John Waters anti smoking ad, 1970s.
John Waters anti smoking ad, 1970s.
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John Waters anti smoking ad, 1970s.
John Waters anti smoking ad, 1970s.
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I love that his style *hasn’t changed at all*.
This showed at the repertory theater in my town at the beginning of every feature.
Early Trolling…..
People say smoking will give you diseases. What they don’t know is that it cures salmon.
He quit smoking in 2004. (“the only thing I’ve ever regretted in my whole life was smoking cigarettes. Because it was a nightmare giving up. It’s the only thing the government ever told me that was true: It does kill you!” In 2022, Waters said that if he were to write his younger self a letter, he would say “quit smoking [cigarettes] and do everything else”) {QUOTE}
The local indie cinema where I once lived played this one before a film occasionally. I don’t even smoke but I just like the attitude behind the message.
I remember seeing this before a couple of movies back in the 80s. Might have run before Rocky Horror, now that I think about it.
Is that Tony Hinchcliffe?
“Hi I’m John Waters and this is The Creep”
Was he a fire fighter in 9/11?
I used to go to the UC theatre in Berkeley Ca every Thursday night at 8 for their Hong Kong double feature. I can still recite the John Waters smoking ad. “ especially a European film…”
Tower theater in Sacto used to show this (and maybe still does) before every movie.
They always played this Saturday night at the Nueart theater right before Rocky Horror.
John Waters is a fucking icon.
I used to work at a small grocery store one summer where John Waters used to come in on a weekly basis or so. Almost every time he came in, he would forget his glasses and ask to borrow my (prescription) glasses in order to see what he was buying and every time it wouldn’t work. And each time we’d have to go through this charade to say “you were in last week and it didn’t work then” and he’d still ask to try. Always very pleasant about it. He was a really nice, quirky guy.
I remember people smoking in grocery stores.
I remember seeing this in the theater.
Oh, John Waters. Dude donated his art to a museum and asked for them to name the bathrooms after him.
r/OldSchoolDumb
God, I love him. He is a national treasure.
Saw this at the Nuart before a double bill of Pink Flamingos and Female Trouble.
Alright he convinced me. Of what I don’t know
A professional weirdo, who kept it completely together when the lights failed during his stage show in my hometown. I respect the heck out of John Waters for supporting Leslie van Houten’s case for parole for decades.
I’m getting mixed messages.
This was always shown at the Charles Theater in Baltimore before every show. It always got huge laughs. He’s our hometown hero.
this is what edgy teenagers think they seem like
The UC Theater in Berkeley had this reel, and they used to show it before Rocky Horror.
That was filmed at the now closed
San Fransisco Art Institute.
Fun fact: Apocalypse Now was edited in the same room.
America should be ashamed of how you treat the arts.
Louis Rossman, is that you?
“I used to smoke about 20 packs of cigarettes a day, but since I lost one of my lungs, I’ve cut my smoking in half”: Cheech and Chong!
I bumped into him and Steve Buscemi at a dive bar in Baltimore in the late nineties, almost certainly when they were filming a couple episodes of Homicide together. I asked if I could buy them a couple shots and Waters loudly exclaimed, “Of HEROIN?! No thanks honey, I haven’t done that in years!”
They used to show this at the the old River Oaks Theater in Houston back in the 80’s. It was this old style proscenium theater with a usable balcony. It was also the only place that showed “art” films. I saw Room With A View and Blue Velvet there along with others but those are the two standouts.
He was a homo in such a homosapien way
Corporations have your best interest at heart. Corporations care for you because you consume their Product. Consume the Product. The Product is good for you. The Product makes you happy. Feel happy, consume the Product.
I miss smoking cigarettes so bad, especially when I drink, but I know it’ll be better for me in the long run
That was the gayest thing I’ve ever seen a straight man do
I like this guy ever since i sawa dvd of him performing comedy.
“We need to make reading cool again. If you go to someone’s house and they don’t have books, don’t fuck them!”
John Waters was a smoker before quitting around 2004, saying “the only thing I’ve ever regretted in my whole life was smoking cigarettes. Because it was a nightmare giving up. It’s the only thing the government ever told me that was true: It does kill you!”