December 31 is National Champagne Day.

Enjoy these outtakes from Orson Welles’s famous commercials for Paul Masson champagne from the late 1970s. The legendary actor is noticeably inebriated as he stares into space and slurs his words. (I actually feel kind of guilty for posting this. He should be remembered for Citizen Kane and his other great works, not for this.)

Vintage outtakes, Orson Welles commercial for Paul Masson champagne

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