cigar stuff-ups in film and a hamlet

[Ken Gargett]

possibly an odd pairing but i had one of those weeks. sat down last night to try and do a bit more work but just thought - bugger it.

so watched some garbage on tv, and some old episodes of alias i had on tape, and lit up a hamlet.

this was one of the hamlet baseball bat sized smokes but what a superb cigar. so balanced, so rich, just wonderful. had a hendriks and tonic with it, which was really quite spicy, and that worked well.

but in an episode, someone has to create a diversion in an art gallery so they light up a big cigar. which does it. but they light up a cohiba. they were flashing it around so a little difficult but i am pretty sure it was a siglo vi. next shot, it has a band on it i did not recognise - i assume a non cuban. then as he finishes it, back to the cohiba.

i also remember some dire film - havana nights 2 or something even worse - set in the days before the revolution, where someone is smoking a limited edition!

any other examples out there?

[Hohenthal]

It happens a lot -

Two and a half men, Home Improvement, etc.

a scene starts with one inch of ash on a cigar, next thing it is a nub, next thing it is fresh lit, and all that in under 10 seconds "real time".

[Pilgrims]

Can't think of a cigar one but there are a lot of wine errors in film etc, on the positive side the one "film" that gets wine spot on is Ratatouille. Will keep an eye out for Cigar errors now

[riazp]

i'd be curious to see what that hamlet baseball bat sized cigar looks like!

[jlacava88]

I can't be 100% sure, but I believe these are the baseball bat sized Hamlet cigars that Ken is talking about. Hamlet was in my local cigar shop and rolled me a couple of these beauties... haven't smoked one yet, but am very excited now!

[Colt45]

It happens a lot -

I agree - it's almost inevitable with multiple takes. I recall an article with Shatner where he ended up getting sick after taping a Boston Legal

terrace scene.....

Denny Crane!

[ajgagnon]

OMG, that's a raucous thing.

I'd forgotten how big those are. I had one in Victoria by fluke (didn't even know who Hamlet was) and man, they were rich! Beef tenderloin, red wine, mushrooms, then coffee, cocoa, tobacco and a hint of menthol at the end. Amazing.

[Ken Gargett]

could be, but i find it a little difficult to gauge the comparison on the photos. possibly the same, or so close it doesn't matter, ring size but i think the ones we got from hamlet, this was about 5-7 years ago for these i think, were longer than the one in the photo. but no matter, great smoke.

and there are endless examples of wine stuff ups in film.