About nine months after the strike, there was a sudden increase in the number of babies born. With nothing on ITV, many couples just went to bed early.
I'd love to find out who the referee with the amazing facial hair is at the 19 second mark. I always remember those sideburns when I was a kid watching the American version of Star Soccer on PBS Saturday afternoons!
Directed by Peter Levelle for Beechurst Films. Shot over a week in London and Paris. The shot of Ronnie B going the wrong way around l'arc triomphe required the entire roadway to be shut down very early on a Sunday morning, and all of the cars and buses in shot are stunt drivers. One of those 'million dollar shots' that today would be CGI. Expensive, but the Two Ronnies were very big at the time, and Hertz had deep pockets.
The closest advert to being what I'm looking for. There were a number of these adverts that stressed the hand shaking as they say "Three Sorts Of Beans." It gives a completely different side to the advert, but I can't find any of them on YT.
10 years old me in 1979 couldn't wait for ITV to come back! I used to get in from school, switch on our old valve telly and see; "Due to industrial action..." etc etc night after night. Apart from Grange Hill and a few other things, BBC's output didn't compare. PLUS...ITV showed adverts!! The main reason I visit this site these days. I missed all my fave shows like Ghosts of Motley Hall (wiv Arfur Inglish, sheila Steafal, etc.) The Professionals, The New Avengers, Sale of the Century, Hawaii 5 0, and the Muppets of course. But...looking at that schedule...Oh dear. :-(
My dear, late, Dad worked for 27 years with BirdsEye, and in later years, he was chiefly involved with marketing and advertising and promotions. He worked with Ali on the script for this ad, and M.A. sent him a great letter to thank him for the collaboration. It was duly framed and hung in the downstairs cloakroom for many years.
I remember watching this first time round in 1983 in ad break during Coronation Street - I was 10 at the time & that music has been an earworm to this day.
I wasn't much older than you, I was 12, and couldn't get enough of looking at the first girl in that advert. Haven't really watched TV for a long time now, but can guess just like today's life, the ads have gone downhill too.
