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Post by Dirty Epic on Jun 10, 2020 10:47:04 GMT
I remember a few of those ads Sparky.
Not 100% certain but I think bits and pieces of the Henry Cooper/Woolworths one features in the BBC Four documentary Christmas '77 with the Sex Pistols that was last on 2-3 years back. Sadly it's not on iPlayer.
Great stuff with these Sparky keep them coming!
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Post by D.C. Burtonshaw on Jun 10, 2020 16:34:31 GMT
Cheers Sparky, I'd forgotten several of those, that I remember now, the Bubble Yum adverts were about "Super Bazooka" as the brand name I think. Didn't realise the bloke behind the bar at the Milk Shake shop was Roy Kinnear. I think the adverts were meant to be set in America although I don't know if the cast were British child actors putting on American accents or real American kids.
In that still, they were saying "And a flavour that's this big!"
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Post by Sparky on Jun 10, 2020 17:09:47 GMT
Cheers Sparky, I'd forgotten several of those, that I remember now, the Bubble Yum adverts were about "Super Bazooka" as the brand name I think. Didn't realise the bloke behind the bar at the Milk Shake shop was Roy Kinnear. I think the adverts were meant to be set in America although I don't know if the cast were British child actors putting on American accents or real American kids.
In that still, they were saying "And a flavour that's this big!"
Roy Kinnear did quite a bit - as well as his acting!
I wasn't a fan of bubble gum, as people used to stick it under the tables at school - and I would end up with it on my trousers.... yuk!
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Post by Sparky on Jun 10, 2020 17:43:33 GMT
I remember a few of those ads Sparky.
Not 100% certain but I think bits and pieces of the Henry Cooper/Woolworths one features in the BBC Four documentary Christmas '77 with the Sex Pistols that was last on 2-3 years back. Sadly it's not on iPlayer.
Great stuff with these Sparky keep them coming! So, that ad could be 1977 - not 1978?
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Post by Steve Austin on Jun 10, 2020 18:42:19 GMT
These days, actors seem to lend their voice to adverts rather than appear in them.
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Post by Sparky on Jun 10, 2020 18:47:02 GMT
These days, actors seem to lend their voice to adverts rather than appear in them. Using their voice is more than likely cheaper.
However - many ad agencies do use "Voice Alikes". There was a local radio ad running in South Yorkshire for a Double Glazing firm - I thought it was voiced by Peter Dickson - the X-Factor/BGT/Most recent ITV shows voice over. I wondered how the hell they paid to get him. It turned out they used a Voice Alike.
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Post by Three Litre on Jun 10, 2020 18:53:48 GMT
A great voice is a real gift. I always like Tim Piggot-Smith on those Battlefield documentaries, he's much better than whoever the bland person is who replaced him. Also Larry Olivier was excellent on The World at War.
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Post by Del Boy on Jun 10, 2020 21:47:11 GMT
Great finds Sparks. Keep them coming
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Post by DI Alex Drake on Jun 10, 2020 22:08:53 GMT
Awww Tom and (oh my god this is the very first time these names have come out this way in my mind) Jerry! Good life heroes, not cat and mouse. I adore that programme. I’m so sad they’re no longer with us.
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Post by Sparky on Jun 11, 2020 6:53:33 GMT
A great voice is a real gift. I always like Tim Piggot-Smith on those Battlefield documentaries, he's much better than whoever the bland person is who replaced him. Also Larry Olivier was excellent on The World at War. Yes. Laurence Olivier was great on World at War.
I love listening to Patrick Allen - though his voice tends to conjour up images of Protect & Survive, and Nuclear Armageddon accompanied by Air-Raid sirens and instructions to build your own Nuclear Bunker.
Who was it who did the Pathe News Reels - was it Bob Danvers-Walker (off the original Take Your Pick?)
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