Tuesday, 28 October 2025

A shock for Bully Brown... Anti-smoking ad in 1960s comics


This advert about Bully Brown featured in many kid's comics throughout the 1960s; and was eventually so well known in the UK that it was successfully parodied by a teacher who was author of a school revue in my VI form years (he probably pinched it from Benny Hill); then further twice plagiarized by me for a medical revue and a hospital Christmas show. 


The parody version consisted simply of enacting the advert on stage, up to the penultimate line:

"I gave up smoking when I saw what it did to my Dad's chest."

After which the triumphant hero Jim turns to the curvaceous girl and says:

"Come along Dad."


Never fails. 


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