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Poster for Flintstones Winston (1960)

Flintstones Winston (1960)

1960 · Newsreel · 4 min

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Television commercials for Winston cigarettes ("Winston Tastes Good Like a Cigarette Should") with characters from the Flintstones and sponsorship of television program.

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4 minutes

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★★★★ · Why the Flintstones never was a "big" hit. · cathyftr · 2009-01-07

Until the mid 70's, ABC wasn't as big as a network as it is . In many cities, while CBS and NBC had the "good stations", ABC was either on UHF ( few bothered back then ) or in some places, they didn't have ABC at all. Had ABC back then been on the same level as CBS and NBC, a lot of their shows such as The Flintstones and The Brady Bunch, chances are would have been in the top 20 or so in the ratings. Yeah, I agree with the other post, today cigarette ads..what is the big deal? Then again cigarettes still advertise on TV and radio today..though in the US, its "indirectly". If a radio dj says…

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