[nickcarraway]

Watch a 1980 Paul Masson Wine Commercial With Orson Welles

Orson Welles Drunk Outtakes for Paul Masson Wine Commercial

Orson Welles Drunk Outtakes for Paul Masson Wine Commercial

Orson Welles - Frozen Peas

[dfwgator]

“Aaaaaaah the frrrensssh ssshhhampaign....”

[nd76]

Great post. I loved it.

[KC_Lion]

“Their iz a cAlifoinia Champian buy puAl masson, inshcipered, buy dat shame frensch exlnece. It’s fermnited in da bottagled and vitged dated.”

[Larry Lucido]

More Orson Wells from The Critic

https://youtu.be/6i7ycxiog40

[Viking2002]

I remember Johnny Carson lampooning Welles in a Masson skit once, but can’t find the link......

[Jamestown1630]

Great story.

[Ken H]

Found this interesting factoid. The studio originally wanted Orson Welles to be the narrator of The Twilight Zone =>

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“According to the Chicago Tribune, Welles wanted too much money to serve as the narrator. When an agreement couldn’t be reached, Welles walked away from the project, and Serling jumped in as the narrator. He served as the face of the show for 156 episodes.”

[alexander_busek]

THAT TIME ORSON WELLES GOT DRUNK FILMING [...]

"That time Biden misspoke..."

Regards,

[Pontiac]

Years later, Welles would recall the Paul Masson days with distaste. "I have never seen more seedier, about-to-be-fired sad sacks than were responsible for those Paul Masson ads," Welles told fellow filmmaker Henry Jaglom in Lunches With Orson Welles. "The agency hated me because I kept trying to improve their copy."

John Annarino, the advertising executive in charge of the Masson account also remembered the conflicts on set. "I'm often asked, 'What was it like working with Orson Welles?'" he wrote in The Desert Sun in 2014. "'Well,' I answer, 'it was no picnic.'"

If you had Orson Wells working for you and he offered you advise on your copy, for free, you would be a prideful fool not to seriously consider it.

These guys had a film making genius making their commercial and let their pride tell them he was a washed up has been and wanted him to just read the lines.

[nutmeg]

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[The Right Edge]

he died owing taxes to the same scumbags who he championed. Typical!

[jamaksin]

Classic Orson Welles -

"Drink no wine until it's paid for."

[Loyalist]

Even when he was well past his prime and completely hammered, he could still command the scene like a boss.

That’s talent you just don’t see in Hollywood these days.

[EvilCapitalist]

Pinky and the Brain “Yes Always.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uWW—w4SRs