The guy in this … The guy in this clip is Ted Brown. The voice of all the Campbell Soup commercials on radio and TV and the biggest commercial voice over announcer in the country. He was also the biggest afternoon DJ in NYC at the time. He was on WNEW-AM1130 and on several other stations. I worked with him. He liked to gamble but he didn’t smoke. He knew better.
haha. no kidding … haha. no kidding though. of course, whoever told the blacks that there is minty tobacco was really on to something. because now, blacks count for more than 60% of all Newport and KOOL sales. how about THAT? can’t make insurance payments, but they can smoke with class. only in America. HAHA
This was first seen … This was first seen during 1965, and was one of a series of Newport spots where a somewhat middle-aged man “interacted” with a very pretty girl {and guy} pitching Newports on his TV set- the following year, the slogan became “Newport tastes fresher”, and one ad featured a girl on a beach coming to life on an outdoor ad to a guy waiting for a bus…
Here’s a guy who looks like he really needs to get out of the house.
The guy in this …
The guy in this clip is Ted Brown. The voice of all the Campbell Soup commercials on radio and TV and the biggest commercial voice over announcer in the country. He was also the biggest afternoon DJ in NYC at the time. He was on WNEW-AM1130 and on several other stations. I worked with him. He liked to gamble but he didn’t smoke. He knew better.
haha. no kidding …
haha. no kidding though. of course, whoever told the blacks that there is minty tobacco was really on to something. because now, blacks count for more than 60% of all Newport and KOOL sales. how about THAT? can’t make insurance payments, but they can smoke with class. only in America. HAHA
yeah, too bad they …
yeah, too bad they started putting “black” tobacco in them
lol
I love newports… …
I love newports… it’s sweet to see old white people smoking them back in the day. (and yes, im white)
1971.
1971.
I thought …
I thought cigarrette ads were banned in 1969?
The question is …
The question is what was he REALLY smoking.
Hey, I know that …
Hey, I know that tropical paradise…it’s Kumawniwannalayya!!!
What the hell, …
What the hell, where’s the surgeon general warning.
This was first seen …
This was first seen during 1965, and was one of a series of Newport spots where a somewhat middle-aged man “interacted” with a very pretty girl {and guy} pitching Newports on his TV set- the following year, the slogan became “Newport tastes fresher”, and one ad featured a girl on a beach coming to life on an outdoor ad to a guy waiting for a bus…
He looks like my …
He looks like my uncle red pald jacket black horn rim glasses, always smoking.