April 23, 2009

Controversy: Ceci n'est pas une pipe!

Image: REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer

"...new posters for a recent Jacques Tati retrospective show the iconic Hulot without his pipe after the Paris public transport network (RATP) banned the picture, citing a 1991 law that prohibits advertising tobacco."


A drawing of Jacques Tati as Hulot (with his pipe) made by...?

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Image from pillpat (Agence eureka) showing pipe smoking in the "good ol' days".

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More pipe images at Musselsoppans Vänner: Ceci n'est pas une pipe
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