Retro Friday: Orson Welles Says It's Time For Wine

"Uhhhhhhh the French!" Pity the twilight years of Orson Welles, reduced to promoting Paul Masson wine ("We will sell no wine before it's time") in a series of commercials. Above, the famous outtakes of a drunk Welles struggling to spit out his lines.

Below, a slightly more sober Welles:



(Thanks to Jon Weisman for the tip.)