RJ Reynolds
Advertising Research Report. Ar-67-21. Kool Filter "Auto Transport": 60 on-Air Test.
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- Type
- REPORT
- Alias
- AR67 21
- Site
- Mdd
- Mdic
- Request
- Minnesota
- 1rfp93
- Named Person
- Genovese, C.S.
- Sugg, W.A.
- Gray, H.
- Stewart, B.R.
- Bresnahan, J.J.
- Weber, A.G.
- Albanese, J.A.
- Haller, T.P.
- Odear, R.M.
- Lambeth, C.K.
- Ober, B.
- Greene, J.A.
- Holmen, G.R.
- Jackson, B.
- Etienne, R.R.
- Jackson, C.E.
- Lynch Transcription Service
- Nbc, T.V.
- Blevins, R.
- Hind, J.F.
- Judge, C.H. III
- Rechholtz, R.A.
- Sandefur, T.E. Jr
- Smith, W.S. Jr
- Rjr
- Sugg, W.A.
- Date Loaded
- 27 Feb 1998
- Characteristic
- Marginalia
- Box
- Rjr2335
- Author
- Rjr
- Brand
- Camel 85
- Camel Non Filter 70
- UCSF Legacy ID
- zaa79d00
Document Images
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KOOL "AUTO TRANSPORT" :60
SPECIFICALLY RELATEV RECALL
1. Some people in a car. One man said his cigarettes were dry
and the other man offered a Koo1...The car and the two men...
They made your throat feel cooler...They are menthol and one
cooler than the rest of them.
Female--45--High School--B&W
2. Two men driving in a truck, talking about their cigarettes.
Female--High School--29--B&W
3. Two men in a plan e or a truck. One man said his cigarettes
were flat and other man handed him a Kool and told him to
try one of them.
Male--19--High School--B&W
4. It had to do with truck drivers smoking and one guy smoked Kools...
Two truck drivers srnoking...One guy smoking another kind of
cigarette said his was dead and throw_ it away. Then the guy
smoking the Kools said, "Here smoke a Kool."
Male--26--High School--B&W
5. The one about driving a truck load of new cars. It was raining
and a man said his cigarettes were too hot for him. Another
man handed him a Kool cigarette to try...The package cigarette
was pretty in color*and the scenery was beautiful. One of the
two men in the cab of the truck and he drove down the highway...
Kool cigarettes have a true menthol taste.
Female--31=-High School--Color
6. It was two guys driving in a truck. One man says to other.
that he is going to switch brands because his cigarette was
too flat. So his buddy gives him a Kool filter cigarette...
Two men in a truck driving up hill.
Male--22--High School--B&W
7. Two men in a truck and one said his cigarettes were not good
and the other man took out a pack of Kool cigarettes and
said, "Try one of these." He tried it and it was the right
kind and they sang about the Kool cigarette...Kool cigarettes
and the kind to smoke.
Female--52--Grade School--B&W
8. Two guys were driving in a big tractor trailer truck. The
driver said his cigarette was tasting lousy and the other
man said, "Here try one of mine."...The menthol in the cigarette
would ease the throat and be a change from your regular brand.
Male--39--Grade School--Color

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KOOL "AUTO TRANSPORT" :60
SPECIFICALLY RFLATFD RECALL (contd.)
9. There were two fellows riding in a truck and one said,these
cigarettes were getting very dull,and the other guy said here
try these and gave him a Kool. The fellow liked it and said
he was going to buy them...A big tractor trailer. The pack
of the Kools which was attractive in color. They were driving
on the road while they were talking...They said it was coo'l
and refreshing. It tasted good...They liked the menthol in
the cigarette. It made it refreshing.
Male--33--Grade School--Color
10. The men (a truck driver and his helper) were talking. One
said his cigarette was tasteless. So the other gives him a
Kool and he likes it.)...The driver of the truck'giving his
helper a Kool cigarette...They were mellow and cool and not
too mentholated.
Male--57--College--B&W
11. The cigarette made everything better...Two men were talking.
They were in a truck. One said he didn't like the taste of
his cigarette and the other said smoke "Kool filter". He did
and liked it...The Kool cigarette is an enjoyable smoke.
Female37--College--Color
12. There were two truck drivers going along. One said he was
tired of his cigarette. The other one offered him a Kool
The truck drivers...They're cool with menthol.
Male--24--College--Color
13. A truck driver. He's tired and also tired of his cigarettes.
Then another fellow handed him a Kool.
14.
The Female--64--High School--Color
others get stale and (Kools) these are always fresh. These
guys
The were truck drivers, they were in some sort of vehicle...
two guys, showing them some sort of cab...Something goes
wrong and they have to change over to Kools.
Male--63--High School--B&W'
15. A couple of truck drivers, and one said try this and the
other said it's cool. (Kool cigarettes)...It's supposed to ~
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be cooler
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Female--52--High School--Color

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KOOL "AUTO TRANSPORT" :60
SPECIFICALLy RFLATED RECALL
16. Two men in a truck, one didn't like his cigarette,and the other
asked him to smoke one of his cigarettes and it was a Kool...
Said it was better tasting than ones he had smoked.
17.
18.
Female--49--High School--B&W
Two men in a truck and one man said, "It has been a long rride"
and he said his cigarettes doesn't taste good any more and
the second fellow said, "Try mine," and it was a Kool cigarette.
Two men in a truck and they were cattle men or something
like that.
Female--36--High Shcool--B&W
This guy is driving a semi-truck and it's his last load and
his last cigarette. The other guy gave him a.Kool,and he
said it smoked cool like it was his first cigarette...Doesn't
give you that burning sensation. It's a cool smoke...The
menthol is in it. It's a soothing smoke.
Male--38--High School--B&W-
19. Two men in the cab of a truck'. The truck was hauling
automobiles and one man said his cigarette was stale and the
rac'in driving offered him a Kool cigarette...What I just mentioned.
The pack was green.
Male--54--High School--Color

KOOL "AUTO TRANSPORT" :60
GLNFRALLY RELATLD RECALL
1. The song they sang...That they were dool.
Male--27--High School--B&W
2. it is a menthol cigarette. It is refreshing to smoke...It is
real refreshing.
Male--20--High School--Color
3. Something about switching to a new taste because it was too
drying...Two fellows were working and one was tired and said,
"Even my cigarettes don't taste right." The other fellow
answered by giving him a Koo1...They are refreshing.
Female--45--High School--B&W
4. The fella said he got tired of his brand and the other guy
suggests Koo1...How Kool is mild and feels good for the throat.
It is a mild cigarette.
Male--39--High School--ColQr
5. The man offered the other man a cigarette. He said Kool
taste just like a cigarette should.
Female--47--High School--B&W
6. It is a refreshing smoke. Because of the menthol it.is a cool
smoke.
Female--52--High School--Color
7. The tips are orange...Just the package with the white and green
colors on it...It is the only real menthol cigarette.
Female--49--College--Color
8. About he doesn't have a taste and a guy offered him a pack.
He said, "Try mine,". and he said, "Kools."
Female--48--Grade School--Color
9. Two men.talking about cigarettes. Wrong kind of cigarettes.
The other man said, "Try one of these." This was Kool cigarettes.
Female--45--College--B&W
10. They are a fine cigarette and good to smoke.
Male--63--Grade School--Color
11. Kool taste, "Come up to a Kool."..."Come up to Kools."
Male--60--Grade School--B&W

KOOL "AUTO TRANSPORT" :60
GFNLRALLy RELATFD RECALL
12. The one party threw a cigarette away because they didn't like
the cigarette. The other fellow said, "Try this cigarette."
A Kool.
Female--58--High School--Color
13. A man is tired of cigarette and another man says to try mine,
then he says "Hum! It is cooll"...It is a cool cigarette.
Female--45--High*School--B&W

KOOL LILTLR "AUTO TRANSPORT" :60
UNRELATLD RECALL
l. Somebody was dissatisfied with his filter cigarette and
someone offered him a Kool. The first man seemed to be
satisfied with the taste of the Kool...It took place in a news-
paper office at the end of an evening. They were checking
proofs or something before they walked out of the office...
That fresh menthol taste...Just as I have said.
Male--53--High School--B&W
2. I think it was an outdoor scene with a fellow-and a girl. It
was a picnic scene..."Have a Kool."...That it is a cool,soothing
cigarette.
Female--50--High School--B&W
3. One man said, "Something has gone wrong, my cigarette tastes
flat." The second man gave him a Kool and he said, "It tastes
real good, it's what I needed, it's a real smoke, has something
my other cigarette doesn't have...Two fellows on a boat and one
remarked his cigarette tasted flat and he needed a change. The
other fellow offers him Kools and he takes a puff and likes it
real we1l...If you smoke Kool, you won't go back to the'other
brands...Have a menthol and filter cigarette with a cool taste-
ful smoke.
Female--56--High School--B&W
4. Singing a song like and there were fellows all around, up
stairs and down, and someone always stealing them. (the pack
of cigarettes)...There's something in the color part, charcoal
or something...Kool cigarettes are supposed to be good for you.
Mentholatum in'em:.
Male--57--High School--Color
5. Two young people having a good time.
Male--70--High School--B&W
6. About (one person says) my cigarette not tasting the same. I
get nothing out of it and the other fellow say, "Try one of these.
They always like the Kools and say they are goinq to buy them
after that...It was two fellows. They were skiing and came into
the lodge. I think...A fellow is disgusted with his skiing and
he says his cigarette is off its taste, too. The other fellow
tells him to try Kools, and he always likes them better. It's
always the same thing with different people and scenes.
Female--32--High School--B&W
7. Pack of cigarettes floating up from somewhere. Had a spring
setting. Flowers and everything looking green and fresh. Man
and woman (a young couple)...Said it had a good refreshing taste,
you get real taste of tobacco...The tobacco is fresh like spring.
Female--42--High School--B&W

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KOOL FILTER "AUTO TRANSPORT" :60
UNRELATLD RECALL (con-td.)
8. The people in the commercial. A man ran out of cigarettes and
the other guy offered him a Kool. And oh! how he liked that.
Female--48--High School--B&W
9. It was a well drilling rig at sea...The usual, wanting a change.
. These cigarettes aren't for me anymore, so try a Kool.
Male--43--College--B&W
10. It was asoothing smoke (cool and soothing to your throat)...
It showed a package of regular and a package of filters...
They were the most selling cigarette. (The one that most
people buy.)
Female--42--Grade School--B&W
11. I remember the little tune that went with the commercial...
A little penguin, people were sitting by the beach and were
smoking Kool.
Female--60--Grade School--B&W
12. Smoke Kool cause Kool is a good cigarette...A boy and girl.
(The girl was asking for a cigarette, he gives her one of his
cigarettes. She looks up like she is surprised, when she smokes
the Kool cigarette.)...They were talking about a song they were
singing. A song. (The boy and the girl was singing.)
Female--69--Grade School--B&W
13. Step up to Kool. Hawaiian dancing and then someone has a Kool...
This fellow was on an island and he was dancing and then some-
one gave c LiiT)~~1 cause he L~ wasn - -~ 1.. L_ .
i~ a r.wi tt enjoying nis... It s a smooth,
cool cigarette, good tobacco...It was a different commercial than
I've seen before.
Male--74--Grade School--B&W
14. Remember the ad. Very plain. The one about the construction
work. Men are on a construction job...Noticed the wording.
Idea came through more than usual...Refreshing, I guess. Taste
had a true taste and also satisfied with the tobacco taste...
Same two as above. Menthol cool and refreshing and still get
taste of tobacco.
Female--57--Grade School--Color
15. They're cooler than any other cigarettes...A penquin on.ice...
It's the coolest cigarette you can smoke...They're the best
to smoke because they are the m ildest.
Female--28--College--Col.or

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Long shot of car-carrying MAN:.
trail er truck. Two shot of
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drivers inside cab. One
takes pack froirn dash, offers.
other.
Supers are rnounted on solid
areas that shutter in from
ea,h side, top and bottom of
s, _en.
MAN:
MAN:
MAN:
MAN:
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MAN:
CHORUS:
Driver puffs with "The Koo1 MAjv;
taste". Super at right. CHORUS:
Cigarette in hand in close-up. MAN:
"Kool's white filter" supered CHORUS:
at left
"rich tobaccos" at
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HUNTINGTON STATION. L. I., N. Y. 11747 PHONE HA 3-0050
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right.' "Taste extra coolness!:-.:---
belowtwo shot of_ drivers.
Large "Come up to the Kool
taste" reverts, changes to ""
Kool pack.
MAN:
C HORUS :
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AN:
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Monday, March 13,* 1967
"Run For Your Life"
NBC-TV 10:00 P. M.
This rain's got us. running late.
No problem, Jimmy, we'11 make it up'on
the last leg.
,.
These cigarettes are on their last legs, already.
Huh?
They taste flat. I gotta get a new brand.
Here, try one of mine.
Kools,. huh?
It's the only cigarette I smoke.
(SINGING)
Come up to the Kool taste,
The coolest taste in any cigarette,
Get Kool's white filter, rich tobaccos, too,
Taste extra coolness,
Let Kool. come th'rough:.for yQu. :
You know, Kools taste great.
~
Y eah, I knotv.
.(SINGING)
Come up to the Kool taste,
.
The taste you stay with every time you smoke.
Make Kools your steady brand. Try 'em today.
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