1971 Muriel Cigars commercial with Edie Adams and Sonny Jurgensen

In honor of the late Edie Adams (1927-2008), here's one of her commercials for Muriel Cigars from 1971 along with Washington Redskins quarterback Sonny Jurgensen and his coach at the time George Allen (1918-1990).

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[PeerlessPaavo]

Sonny Jurgensen and George Allen actually couldn't stand each other.

But I guess it was easy money.

[GeorgeVreelandHill]

Love these old ads.

Thanks for posting!

George Vreeland Hill

[RayNDeere]

@mss2400 I remember cigar commercials into the late 70s and maybe up to 1980. Jimmy the Greek's segment on the CBS NFL pre-game was sponsored by Dutch Masters.

[cynic2all]

@smittykins I know cigarette ads were banned Jan. 1, 1971, and I'm sure that smokeless tobacco [snuff; chew] was banned in 1987. Cigars, I think, were somewhere between those years. However, just a year or 2 ago I remember hearing some Black & Mild cigar ads on radio, which is regulated the same as television. Not sure how those came about.

[loveshair]

You got that right ! Billy Kilmer was his boy, and Allen tried to create a rivelry between them. Never happened .

[ericinwisconsin]

Correct. Cigar commercials were phased out more slowly than cigarette commercials.

Give the man a cigar! :)

[hippiebeat]

that was coach George Allen with Sonny

[heine71]

Sonny J. later was a sportscaster for WTOP/WDVM/WUSA CBS 9 Washington, D.C.

[mss2400]

Actually, I think that Cigar commercials were on television well into the 1970s. If Susan Anton was pitching Muriels, it had to be later than 1971.

[WhiteCamry]

January 2, 1971.