Monday, 6 September 2010

06 September 2010. The mild cigar from Benson & Hedges


06 September 2010, originally uploaded by sleepyduck.

This sticker is, appropriately, on a waste pipe next to the stage door of the Lyceum Theatre.

Such is the power of advertising that whenever I see "Hamlet" I think "The mild cigar from Benson & Hedges" first and "Prince of Denmark" second. The I get nostalgic about the days when they used to advertise tobacco products on TV. Like this...

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  1. Unknown7 September 2010 at 00:01

    Do you remember the baldie man version in the photobooth http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0SbVFxl64A - - always made me laugh that one!

    Thanks for you pep talk today! By fuck I needed it ... Now ... fuck off ;)

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