(LIFE)
This advertisement for Camel cigarettes appeared in the November 23, 1936 edition of LIFE magazine. It earnestly demands that you smoke a Camel after each course of Thanksgiving dinner — “for digestion’s sake.”
Some of our favorite quotes from the ad include, “smoke a camel right after the soup,” “By all means enjoy a second helping, but before you do — smoke another Camel,” and “My own personal experience is that smoking Camels with my meals and afterwards builds up a sense of digestive well-being.”
Happy Thanksgiving!
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“Before Camel, my digestive system was marred with irregularity, bloody stool, and food that I didn’t remember eating. Now that I smoke Camels between courses and after the meal, my bowel movements are always firm, pleasent, and produce the smell of bakery fresh cinnamon rolls.”
Yeah, there’s no way I can top that. APPLAUSE!
+1. Great, except for the spelling error that twists a knife into my anal-retentive mind.
Camels help with anal retention too, you know.
Also, if you accidentally swallow apple seeds or another toxic substance, cigarette smoke will suffocate the bacteria in your stomach.
You can also use them to smoke the cats outta your walls.
They constrict blood flow on wounds much better than candy bar wrappers.
I believe that would be called the intercourse cigarette.
Whoa-ho-ho, you forgot the hyphen in inter-course cigarette. Otherwise, someone might mistake that for something naughty.
Do be more careful next time.
subtlefrog wasn’t so subtle that time!
I thought one was supposed to use cigars for that…
Damn, those were the days. Now the pariahs are all huddling in the garage or out on the patio.
Camels: They make bland 1930s food seem even more tasteless!
And when you’re tired, try this: get a “lift” with a Camel!
Also helpful advice if ever stuck in the Sahara Desert.
Mmm! Pass the braised smoker’s lung, Ma!
Very much reminds me of this Family Guy clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7XImuoNgJo
Also, is video embedding now completely gone?
Strike up a Lucky Strike!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D96NyPato0Q
while this is absolutely hysterical, i have to agree with the ad in some ways. my stomach has paralysis from nerve damage which involves a lot of nausea. since i already smoked and it seems to help the nausea, my doctor suggested i not quit, just cut back a little.
Is there some reason why certain letters at the bottom are different shade?
“for digeSTIon’s sAKE — smoke caMels”
“STIAKEM”?
Obviously, an anagram for “MISTAKE”.
You win at the internets.
It’s an anagram of “mistake”. How subliminal!
I would just like to point out that I am not so unoriginal as to have made a comment identical to a prior one, because, thanks to the site redesign, I didn’t know that comments had their own (hidden) replies.
Was that unusual coloring there in the original ad? Somehow I really doubt it.
Nah, the pic comes from a placemat used by a doctor, who subconsciously dropped some gravy on said placemat and voila! you have an unintentional message!
*chuckle* just make sure you have an extra large dinner table so the iron lung can fit.
And then Don Draper came along…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0L8f1IY1Vk
These ads are dangerously quaint. I like to listen to old American radio shows and the catchy cigarette jingles and slogans tend to stay in my head quite effectively.
How mild, how mild, how mild can a cigarette be…
Due to circumstances, Thanksgiving dinner was today, and man, do I want a cigarette all of a sudden.
I sometimes think all the smoking people used to do is why they drank gross things like Harvey Wallbangers (vodka, oj, and galliano) or ate somewhat icky things mushroom soup green beans or jello salads, because they couldn’t actually taste anything anymore.
Five cigarettes–CAMELS, no less–during one meal. Imagine being at that table?
“For when digestion proceeds smoothly, you experience a sense of ease and well-being.” “The best meal I ever ate would be a disappointment if I couldn’t enjoy Camels… there’s nothing like Camels to set you right!”
Awesome find.
I guess they can’t honestly say “It improves the foods taste”.
Wow. Good thing they didn’t advertise to the children’s table. “Hey kids. Have a candy cigarette and rot your teeth after each course.”
“Reach for a Lucky instead of a sweet.” That’s right. Lucky Strike was the original diet pill. Also, “I’d walk a mile for a Camel,” showed that cigarette companies were interested in promoting exercise.
C’mon. 1936?
In a recent survey 9 out of 10 men who tried camels still preferred women.
Sure., I’ll do it. just UNBAN MY CLOVE CIGARETTES and we’ll talk. Seriously gov’t, you ban the ONE THING keeping me sane in this economy…
i used to be a walking advertisement for these death sticks. i would say:
“i’m not addicted to cigarettes, i’m addicted to CAMELS…”
of course, i live in canada, and it was hard to find reasonably-priced camels, but little mom & pop stores in chinatown sold cartons of the ‘not for export’ variety…
“”STIAKEM”?
M-I-S-T-A-K-E
I wonder if that part was photoshopped into the picture.