Life Is Good

Life is good!


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Why, Yes, It Is 1973

"And we are in some cheezy European movie. How did you know?"


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That's What Monica Always Said

Muchas Gracias a Retrogasm

Don't Screw With Me, Sonny

"I'm a professional."


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She's Still Pretty Green

But they thought they could trust Vera to work in the Lung Cancer Ward.


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Alright, Fritz, That Was Not Quite There

"Let's try it again, and this time, try to light the cigarette instead of the model's fingers."


Many Thanks to Caramelle

Does This Ever Bring Back Memories

Bubble gum cigars. Loved the damn things when I was a kid back in the 60s. They were so cool and such a treat. Looks like they have more flavors than ever. Yessss.


Grateful Acknowledgments to Cocotazo

What Business Is It Of Yours

....that I am preparing to light my cigarette?


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Reginald, Must You Take A Picture Of Everything?

I'm afraid I am going to wake up someday after we split and find this one in some tabloid.


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Golden Bat Cigarettes

If you are familiar with the Japanese sci-fi/fantasy film "Ogon Bat", then you will recognize elements of that film in the imagery for this ad. 

And you will be scratching your head at the choice of that theme for a tobacco product.

Ya gotta love the Japanese for just these sorts of weird juxtapositions.

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See Something You Like, Buster?

Gilda had this thing about lighting her cigarettes on gas stoves. When she was in someone's home for the first time, she would always check out the kitchen to see if they had a gas model. If so, then she knew that the next time she lit up, it would be from a burner.


Of course, this also allowed her to lean down and expose some cleavage, and should anyone take notice, she would feign disgust, but the attention fed her exhibitionistic desires despite her disingenuous displeasure.


Many Thanks to Retrophile's Oasis

Ha Ha

Very funny.


We're rewatching LOST now, so this is particularly resonant.


Thanks Very Much, You Can't Piss On Hospitality

Yeah, Yeah, I Know

"But my BFF told me that if you are pregnant, you can smoke, as long as you are taking a bath at the same time."


Source: You Can't Piss On Hospitality

Damn It, Bobby, Put That Camera Down Right This Instant

Many Thanks to Sloth Unleashed

Fred And Wilma Enjoy A Winston

The public knowledge of the harmful health effects of cigarette smoking was not as widespread as it would be in the later 60s, so no one batted an eye at this and other commercials depicting the Flintstones firing up their sponsor's smokes. Actually, seeing the couple smoking after the night's episode probably seemed altogether natural to many households.


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They Sell Themselves

Vast amounts of money were spent in the 50s and 60s on cigarette advertising. But the product itself had a quality of cool, of sophistication, yet at the same time, of rebelliousness, of hipness, such that it appealed to the mature and the tender alike. There was no way that it could lose, market-wise. The addictive nature of the things, both physiological and psychological was so strong, that it trumped the massive medical evidence of its poisonous, destructive nature.


No matter what happened, the damn things just couldn't lose.


Courtesy of Hoodoo That Voodoo

The Lady Can't Help Herself

"Baby, I di'nt get dis way from livin' in a convent. Since I was 15, I been smokin'. Usin' tanning machines since '79. Drink a pint of whiskey every coupla days. Eat once a day, tacos and a Slim-Fast. Sex whenever I can afford a gigolo. And, shoot, sleep whenever I just can't go no mo'. Oh, and don' fergit the laxatives -- cain't do widout 'em anymo'."


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Mama And Papa Told Me Not To Play With Matches

But I reassured them that I was only using them to light my smokes.


Source: VintageGal

Not Only Was He A Major Crab...

...but a chain smoker to boot.


Much Obliged to MarcoFolio.net

My Most Favorite "The Far Side" Cartoon

It was on the refrigerator door for ages.


Snatched from Teen Humor