tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post3902914165432219872..comments2024-03-29T10:15:50.124+00:00Comments on News From Nowhere: Take A TipAlan Burnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-67301993321601312412011-06-27T14:07:53.333+01:002011-06-27T14:07:53.333+01:00I too can recall the Bristol TV advert and can als...I too can recall the Bristol TV advert and can also remember the middle verse - except for the third line and I just can't summon it up!<br /><br />BRISTOL CIGARETTE AD JINGLE:<br /><br />Take a tip, take a Bristol<br />Today’s cigarette is a Bristol<br />A real cool flavour you’ll never forget<br />Bristol is today’s cigarette.<br /><br />When it’s getting late on a very special date<br />And she’s just as shy as you,<br />???????????????????????<br />Here’s what you should do – <br /><br />Take a tip, take a Bristol<br />Today’s cigarette is a Bristol<br />A real cool flavour you’ll never forget<br />Bristol is today’s cigarette.<br /><br />The ad became notorious as an example as to how NOT to advertise cigarettes, i.e. it contained the fatal word "shy" which associated the product with wimps and drips whereas successful brands, such as Marlboro, associated their products with macho hunky males. Bristol cigarettes did, indeed, come to a premature end and that ad is always reckoned to be the reason for the brand's failure. I wonder if anyone can remember that missing line...Nick Wilsonnoreply@blogger.com