Got 7 Minutes to Blow on a Cigar Ad?

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Neither do we. But this one — for CAO Cigars — has subtitles and guys that could be samurais in down season. That is, if you go by the clothes and otherwise fail to observe that they bitch about smoking all day and sleep sitting up.

The spot has something to do with CAO guys fighting a smoking ban so they can attend Chicago’s Big Smoke in April.

Whenever you’re finished trying to laugh at that, see Hitler Gets Banned for some quality subtitled commercial appropriation.

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