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  • ekday, on 07/19/2008, -3/+39WTF??? Fred singing about Winstons is just creepy.
  • jtbell04, on 07/19/2008, -7/+228Older than the internet.
    • jennabunnykins, on 07/20/2008, -0/+85Dare I say it, Prehistoric!
      • Data33, on 07/20/2008, -1/+19Yeah, it's even older than time itself.
        Unix time, that is.
    • mlbwebdesign, on 07/20/2008, -15/+4Older indeed. Al Gore didn't invent the internet until much later. :)
    • burnin8r28, on 07/20/2008, -2/+21it says 1964. that means its like 10 years old.
    • diskit, on 07/20/2008, -8/+4I've seen this like 20 times already too.
    • SlipperyFox, on 07/20/2008, -7/+4how can the same recycled ***** make it to the digg front page?

      im about to bury digg.com
    • pdizz, on 07/20/2008, -0/+8Well done, since arapnet was brought online in 1969 and commercial is from 1964 it is in fact older than the internet. Dugg for accuracy.
    • gak001, on 07/21/2008, -0/+2Why yes, yes it is.
  • juliohm, on 07/19/2008, -39/+5Well duh! That came out much before the Internet existed.
  • Zylog, on 07/19/2008, -3/+42It is interesting to compare how now commercials like this would be completely outlawed to the public.
    • iknowbob, on 07/20/2008, -2/+52and its interesting how things we watch today on commercials would be completely outlawed to the public in the past.
    • Marmeladov, on 07/20/2008, -16/+4as they should be
  • mrblue182, on 07/19/2008, -3/+56Wow, no wonder so many people smoked back in those days.
  • jakv5, on 07/19/2008, -1/+15Danm, even cartoons smoked. What wold happen if they showed that today?
    • cgjamj, on 07/20/2008, -0/+8They wouldn't.
    • joshuagor44, on 07/20/2008, -2/+1if
    • drgmdp, on 07/20/2008, -1/+15kids would complain about how ***** it looks
    • NeoCortex, on 07/20/2008, -1/+17To be fair, Flinstones was kind of the Simpsons of its day. It was a cartoon, yes, but it was meant for an older audience than most cartoons of the day.
    • urbano35, on 07/20/2008, -4/+1Have to admit I'd love to see some toddlers smokin' a fatty.
  • Branchex, on 07/19/2008, -1/+69Now Fred and Barney have found a new vice to take the place of their smoking habit, hogging Fruity Pebbles.
    • punkcat, on 07/20/2008, -3/+10yes, but what just did give them the munchies?
    • bobbyi, on 07/20/2008, -1/+2The vitamins will keep them healthy.
    • KMartSheriff, on 07/21/2008, -0/+1Fruity Pebbles is like crack to me.
  • dementedpuppy, on 07/19/2008, -16/+7"let's go around back,"

    "Gee, we oughta do somethin' Fred ;]"

    Fred and Barney were obviously gay.
  • VdgX, on 07/20/2008, -7/+141What killed the dinosaurs? ... Second-hand smoke.
  • SomeoneGNU, on 07/20/2008, -2/+18Amazing how times have changed, isn't it? I remember seeing beer commercials during a GI Joe "tv movie" when I was eight. I say five years before McDonalds will be forbidden to advertise during kid's shows.
  • airwalkery2k, on 07/20/2008, -1/+95Wow, those advertisers were smart! They were obviously planning to target kids of the future surfing Youtube.
    • miezu78, on 07/20/2008, -0/+10and it working...im going out to grab a pack :)
    • Inohavehalos, on 07/20/2008, -0/+4Sneaky bastards and their mind control!
    • drewkinney, on 07/20/2008, -0/+6Actually, the audience of the Flintstones was adults. After moving to syndicated reruns the focus shifted to market to kids (Flintstones Chewable Vitamins anyone?). This commercial was intended for the original audience.

      It's also important to remember that the idea of wide availability (Beyond original airing) of the show wasn't on the radar, yet.
  • DeskFlyer, on 07/20/2008, -0/+107I always thought that Betty was hot.
  • ElectricRebel, on 07/20/2008, -15/+26Michael Jordan plays ball. Charles Manson kills people. I talk. Everyone has a talent.
    • mnsisgreen, on 07/20/2008, -0/+8Why digg him down?

      "Thank you for smoking"
      • ElectricRebel, on 07/20/2008, -0/+6I didn't think that Nick Naylor quote would be so obscure.
      • rearlgrant, on 07/20/2008, -0/+4Good catch. I'd didn't recognize it at first.
    • evil-doer, on 07/20/2008, -4/+2charles manson never killed anyone
    • Asianwaste, on 07/20/2008, -6/+1and you're not talented at talking.
    • Fullvinyl, on 07/20/2008, -8/+4My talent is digging down jackasses. Reap the fruits of my labour.
  • algaeturd, on 07/20/2008, -4/+7Ten million strong and growing!
    -Flintstones vitamin slogan.
  • sdigroup, on 07/20/2008, -12/+4dupe... digg = recycled stories
  • peestandingup, on 07/20/2008, -4/+63Wiiiilllllll*cough yack hack*maaaaaaaaa!!!!
  • Totz83, on 07/20/2008, -1/+23Are Ya Smokin' Yet?
  • jaythewise, on 07/20/2008, -5/+13This is even worse....
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86lYG1V2-n4
    • drgirlfriend, on 07/20/2008, -2/+7There's no ***** way that video is worse than the Flintstones doing a cigarette ad.
    • ThePwnyExpress, on 07/20/2008, -5/+3no, no it's not... you're an idiot... the flintstones made smoking cool to little kids, not to mention portrayed fred and barney as rulers over their servant wives for half the commercial...
    • Asianwaste, on 07/20/2008, -0/+21both of you need to relax. Go out, take a smoke, come back when you've got your thoughts gathered.
    • Stevo15025, on 07/20/2008, -0/+2The only reason its worse is because its salem.

      Flintstones > tree swing
    • blackjack75, on 07/20/2008, -0/+2Well the lady was balancing on some dead guy's lungs. That's worse.
  • lazerus9, on 07/20/2008, -2/+7...And you shouldn't try to stop your car by dragging your feet!
  • RedMoonGenie, on 07/20/2008, -5/+13In an ironic twist, Pebbles Flintstone later developed emphysema. Fred actually tried to have this commercial pulled, but I guess Big Tobacco bought his silence.
  • dagr8tim, on 07/20/2008, -9/+4This is the 4th or 5th time this has been front paged.
  • krete, on 07/20/2008, -2/+8Now I want a cigarette..
  • robodork, on 07/20/2008, -0/+105IF FRED WANTS A CIGARETTE, I WANT A CIGARETTE
  • shortmilton, on 07/20/2008, -2/+10My dad used to smoke Winstons.The doctor told him if he didn't quit smokin' he was gonna die.So he switched to Marlboro Lights.Yep,Dad loves his smokes.
    • leahcim, on 07/20/2008, -0/+7The key to immortality, start smoking, then quit = live forever.
  • z28com, on 07/20/2008, -12/+9I wish more and more people would start smoking so that way they could die quicker so I can have Social Security when I get old. The newspaper said to thank a smoker because they are voluntarily committing suicide slowly. They are all giving up years of their life so that others will have a better life when they get older. That's kind of nice, isn't it? Thank you smokers for dying for us.
    • dose, on 07/20/2008, -0/+12You must be a real big hit at parties...
    • twomeyw23334, on 07/20/2008, -2/+0Not to mention paying crap loads of extra taxes while they do it.
      • stagmire, on 07/20/2008, -0/+0They also ensure poors in KY, TN, NC, and VA a livable income so that they can't suck even more welfare dollars out of our pockets than they already do.
    • waterboy4453, on 07/20/2008, -0/+3you're welcome.
  • john570, on 07/20/2008, -14/+9I want to see Betty naked.
  • yosserhughes, on 07/20/2008, -4/+4There maybe a guy that's been living in the backwoods of the Appalachians for the past 40 years that doesn't know, but surely everyone else in the US knows by now that cigarettes will first make you hawk up your lungs in small shiny, sticky gobbets for forty years, before you find yourself grasping for your last breathe in some terminal cancer ward.

    So why oh why do I still see so many young people doing it?
    • twinklyJesus, on 07/20/2008, -0/+7Because you're only 12 and you hang around with the "naughty kids"!
    • Stevo15025, on 07/20/2008, -2/+3Because you have to smoke a pack a day or more for about a year straight to have what your talking about happen.

      Most smokers don't kill 1 or 2 packs a day and if you quit by the time your 40 you can get right on track with non-smokers in life expectancy.

      I've been smoking for 3 years and I still play flag football every saturday and take a mile run every day smoking doesn't stop me.
    • Juan_Bond, on 07/20/2008, -1/+1Because it's cool.
    • Oea420, on 07/20/2008, -0/+1dugg for shiny sticky goblets,

      as a matter of fact, I have quite the good story about an old drug-addict (crystal-meth) I knew and in his drug-induced dementia coughed up loads of 'lung-butter' (meth recystalizes in the lungs when you smoke it, mind you) attempt to dry it out, and proceed to try and smoke it...

      ahh yes, meth addicts, great people
  • Miamisun, on 07/20/2008, -0/+3I am going to MBM this video so i can see it back on the front page tomorrow.
    • wibambau, on 07/21/2008, -0/+1I hate that I know what that means.
  • ripple123, on 07/20/2008, -13/+4Seen it. Old as time itself. Buried. Next.
  • seantubridy, on 07/20/2008, -7/+12Smoking was OK in the 60's? What a shocker. The world has changed, move on.
  • hpymondays, on 07/20/2008, -1/+33Wow! Can you imagine SpongeBob lighting up a cigarette like in this cartoon? - No. How can he? He lives under the sea.
    • RachaelMichele, on 07/20/2008, -0/+23Doesn't prevent him from having campfires or cooking on a grill.
  • DaviDaviDaviD, on 07/20/2008, -2/+3You know what, this type of advertising I do not miss.
    • diggydougie, on 07/20/2008, -0/+3With commercial skipping it is coming back. They just put the products in the story, and sometimes it looks ridiculous. Two grown up men going out back to have cigarettes to avoid work is certainly normal. But when they mention the product by name it sticks out as weird. Or when, in a show, the camera zooms in on a bag of chips or a drink on the table for no apparent reason.
      • DaviDaviDaviD, on 07/20/2008, -1/+2The worst is Volvo. They are in EVERY family film.
  • muleskinner, on 07/20/2008, -1/+28This one is probably even more devious than the Flinstones one

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCMzjJjuxQI&NR=1
    • wolfing, on 07/20/2008, -0/+11What surprises me more of this video you linked is not the doctor smoking cigarettes, but ... a doctor making a round of house-calls? LOL!!!!! Today you have to call, make an appointment for like 10 days later (hopefully you don't die in that time) then wait 3 hours in line to be attended by a nurse who does everything, and after that, the doctor comes, tells you a stupid joke and leaves.
    • pileofstraw, on 07/20/2008, -0/+4No wonder i got lung cancer... I went with Marlboros... *sigh*
  • bobbknight, on 07/20/2008, -4/+4Big Tobacco Company Executive: No congressmen we have never marketed our product to children, ever.
    Now I know why, when I used to smoke cigarettes, I smoked Winstons, I love the Flintstones.
  • JenovaWitness77, on 07/20/2008, -4/+3Part of my childhood just died.
  • Jforsyth89, on 07/20/2008, -0/+14Well, I was planning on never smoking in my life...but now that I saw that video.

    brb smoke break
  • notzak, on 07/20/2008, -1/+28The Flintstones was originally an animated show that was catered to adults, not children. It's not that surprising to see this.
    • diskit, on 07/20/2008, -5/+2Unless you're retarded.
    • rearlgrant, on 07/20/2008, -0/+4Still, I did arrange my Jr. High schedule so I could have lunch and go home and watch the hour of re-runs when it was on during the mid-day.
      Now, if Soaps, etc, were on for stay at home moms, and Dads were at work, why was the Flintstones on at mid-day? Maybe for children not yet (or just not) in school....
      To say it was for adults misses the pretext of the animated cartoon.
  • OMGLINUXWOAH, on 07/20/2008, -1/+5If they are good enough for Fred Flintstone they are good enough for OMGLINUXWOAH
  • pantone286, on 07/20/2008, -2/+6Capitalism is a thing of subtle beauty.
  • deathrobot, on 07/20/2008, -2/+7This is pretty well known. How have people not seen it? OMG CIGARETTE COMMERCIALS! They used to allow smoking everywhere. You can't even smoke in bars anymore... Companies are evil! Even today. Watch yourself kids.
    • diggydougie, on 07/20/2008, -0/+3The one exception - gas stations. And people would still smoke even there. I saw a film once with early racing pioneers fueling their car with a bucket, and a lit cigarette in his mouth. They thought nothing of it.
    • puttsy, on 07/21/2008, -0/+1I see you live here in Iowa...what a shame the first amendment rights are coming to an end...this way
  • Doomsan, on 07/20/2008, -0/+13Why the pack of smokes looks so real? it's creepy.
  • ZombieKiss, on 07/20/2008, -1/+11SMOKE.
  • Jumpeplowski, on 07/20/2008, -6/+1Marketing to the proper target audience

    Yer doin it rong
    • diggydougie, on 07/20/2008, -0/+2Actually the Flintstones was prime time TV, and not targeted at children. It was revolutionary because it was not targeted at children. But at the time anything on TV had to be rated G.
  • drgmdp, on 07/20/2008, -0/+2i knew smoking was not that bad
  • nuentendu, on 07/20/2008, -3/+3If Fred Flintstone wants a cigarette, I want a cigarette.
  • Fullvinyl, on 07/20/2008, -1/+9BARNEY!!! My Winstons!!!
  • greatgat, on 07/20/2008, -3/+7The 3 things wrong with this:

    1. Misogyny
    2. Smoking advertised to children
    3. Winston's suck ass
    • gl77, on 07/20/2008, -1/+22*****, Winstons taste good, like a cigarette should.
    • eldano512, on 07/20/2008, -0/+15and wives mow the lawn, like a wife should.
      • kinggimped, on 07/20/2008, -1/+1And children smoke anyway, whether a man in a prehistoric loincloth tells them to or not.
    • str1fe, on 07/20/2008, -0/+2Back in the day, cartoons weren't necessarily meant for kids. Flintstones used to be primetime programming.
  • nightlight7, on 07/20/2008, -12/+1The antismoking hysterias have come and gone many times before. So will the present "scientific" ( http://members.iinet.com.au/~ray/TSSOASb.html ) antismoking wave, started by Hitler in 1930s, be gone once the rest of the story ( http://www.healthiertalk.com/viewtopic.php?p=15069 ... ) about this ancient medicinal plant and youth elixir ('the most precious gift of gods') becomes known to the public. The only substance ever known that consistently extends lifespan of test animals by ~20 percent (in over fifty years and in hundreds of experiments on variety of animals), makes them perform better on cognitive tests, keeps their weight down 10-20 percent, keeps them more youthful,... is tobacco smoke. The two oldest humans ever and the only two who had to blow out 120 candles on their birthday cache, were of all people, two smokers ( http://www.healthiertalk.com/viewtopic.php?p=15172 ... ). Check the thread above and the links there to find out what the hard science (in contrast to the antismoking "junk science" http://www.junkscience.com/sws.html ) has uncovered about tobacco smoke.
    • halfdirt, on 07/20/2008, -0/+1I thought vinegar was the most precious gift of the gods, medicinal cure-all and ancient youth elixir.

      Or was it garlic. . .
    • Idiggapony, on 07/21/2008, -0/+1Wow, that's awesome. I don't really like cigarettes, but I guess I'd better start smoking as many as possible. I want to live 20% longer, and stay youthful and intelligent! It's too bad so many people are buying into the whole Hitler/anti-smoking thing.

      The junkscience link was particularly surprising. Who knew that wearing a bra makes one 12,500 times as likely to get breast cancer?

  • degowopguinea, on 07/20/2008, -10/+3Brought to you by the 1964 stereotypical Republican man.
  • diggydougie, on 07/20/2008, -0/+4I remember when cigarette and hard Alcohol commercials became restricted in the first place. Everyone knows that these things are bad for you but we have the freedom to make our own choices. I was a kid when these commercials were on and knew then that things like cigarettes and Alcohol were for grown ups, end of story. Banning commercials of any kind is a breach of our constitutional right to freedom of speech. The constitution supersedes all other laws and does not contain an *. As in "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press*; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
    *Except if contrary to the sensibilities of contemporary society or political climate.
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