Brand: OTHER

Year: 1978

Category:
Ad-magazine/newspaper
Celebrity Endorsement
Cigars
Sports-Other sports

Description:
"The Grenadier I waited 5 years to smoke". A&C...one beautiful smoking experience." Cigars are for victories. At least that's how it seems to me. Because I've never felt like smoking a cigar after losing a game. And no matter how far ahead we were at half time, I could never light one up before the game was over. That would be too cocky even for me. Since I've been playing pro ball, I've smoked a lot of Grenadiers after a lot of games. But the Grenadier I enjoyed the most was the one I lit up after we won Super Bowl XI. For four straight seasons from 1972-1975, we kept on just missing winning the big one. Take '72. That playoff game sticks in my mind like a favorite old girl friend. There we were ahead 7-6, with only a minute, 26 seconds left in the game, when their quarterback threw a pass that bounced from the intended receiver's fingertips to a defensive back's, and into the hands of their big fullback, who ran for a touchdown. We were behind 13-7, when we ran out of time. In '73, '74 and '75, we always seemed to run out of time before we could score enough points to win. In '76 we finally made it to Super Bowl. Funny thing about that game. We ran and passed pretty much as we pleased. Even set a record for total offense. I'd waited five years for the Grenadier I smoked after that game. And I'll tell you true, it was one beautiful smoke." Kenny Stabler, Quarterback, Oakland Raiders.

Ad found in:
GPH: February 1978

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