Category: US
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The Day Thames Television Stole Dallas From The BBC
This is the story of how Thames Television ended up paying the BBC to continue broadcasting Dallas. At the end of the 1970s, Dallas was an instant hit for CBS. After just five episodes, the show was doing well in its Sunday night slot, and would finish the season as the 12th most watched show…
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Betty White Commercials
Let’s have a look at some of the commercials made by the late, great Betty White. Here she is explaining the new Kodacolor film from Kodak. Here’s an Uncle Ben one from 1979, that smacks of its time. A proper old-fashioned presentation here for Geritol and ‘tired blood’. Just a few years later, and Betty…
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CBS And Dudley
In the early 1990s, CBS fell in love with Dudley Moore. They wanted him on their network, and they wanted him in a sitcom. And so they made a sitcom pilot. And they called it Dudley. The trouble is, it’s not the Dudley you’re thinking of, it’s a different Dudley. Dudley, the first attempt, was…
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Mars Celebrations
I would have bet money that Mars Celebrations were released the same year as Cadbury’s Heroes, in a pitched battle to steal the sales from under the noses of those Quality Street folk. Turns out though, that Mars released their boxed sets in 1997, a full two years before Cadbury’s unleashed theirs. Of the two,…
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Cadbury’s Heroes
It never occured to me that Heroes will feature different chocolates in different territories. Take a look at this advert for example. https://youtu.be/s3Rxpn_HE_0 What’s the Perk? The ones in the US box look a little more familiar.
