Talk:Prince Albert (tobacco)
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Phone prank[edit]
"Prince Albert in a can" was kind of the canonical phone prank among boys in the mid-20th-century U.S. I'm sure a lot of cultural references exist... AnonMoos (talk) 18:56, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
By the way, the article states that the earliest use of the joke in film/TV was the Stephen King miniseries, "It", but I remember it in an early season episode of "Happy Days". It was a prank call made by Potsie. Can anyone confirm this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.133.63.5 (talk) 23:13, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
I remember that Happy Days episode. In fact, that was the first time I had heard of Prince Albert. And since I couldn't remember the name the next day at school, I imagined doing the joke by asking if they had Orville Redenbacker in a jar.
Anyway, I believe that was the fraternity initiation episode. Potsie was calling from the pay phone at Al's, and one of the carhop waitresses was in the background rolling her eyes and mouthing the words like she had heard it waaaaaay too many times already. I bet that would be a fairly easy clip to locate on YouTube. Scarletdown (talk) 04:24, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
Edward VII[edit]
" Also, the wording on the package was changed somewhat once Prince Albert had become King Edward VII." But Prince Albert became Edward VII in 1901, before the date given for the introduction of Prince Albert tobacco. What was the change in wording and when was it made? BE56 (talk) 04:47, 19 July 2010 (UTC)BE56
- I looked at the source cited by that sentence. It only supported the part about the portrait. I deleted the detail about "Now King" until someone can find a source for when it was used on the cans. A Google image search shows they did use "Now King" for a while[1] but as you noted, he was already the king when they started manufacturing the tobacco. --Marc Kupper|talk 08:05, 18 December 2012 (UTC)
- It is not difficult to verify that the cans once contained the legend "Now King." They appear from time to time for sale on ebay. Here is a picture of one: http://www.prices4antiques.com/item_images/medium/39/27/34-01.jpg An online antique dealer says the can was used ca. 1905-1910.
Joke variation?[edit]
I remember watching a cartoon, either PPG or Rocko (I believe) and characters were prank calling people, but when they got caught(?) one of them says "Prince Albert in the fridge!", then hangs up. Bunai (talk) 18:11, 8 April 2017 (UTC)
- Combining it with the 'is your refrigerator running' gag, showing comical confusion. Yeah I think that was PPG. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.94.57.191 (talk) 07:10, 7 July 2022 (UTC)
In Gary Owens telephone joke book, it was "Well, tell him to get out, because I need to use the bathroom!" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.1.214.5 (talk) 21:23, 25 June 2020 (UTC)