Remember the Hamlet cigar adverts ?

[Scylax]

To my mind, these were the gold-standard by which other adverts could be judged. They were witty, memorable and inclined me toward the product ++.

Can't today's advertising agencies emulate their success ?

[237SJ]

They were brilliant. The ads today seem to be very `in yer face`. I liked the Hamlet ones with the guy who played Rab C Nesbit with the comb-over.

[NazNomad]

Superb adverts ... I actually don't remember this one, but it's still funny.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXVTjYTYcJo

[Hopkirk]

They were superb, but I never wanted to smoke a cigar as a result.

[NazNomad]

The 'Carlos Fandango' wheels on the Anglia... Panama cigar advert was priceless.

[237SJ]

There were a couple of Castello cigar adverts with Russ Abbott which were funny as well.

[jaydah]

share a spliff ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ljII_bRQQk

[Sooper]

Its ironic that a lot of the best adverts over the years have been for alcohol or tobbaco related products!

[tiggerblue10]

Some of the recent ones have been brilliant. The Skoda car made out of cake springs to mind. It may not have been amusing but it was certainly edible.