII]

Those were the days.