Movies 'Til Dawn Blog

THE FLINTSTONES SMOKED WINSTONS?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Roptw1AGp8 I never knew there was a black and white version of ‘The Flintstones’. That’s no doubt because when the show aired in syndication in the 1970s (which is when I saw it) black and white was felt to be undesirable to the children who were watching the show. Far

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‘JOHNNY’S FIRST CIGARETTE’–A NICK TOSCHES JOINT

The late great Nick Tosches (author of ‘Dino’, ‘The Devil and Sonny Liston’, ‘Cut Numbers’ and much more) was a friend of mine way back at the end of the last century and over lunch would occasionally describe ideas for books he knew he’d never get around to writing. One

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THE END OF THE CIGARETTE COMMERCIAL

On January 1, 1971, the last cigarette commercials were aired. To celebrate the occasion (or perhaps ‘squeeze the life out of the opportunity’ is more accurate) Phillip Morris, that noble institution, bought an hour of airtime to jam as many cigarette ads into as possible. Above is a mash-up of

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