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Retro Lego ad.

  • 17-12-2009 3:07am
    #1
    lord lucan
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    Great to see Lego using one of their old adverts again. I've vague memories of this as a kid,may well have been repeated from late 70's/early 80's from when i remember it. Great to hear the late and great Tommy Coopers laugh again,proper legend.:cool:
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  • #2
    gipi
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    Is it the real Tommy C on that ad or an impressionist? I could never be sure! Great to see it again though (bit like the retro Milky Way ads they ran during the year!).


  • #3
    lord lucan
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    gipi wrote: »
    Is it the real Tommy C on that ad or an impressionist? I could never be sure! Great to see it again though (bit like the retro Milky Way ads they ran during the year!).

    It's definitely Tommy Cooper.:)


  • #4
    DublinWriter
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    My jaw fell open when I saw that ad again on the TV.

    Something in the back of my mind tells me that it's an impressionist as the ad was featured on one of those retro shows a few years back.


  • #5
    lord lucan
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    From what i can find online it seems to definitely be Tommy Cooper. There's also been a re-release of the accurist ads from the late 70's featuring John Cleese. Looks like they've just digitally updated the watches in the ad.



  • #6
    VinnyTGM
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    I'm too young so don't know it from when it was first out, a good ad all the same.


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  • #7
    silverharp
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    is that the same with the Mr T snickers ads , are they old ads touched up?

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  • #8
    lord lucan
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    silverharp wrote: »
    is that the same with the Mr T snickers ads , are they old ads touched up?

    The Snickers ad is a recent one. Mr. T seems to have taken to the advertising game,he's also in a World of Warcraft ad at the moment.


  • #9
    Firetrap
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    Like the idea of the Accurist ad. Cheaper than hiring John Cleese to do it again :D


  • #10
    silverharp
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    lord lucan wrote: »
    The Snickers ad is a recent one. Mr. T seems to have taken to the advertising game,he's also in a World of Warcraft ad at the moment.

    Interesting, he seemed not to have aged much, I thought they must have been old US ads

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  • #11
    lord lucan
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    silverharp wrote: »
    Interesting, he seemed not to have aged much, I thought they must have been old US ads

    I think that it's a good make-up job on Mr. T. tbh,seen him on something a while back and he looked very haggard looking.


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