Beverly Hillbillies - Cast Ad #05 - Winston Cigarettes

[@jimmypatterson9472]

Love how Granny and Pearl hold the cigarette like a joint. So funny. Well Dinggies !!!

[@trumppence3834]

"Like a cigarette had oughta!" 😆

[@TIMKATEnt]

Considering the price of a pack of cigarettes in the U.S. today, one will HAVE to strike oil just to be able to afford to smoke.

[@thunderbay63]

The actress who played cousin Pearl, Bea Benaderet, died of lung cancer a few years after this commercial was made.

[@appalachiangunman9589]

I got a good laugh out of Granny thinking Pearl could smoke through the phone!

[@charliebradley1979]

Max Baer said on "The Beverly Hillbillies E True Hollywood Story" that Reenie (Irene Ryan who played Granny) smoked "like a chimney"

[@56BUICKRiviera]

Cousin Pearl was Betty Rubble

[@MrSnakeplissken81]

Granny and Pearl look like they're "sparkin' up a couple of hooters."

[@jimmydeanpatterson1422]

Holding those cigarettes like they were joints.

[@thewackingtons]

SWEET GOD!! I never knew this part of the show existed!! Please note: As Pearl smokes, she's parked in front of a powder keg!

[@dawngregory6549]

Back in the day smoking on the elevator, hospital, anywhere like this in front of the powder keg

[@dawngregory6549]

He had no problem pulling out the butt and lighter right in the powder keg room

[@56BUICKRiviera]

Yes she was the first Betty

[@luxbledstone]

Lmao this hilarious even if there trying to selling death in a box XD

[@edavisdavis]

so this is why my mother coughed and choked herself every morning for 30 years Thanks gran

[@dwightdodd3734]

can't Be !!!!!! cigarettes have that Clean,Refreshing taste.............

[@lindaeasley5606]

Granny drags

[@DerAdventurer]

Let the old woman smoke. Every passing minute is a gift for her... LOL

[@robertmora1955]

Funny to see that, but also sad. Bea died of cancer a few years later, think lung.

[@mslegacy01]

Oh wow...I never knew they did cigarette ads! I remember the old Winston cigarette jingle. That's why if anything, I'm surprised that Granny didn't say the ending like it was supposed to be said when Pearl said "Winston tastes good..." and granny should have said "Like a cigarette should." Not like a cigarette oughta! LOL!

[@MrChristian326]

Granny didn't inhale the smoke. Cousin Pearl did inhale.

[@j.m.r.f6286]

Thank you

[@dariowiter3078]

Good smokin'! XD Sounds like a line from a Cheech & Chong routine! XD

[@asianwatcher]

Irene Ryan did die from a stroke and she was a heavy smoker.

[@jimmypatterson3998]

She smoked like a chimney.

[@wmorris3484]

Both granny and pearl died of cancer in the early 70's.....thanks Winston.

[@neverjethot]

Irene Ryan ("granny") died from a stroke and had a brain tumor. She was in her 70's when she died. Not sure you can pin that on the cigs, but it probably didn't help.

[@alexberkman4809]

Pearl died in october 13 1968 of lung cancer she WAS a heavy smoker but a great voice actor (Betty Rubble)

[@BrownBrother27]

Alex Berkman Bea Benaderet aka Cousin Pearl quit smoking a few years before her death. However, the lung cancer was under remission, but Bea passed a few weeks after her remission ended.

[@thehindenburg811]

That's a long life

[@jimmypatterson3998]

Yeah, Winston killed them both dead.

[@felliniesque]

What a gem! Thanks!

[@ncmountaingal1960]

Winston tastes good like a cancer stick should!

[@g726245]

like a cigarette had ought'ta LOL CLASSIC

[@campfiregirl]

I LOVE THIS!!!

[@DaveWollenberg]

Irene Ryan was a heavy smoker, herself. Tsk, tsk.

[@jimmypatterson9472]

Dave Wollenberg she certainly was. It is said she smoked like a chimney.

[@underclas]

Everyone talking about the smoking, meanwhile I'm more shocked that Granny and Pearl were being nice to each other

[@aharris206]

This was before the episode where Perl comes to California and starts her feud with Granny (:

[@underclas]

@@aharris206 thank you I didn't realize this was from the first season

[@RLucas3000]

@@underclas i love the second season Corn Flakes ads the most. They got a real great salesperson in Jethro! Maybe Winston didn’t like that the entire cast (Jethro, Ellie, Jethrine) couldn’t sell their cigs, but i’m thinking the producers of the show didn’t want the ‘kids’ on the show selling them.

[@arhuxtable]

Bea Benaderet was killed by lung cancer.

[@stan469]

I agree. I watch "Grey's Anatomy" and I don't know what name brand alcohol any of the characters drink when they go in that bar. It ain't right.

[@misharyutubbee]

That was just plain bizarre...

[@jdb114]

Bea Benaderet who played cousin Pearl, Kate Bradley and Betty Rubble, died of lung cancer.

[@jimmypatterson3998]

She was a life long smoker.

[@knightclassic1]

Nancy Kulp too

[@jehobden]

Bea Benederet did die of lung cancer in 1968.

[@jimmypatterson3998]

Sad, but true.

[@dullaverage1667]

Irene Ryan probably earned twice here, than her contract paid her for an entire episode.

[@jsilence418]

Granny should have warned pearl she would die from cancer in 1968!

[@pamhi7633]

That was in the 60s when they showed cigarettes on tv. Most of the people died of cancer. It must been old it was in black and white.

[@FlamingoKicker]

I think it was Irene Ryan that died from a stroke.

[@inkey2]

@unclejuniorsoprano in theory...if socialized medicine goes into effect in the USA it is not too extreme to think that the govt might deny care or raise premiums on fat people, smokers, tobacco chewers, people with dangerous professions etc. After all if they are footing the bill they could argue that they have the right to require (demand) that people comply in order to keep costs down

[@jyesucevitz]

they shoulda gimmicked Grannie's phone so when Pearl blew smoke into the mouthpiece smoke came outta Grannie's earpiece on the phone. anyway, it's odd not just seeing beloved tv family hocking cigs, but cartoon families too. the Flintstone's even did some. in prime time tv on ABC. it feels weird to me when I watch them. I can't put my finger on it, but it's kinda like watching something you know you shouldn't be watching. hard to splain.

[@brianmiller1008]

Passive smoking!

[@MoosicandCritters]

@gccn Very true. The government harps on cigarettes all the time, but only about 20% of the population smokes. BUT---100% of the population EATS, and they need to focus on our foods and water supplies to check for cancer causing agents. I am sorry you have such pain. Can't anyone help you? It is ok to take narcotics if you need them. You are in pain and your doctor needs to make you more comfortable.

[@rddavies]

That's what you call flavor!

[@WebVManReturns]

In the future, the only smokers in existence will be in Waterworld.

[@BrownBrother27]

@mralmeister1 Was Ms. Ryan's stroke really smoking-related? I know Bea Benaderet was a heavy smoker. I prefer June Foray over Bea though as the voices of Granny and Witch Hazel from Looney Tunes.

[@SaraLovesMusic21]

My mom remembers this...

[@rickey5353]

....and now, at 63, I'm short of breath. Crap!

[@vraydio]

Bea Benaderet died of lung cancer.

[@jimmypatterson3998]

Those cigarettes killed her.

[@JRFrancisco20088]

Why is Pearl smoking next tot he powder keg?

[@sp-b]

they didn't know it was bad back then

[@jimmydeanpatterson1422]

That powder keg is going to explode ! KABOOM !!!!!!!!!

[@transitdude3352]

And she never smoked another cigarette again. THE END.

[@mralmeister1]

@bedroombody so did Irene Ryan.

[@The47iscool]

Is it just me or when Granny grits her teeth she kind of looks like Gollum/Smeagol from LOTR.

[@KassiTheHedeghog]

4 people don't like "Fancy store-bought COOKIES!"

[@CamaroAmx]

i've noticed that alot of people i know health started to decline after they quit smoking. my grandfather quit in 77 and 2 years later his health began to decline and was in bad health until he died in 2008 at 74 . my grandfather quit when he was 43. he was in good health when he quit. my dad quit in 06 and his health started to decline faster then it was before he quit. my great grandfather started at 14 and never quit. died at 89. i'm never gonna quit.

[@dwightdodd3734]

good thinkin.......................

[@RLucas3000]

@@dwightdodd3734 it’s called Jethro thinking

[@billsmith281]

Youd find the reason they stopped smoking was because they were starting to feel the damage it was doing, their health was in decline before they quit.

[@inkey2]

@fasteddie847 honestly....I don't think smoking is any more dangerous than riding a motorcycle or joining the military

[@MrBobsmith34]

Smoking is far more danagerous than joining the military, unless you do so during a major war. According to the CDC there are about 480000 deaths from smoking a year. in 2022 out of 1.3 million military only 844 died on active duty- from accidents, illness etc. in the worst modern year for combat deaths 2007 847 US serviceman died in combat and just 2000 overall on active duty (including accidents etc). Obviously different if you joined in 1942 or something. Overall, joining military is probably good for health- make you take exercise etc

[@MrBobsmith34]

@@inkey2 Of course volume matters but last year 0.0006% of US military died in active service. Not many soldiers died in Iraqi or Afghanistan. Post Vietnam the risk involved in joining military is almost zero. Even moderate smoking will increase morality risk by more than 0.0006%. So you cannot compare the risks of the two.

[@MrBobsmith34]

@@inkey2 I am sorry to hear about your dad's injuries but pleased it did not prevent him living until his 80s But when was in the military? If you read my post I did say post-vietnam. No doubt in previous wars a lot of people died.

[@nakyer]

@inkey2 What a logical reply....NOT. It's no theory, it's proven fact. Your father's life would have been cut shorter if he'd been a smoker, and your aunt would have lived longer if she hadn't. Don't "blow smoke" in your effort to cloud the issue. Smoking kills and you're blindly supporting something everyone in their right mind knows not to do.

[@inkey2]

@fasteddie847 all the people I knew that were almost killed on a motorcycle was caused entirely by drivers of cars not obeying the rules of the road. The problem is.... on a bike there is zero protection, the visual footprint is small and your first accident can be your last. I knew a co-worker in the auto parts business that was seriously injured. When the police asked the driver of the car (that hit him) why she did not stop she replied "because it was only a motorcycle"

[@erichurch]

iv smoked pot just about every day for the past 10 years, id take a joint then a cig any day!

[@erichurch]

haha i know, but i love it lol

[@inkey2]

@nakyer how can you possibly know that my dad lived longer and his sister lived a shorter life "if they both died at 83 years old????

[@Tommyofthntn]

"Like a cigarette had otta"??

[@nakyer]

@inkey2 She'd have likely lived longer if she hadn't smoked. Smoking's dirty and poison and earlier death.

[@inkey2]

@unclejuniorsoprano we are note even close to european style socialized medicine

[@inkey2]

@nakyer well, based on your theory....my father should have lived longer because he "didn't smoke" His father, my grandfather (who I never knew) died at 27. The thing is.....there are many other things that can kill you that are going on at the same time while one is living. Smoking is just one of many things that can make you come to your enevitable demise....for example sun exposure, being in the military, living in a large city, being over weight, driving a motorcycle......etc

[@Tarrdica]

Winstons taste good like a "flick flick" cigarette had otta!

[@chetmcgee]

didn't the actress in this cigarette ad who played pearl die of lung cancer just a few years later when she was starring in 'petticoat junction'?

[@jimmypatterson3998]

Yes she did.

[@bicpapermate]

Both actresses are holding their cigarettes wrong. I don't think either one really smoked. Either that or the director ordered them to hold them in an awkward way.

[@bigpecker251]

Bea Benaderet smoked 3-4 packs a day, died from lung cancer!

[@jimmypatterson3998]

They were both heavy smokers. That is what led to their deaths.

[@rocksmeller99]

weeeee doggies!

[@unclejuniorsoprano]

I think you're onto something there.

[@inkey2]

@nakyer he was using flawed logic.......if he said smoking may shorten your life I could agree. But he insisted, at the exclusion of every other cause that smoking always leads to death from cancer

[@g726245]

like a cigarette had ought-ta

[@MaceMn]

I am tastin' it Gran-ny.

[@rollypollyjoe]

@gccn I'm sorry for you pain. You might try a pain doctor. Generally they are anesthesiologists.

[@arhuxtable]

Bea Benaderet worked for the Warner Bros. animation studio back in the 40's and 50's also. I don't know if Bea was a smoker,though. She was 61 or 62 years old when she died in 1968,during the Petticoat Junction era.

[@davidcampbell1899]

You can tell when Bea was taking a drag on the cigarettes' she was inhaling, so she was a smoker!

[@jimmypatterson3998]

Yes, it was reported that Bea was a very heavy smoker.

[@inkey2]

@nakyer there is no way in hell that you can say every smokers life is cut shorter by smoking when there is thousands of other ways you could die first.....people who say that are excluding every other way of death

[@tricksterjoy9740]

The real issue with smoking isn’t as much the smoking itself, it’s how often you do it and how much. And each individual, that amount will be slightly different depending on many factors.

[@tricksterjoy9740]

@@inkey2 exactly. And there’s a massive difference between smoking a pack a day for 20 years, and smoking 3-5 cigs a day for 20 years. I’m not a doctor, but from the (admittedly limited) research I’ve done, smoking two pipes a day, not inhaling, is VERY ROUGHLY the equivalent of 1-2 cigarettes a day, but with significantly less lethal risks. (Cancers in the mouth are generally more survivable, and generally less likely then cancers in the lungs)

[@unclejuniorsoprano]

The government places an outrageously high tax on cigarettes. Why not beer & wine? After all, alcohol not only destroys the heart & liver, but is also the #1 cause of deaths on the roads, as well as the #1 cause of domestic violence, divorce & child abuse. If everyone would only smoke, people wouldn't linger on for years in nursing homes at taxpayer's expense. Smoking is not only good for your health, but also, good for society.

[@inkey2]

@unclejuniorsoprano my father lived to be 83 years old...never smoked........his sister lived to be 83 as well and smoked like furnace since she was a teen......go figure

[@nakyer]

@inkey2 You're putting words in Valmol's mouth. Nothing was said about being immune to other causes of death. Simply that smoking leads to an early death FOR THAT REASON, unless something else takes you even earlier, like engaging in some other dangerous behaviour, for example. You're a smoker, aren't you?

[@inkey2]

@gpburr I never said it was ok.......just like ill never say hang gliding or working on high construction is OK. I am just disputing others who insist that smoking will kill you at the exclusion of all other things

[@ACNC1]

E-Cigs 1950's style.

[@Gary-s8e]

i. siop smoking

[@kxmode]

overt product placement

[@BackEddy29]

Really?

[@sneakers55]

FWIW, Cousin Pearl died of lung cancer. Did the Winstons have anything to do with it?

[@FlamingoKicker]

Most people that smoke that much marijuana don't have jobs though. They just sit around smoking pot and then come to the government and ask for free pot cause they are addicted.

[@inkey2]

@fasteddie847 i understand about the addictive part....I am talking about the risk factor. I have known about 5 people in my life that rode motorcycles and they all sold them after about a year because they were nearly killed on them. You ride a motorcycle and can be killed your first day on a bike. Very vew people have died from their first cigarette or even their 100th. I would far prefer to die 40 years later from smoking than instantly to a bike accident

[@LUCKYBROOKS]

Winston tastes BAD ...Like the one I just had . No fiter, No taste .... just a $ .30 WASTE !

[@rosspierce1559]

Years ago they knew how bad ciggrates are people never cared

[@nhbright]

dream on. Winston's fry your lungs, pot fries your brain.

[@davidhurley1726]

cancer and copd and poor heath

[@pelihullu69]

It seems that you have no idea what your talking about, marijuana do not get you addicted.. its the feeling that you miss, but marijuana in it self does not get you hooked at all. Marijuana is far healthier than cigarettes :))), i smoke pot like 0 to 3 times a month with my friends and when im drunk lol :d