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    "There's A Man-Sized Feeling Of Power In Smoking A Cigar…"

    This Was Not The Work Of Don Draper.

    "Put A Scoop Of His Favorite Ice Cream Or Sherbet In A Tall Glass"

    Got A Girlfriend? Got A Boyfriend?

    "Superbly Sculpted By A European Artist"

    Nancy Sinatra Takes Us On A Mad, Mad Trip Through The World Of RC Cola

    Wearing A Nice Suit Makes You King Herod Or Somthing

    "If You Want To Be Popular, You Can't Afford To Be Skinny."

    In 1963, Vodka Was Neutral On Oranges, Totally Anti-Pants

    Wait, Why Is "Witch" In Sneer Quotes?
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    Image of rodmanstreet rodmanstreet
    11/19/09

    In reply to "There's A Man-Sized Feeling Of Power In Smoking A Cigar…"
    He looks like he's making a Groucho Marx joke: "I'd like to join a club and beat you over the head with it! Wokka wokka!" (With a little Fozzie Bear thrown in for good measure.)
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    Image of femme-bot femme-bot
    11/19/09

    In reply to "There's A Man-Sized Feeling Of Power In Smoking A Cigar…"
    I smoke cigs, those just make me feel like a fancy French person.
    But I guess "bring out the Frenchman in you" doesn't sound quite as cool.
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    Image of BestEuphemismEver BestEuphemismEver
    11/19/09

    @femme-bot: "Do you have any French in you? Would you like some?"
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    Image of femme-bot femme-bot
    11/19/09

    @BestEuphemismEver: Your username here is apt.
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    Image of BabyJane BabyJane
    11/19/09

    In reply to "There's A Man-Sized Feeling Of Power In Smoking A Cigar…"
    Why is he carrying a giant parsnip?
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    Image of therewillcomesoftrains therewillcomesoftrains
    11/19/09

    @BabyJane: Sadly in those days, they didn't know that root vegetables caused tubers.
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    Image of netfe netfe
    11/19/09

    @BabyJane: didn't you know? it's very alarming!
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    Image of TransFat TransFat
    11/19/09

    In reply to "There's A Man-Sized Feeling Of Power In Smoking A Cigar…"
    Jokes on him. He's holding a giant sweet potato.
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    Image of netfe netfe
    11/19/09

    @TransFat: i think it's a parsnip?
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    11/19/09

    @netfe: I say potato, you say parsnip, let's call the whole thing off.

    #tips
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    Image of Zombie Ms. Skittles Zombie Ms. Skittles
    11/19/09

    In reply to "There's A Man-Sized Feeling Of Power In Smoking A Cigar…"
    I like all the horned animals in the background. Just in case you forget that, you know, there's a penis.
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    Image of la.donna.pietra la.donna.pietra
    11/19/09


    @Zombie Ms. Skittles: Also, the Altamira artist called, Mr. Ad-man, and he wants to let you know that your blatant copying will not stand.
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    Image of Dodgergirl Dodgergirl
    11/19/09

    In reply to "There's A Man-Sized Feeling Of Power In Smoking A Cigar…"
    Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

    And sometimes, it's a penis.
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    Image of futuremouse futuremouse
    11/19/09

    In reply to "There's A Man-Sized Feeling Of Power In Smoking A Cigar…"
    Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar... except when it's a penis.
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    Image of Dodgergirl Dodgergirl
    11/19/09

    @futuremouse: Beat me to it!
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    Image of futuremouse futuremouse
    11/19/09

    @Dodgergirl: Great minds think alike, of penises (penii?). I think Shakespeare said that. Somewhere. Maybe not.
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    Image of HannahBethD HannahBethD
    11/19/09

    @futuremouse: George Carlin! Well, he might not originated it, but he definitely used it in his act.
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    Image of futuremouse futuremouse
    11/19/09

    @HannahBethD: Wait really? With the penis thing? I would google but they definitely see my search history here and penis joke is not something that could be easily related to my line of work.
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    Image of HannahBethD HannahBethD
    11/19/09

    @futuremouse: I believe the line was 'Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar and other times it's a big brown dick'
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    Image of linnyt is a walking cliché linnyt is a walking cliché
    11/19/09

    In reply to "There's A Man-Sized Feeling Of Power In Smoking A Cigar…"
    Why would you want the caveman brought out in you? To show how primitive you are?
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    Image of FroderickFronkensteen FroderickFronkensteen
    11/19/09

    In reply to "There's A Man-Sized Feeling Of Power In Smoking A Cigar…"
    "Man, I love my penis and all the disproportionate advantages it offers me."
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    Image of TheUptightMidwesterner TheUptightMidwesterner
    11/18/09

    In reply to This Was Not The Work Of Don Draper.
    Before I clicked through the link I thought the hat was made out of cigs and was all "AWESOME"!.

    But, now that I know that is not the case, well- it is just so wrong.
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    Image of token_illiterate_commenter token_illiterate_commenter
    11/18/09

    In reply to This Was Not The Work Of Don Draper.
    The ad may be crap but at least the cigs are safe. They're filtered!
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    Image of femme-bot femme-bot
    11/18/09

    @token_illiterate_commenter: Just remember, L.S./M.F.T!
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    Image of LaComtesse LaComtesse
    11/18/09

    @token_illiterate_commenter: It's like smoking a vitamin.
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    Image of Lymed Lymed
    11/18/09

    @token_illiterate_commenter: I also hear they're toasted!
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    Image of midwestdesigner midwestdesigner
    11/18/09

    In reply to This Was Not The Work Of Don Draper.
    This ad was so obviously post-Sal.
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    Image of Lymed Lymed
    11/18/09

    @midwestdesigner: As horrific as it is, they are at least trying to do something interest with the shape of her hair and the shape of the bite hole.
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    Image of rodmanstreet rodmanstreet
    11/18/09

    In reply to This Was Not The Work Of Don Draper.
    No, you're right, it's obviously not Don's work.

    The tagline is Peggy's, you can thank Sal for the model's fierce smize, and the ad was sold to Lucky Strike by Pete Campbell over a deli lunch served by his wife, Trudie, Patron Saint of Awesome Hats.
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    Image of LaComtesse LaComtesse
    11/18/09

    @rodmanstreet: Kinsey, not Peggy. A tagline of Peggy's would have more finesse.
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    Image of jigglyball jigglyball
    11/18/09

    @rodmanstreet: Eh, I think that the cheesy graphics are direct result of losing Sal.

    But I agree that this has Pete Campbell written all over it. "You know, Mr. Cooper, the Oriental* market is full of untapped potential."

    * Not a descriptor I would use, but I'm fairly certain ol' Petey would.
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    Image of Mary McCarthyite Mary McCarthyite
    11/18/09

    In reply to This Was Not The Work Of Don Draper.
    Consider the political implications of this, as this ad was probably created during the Vietnam War. (Since starvation was a rampant problem for the Vietnamese, the "eat my hat" statement is particularly "clever.")
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    Image of rodmanstreet rodmanstreet
    11/18/09

    @Mary McCarthyite: Oh snap. I can always count on you to bring the historical perspective. Every month, when I make a payment on the college loans with which I payed for my history degree, I'll think of you and weep.
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    Image of Mary McCarthyite Mary McCarthyite
    11/18/09

    @rodmanstreet: Well, my friend, we will weep together because I am paying oodles for the same degree.

    (This just reminded me that said loans have put me in the red this month; I may very well be eating my own hat for dinner!)
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    Image of bluetrain84 bluetrain84
    11/18/09

    @Mary McCarthyite: Think of it this way: us history nerds are always the best at Jeopardy.
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    Image of BitingThrough BitingThrough
    11/18/09

    @Mary McCarthyite: I know, I know, pedants should be beaten, but I can't help myself. I believe that filtered Lucky Strikes were introduced about 1964-65, and from the style of the ad I would say this dates no later than 1967-68 (this is pure gut feel, that and I used to be a graphic arts/advertising geek when I was a teenager).
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    Image of Mary McCarthyite Mary McCarthyite
    11/18/09

    @BitingThrough: So...still during Vietnam!

    @bluetrain84: I knew some good would come out of it!
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    Image of BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit) BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit)
    11/18/09

    In reply to This Was Not The Work Of Don Draper.
    Lucky Strike show you plenty! Love you long time! Ching chong ching ching!
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    Image of CurtCole CurtCole
    11/18/09

    @BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit): I know, this ad is so racist. I'm surprised they don't have her lighting a cigarette from the static electricity that she generated running up a wall.
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    Image of midwestdesigner midwestdesigner
    11/18/09

    @BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit): It's spans so many stereotypes, it hurts my head. Modern Asian woman hair, old-school kimono, "laborer" hat.

    That'd be like having Twiggy all dolled up mod make-up, while wearing a Victorian dress and sporting a straw farmer's hat. Does not compute!
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    Image of LaComtesse LaComtesse
    11/18/09

    @midwestdesigner: There's no kimono in this shot. And her haircut is typical of the era.
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    Image of BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit) BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit)
    11/18/09

    @LaComtesse: The Mandarin collar is what she means, I think. Hair and makeup are very typical, true.
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    Image of midwestdesigner midwestdesigner
    11/18/09

    @LaComtesse: By "modern" I meant modern for the time of the ad (hence the '60s tilt in the Twiggy comparison).

    And if an Asian woman wearing a mandarin collar in the '60s isn't a kimono, I'll eat my hat.
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    Image of Zombie Ms. Skittles Zombie Ms. Skittles
    11/18/09

    @midwestdesigner: Pet peeve time: Not all Asian clothes are called "kimono" and that collar is not typical of a kimono. It's typical of a cheongsam/qipao.
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    Image of midwestdesigner midwestdesigner
    11/18/09

    @Zombie Ms. Skittles: Consider my hat eaten.
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    11/18/09


    @BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit): Lucky Strike is disrespectful to tar! Can you see I am serious! Get out of my way, all of you! This is no place for loafers. Join me or die. Can you do any less?
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    Image of LaComtesse LaComtesse
    11/18/09

    @BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit): @midwestdesigner: Kimonos don't have mandarin collars, though. Mandarin collared top plus sunhat was fairly typical in many places in Asia, so I don't think the way she's styled is in and of itself offensive. The issue, if there is one, is using typically Asian imagery to sell something, depending on the viewer having preconceived notions of "The Orient" and Asians. However, though the model is styled prettily in traditional clothing, the copy has nothingto do with Asia or Asians. I'm thinking this ad, not so terrible. (Unless you take it to where Mary McCarthyite did above, which could be valid, but I don't know enough about when this ad came out to confirm or deny that: I'd need more context.)
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    Image of LaComtesse LaComtesse
    11/18/09

    @Zombie Ms. Skittles: Beat me to it. Thank you.
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    Image of BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit) BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit)
    11/18/09

    @LaComtesse: Yes, I know kimonos don't have Mandarin collars - I was correcting, badly I guess...
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    Image of Zombie Ms. Skittles Zombie Ms. Skittles
    11/18/09

    @midwestdesigner: Heh! Sorry, it's just a pet peeve of mine. When the original The Sims 2 game shipped, it came with a qipao and a hanbock as in game clothing. I got so freaking sick of correcting people that none of the above were actually "kimono" OR of Japanese origin OR something you could dress your Geisha Sim up in.
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