1950's Cigarette Commercial - Goat Eats Cigarettes

A disturbing commercial clip from an episode of "I've Got a Secret," (about 1956) in which a goat (Lady Astor) is fed a couple of cigarettes in order to prove that "Winstons taste good, like a cigarette should." Lady Astor, by the way, was an animal actor, having recently appeared (at the time of this taping) in The Teahouse of the August Moon. I've done a little research on Lady Astor, and it seems she also played in the stage production of Teahouse of the August Moon and once, after a performance, was sent flowers by Elsa Maxwell.....which Lady Astor ate. (Sorry about the poor quality.)

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• Lady Astor
• goat
• I've Got a Secret
• animal cruelty
• abuse
• Winstons
• cigarettes
• winston cigarettes
• commercial
• 1956
• 1950's
• Elsa Maxwell

[DVDluvr123]

Oh, that poor goat. It died from lung cancer.

[elc1960]

"Those of you who saw Teahouse of the August Moon" will recognize her . . . " Yeah, right! Like you can tell one brown goat from another. Just plain bizarre.