Pittsburgh Underground: Fundays@420: Orson Welles Wines

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Sunday, August 1, 2010

Fundays@420: Orson Welles Wines

Hey gang! Welcome to another happy-slappy Funday@420! Are any of you kids old enough to remember the old phrase "We will sell NO wine before it's TIME"? Know anything about it? Ok... fun is fun, but if you're careful, you may just learn something before it's done (Hey, Hey, Hey!).

Back in late 70's, Orson Welles (Citizen Kane, War of the Worlds, The Muppet Movie - wah?... I like the Muppet Movie) did some commercial endorsements for the Paul Masson Wine Company. A dude named Victor Lewis-Smith, a critic of Masson Wines, stated that Welles endorsements were both proof he was 'a genius, but also a lying bastard". The following outtake is real footage of the commercial with Orson Welles bombed to the gills.