Ooh, do I feel a TV-AM episode coming soon? Yeah, it's a bit late for the actual 40th anniversary of TV-AM, but my video about a Super Bowl halftime show is gonna be out after the Super Bowl, so I'm not one to judge.
I'd love to see a "Hard Sell" of the first few months of TV-am! The dumpster fire of a breakfast TV station definitely started out as one with the Equity strike, and I'm sure there is much sport to be made of it there. :🤣🤣🤣
Working your way round an Equity strike the best way possible; an animated Chinese water torture scene using Greene King as a suitable substitute from a Richard Williams alumnus; the master himself providing a TDK videotape ad; sophisticated wines from the vineyards of... Carrow Road (and I never even knew that Colman's also diversified into selling wine); an avant-garde ad featuring a beautiful model with gorgeous hair provided by products that would become a goldmine of material for Billy Connolly; Jaclyn Smith being sultry and seductive - even with that perm; hi-fi systems made by a company that would soon be actually be most famous for being bought out by Alan Sugar; and the dark charisma of Ray Thacker. Makes me wish I'd have gotten a video recorder from my nearest OTV outlet, although that would hardly justify a 200-mile round trip.
Cotes de Rassilon sounds great! If only because it makes you as confident as Timothy Dalton. Not as much as a big metal gauntlet that turns people into dust, but still.
I had totally forgotten those OTV adverts, wonder how many it any of those tvs or videos are still going or are they now either landfill, recycled or thrown to the side of the road to be unearthed by a futuristic time team?
Breakfast telly on Channel 4... I'm sure the ratings were higher when they were still showing IBA Engineering Announcements at that time. And those weren't even listed in TV Times!
An entertaining episode, as usual! Last night, I stumbled on a Channel 4 advert break that provides specific corroborative evidence of the existence of an advert involving Ray Thacker parachuting into the shot (via green screen) and saying “why don’t you drop in on Colindale…”: ua-cam.com/video/llPf7_2bzOQ/v-deo.html (scrub ahead to the 1:49 mark in the linked video); I just thought that I might mention this…
Thought I'd give this video a go as I recently watched a couple of your longer form documentaries and found them quite interesting and nostalgic. Tbh I'm a little freaked out by the dead-eyed thousand yard stare CGI avatar. Very unnecessary, either go on camera yourself or do it as a voiceover. Will give the rest a big miss.
Excellent episode Matthew. Thank you.
Ooh, do I feel a TV-AM episode coming soon? Yeah, it's a bit late for the actual 40th anniversary of TV-AM, but my video about a Super Bowl halftime show is gonna be out after the Super Bowl, so I'm not one to judge.
The comment section of the original posting points out that that’s a young (pre-Equity) Helena Bonham-Carter as Juliet in the stereo advert.
I'd love to see a "Hard Sell" of the first few months of TV-am! The dumpster fire of a breakfast TV station definitely started out as one with the Equity strike, and I'm sure there is much sport to be made of it there. :🤣🤣🤣
Are you aware of the work of Mike's Carpets, Yorkshire's very own Thacker, strong mullet game.
Working your way round an Equity strike the best way possible; an animated Chinese water torture scene using Greene King as a suitable substitute from a Richard Williams alumnus; the master himself providing a TDK videotape ad; sophisticated wines from the vineyards of... Carrow Road (and I never even knew that Colman's also diversified into selling wine); an avant-garde ad featuring a beautiful model with gorgeous hair provided by products that would become a goldmine of material for Billy Connolly; Jaclyn Smith being sultry and seductive - even with that perm; hi-fi systems made by a company that would soon be actually be most famous for being bought out by Alan Sugar; and the dark charisma of Ray Thacker.
Makes me wish I'd have gotten a video recorder from my nearest OTV outlet, although that would hardly justify a 200-mile round trip.
Cotes de Rassilon sounds great! If only because it makes you as confident as Timothy Dalton. Not as much as a big metal gauntlet that turns people into dust, but still.
ROUSSILLON. There IS a difference.
@@knshinn2Dude, it's a Doctor Who joke, lighten up.
I had totally forgotten those OTV adverts, wonder how many it any of those tvs or videos are still going or are they now either landfill, recycled or thrown to the side of the road to be unearthed by a futuristic time team?
A century after the Tripod invasion, I'm sure we will be digging these up from what remains of 20th century era London. 😂
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Since someone has to:
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I forgot, are you still doing that extra video on breakfast telly for Channel 4?
Breakfast telly on Channel 4... I'm sure the ratings were higher when they were still showing IBA Engineering Announcements at that time. And those weren't even listed in TV Times!
An entertaining episode, as usual! Last night, I stumbled on a Channel 4 advert break that provides specific corroborative evidence of the existence of an advert involving Ray Thacker parachuting into the shot (via green screen) and saying “why don’t you drop in on Colindale…”: ua-cam.com/video/llPf7_2bzOQ/v-deo.html (scrub ahead to the 1:49 mark in the linked video); I just thought that I might mention this…
The Colindale VW dealer is now a Toyota franchise (changed around the pandemic).
Think tech moan just did a vid in those hifis.
Thought I'd give this video a go as I recently watched a couple of your longer form documentaries and found them quite interesting and nostalgic. Tbh I'm a little freaked out by the dead-eyed thousand yard stare CGI avatar. Very unnecessary, either go on camera yourself or do it as a voiceover. Will give the rest a big miss.
Oh well - I'm sure we won't miss you :)