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Post by Arch Stanton on Aug 30, 2019 14:04:20 GMT
Today's DM is all about tea and this Typhoo Tea advert recently uncovered, hidden behind a box full of old copies of Razzle in his attic. It poses the question, that if you were to invite one of these people round for a cup o tea and a slice o cake, which would it be and why? You'll notice with a certain degree of scrutiny, that the advertisement actually gives you twelve options, four of which Typhoo were too lazy to find a stock photo of, so sadly you will have to use your imagination for the options: Cliff Richard, Tony Curtis, Clowns and Jumbo Balloon, whoever they are??  |
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Post by Arch Stanton on Aug 30, 2019 14:16:00 GMT
Either Sir Rog or the Pink Panther for me I think.
Albeit I am tempted by Jumbo Balloon, coz I have genuinely no idea what it is. Whether it's just a big balloon or an ordinary sized balloon with a picture of a Victorian elephant on it? Given the random absurdity of the choices Typhoo present, it could well be either.
Also what's 'It's The Wolf'? I have never heard of this character, It's the Wolf who?
PS: BTW if you choose 'Clowns' can you please PM me, because it means you're either a serial killer or a paedophile and I have to immediately alert the authorities. Thanks.
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Post by daz on Aug 30, 2019 18:53:26 GMT
Dick Dastardly with Muttley. I would wind up Mr Dastardly and get to here Muttley laugh.
I would probably have had Rupert and the Pink Panther also as I would be too shy to meet the actors.
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Post by barrythebook on Aug 30, 2019 18:56:02 GMT
McQueen and Moore for me but the poll would only select one on option
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Post by daz on Aug 30, 2019 18:57:57 GMT
Dick Dastardly with Muttley. I would wind up Mr Dastardly and get to here Muttley laugh. But Rupert and The Pink Panther are real.
I think if they came for tea it would be a meeting of great minds then. |
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Post by Arch Stanton on Aug 30, 2019 19:00:11 GMT
Dick Dastardly with Muttley. I would wind up Mr Dastardly and get to here Muttley laugh. I would probably have had Rupert and the Pink Panther also as I would be too shy to meet the actors. Rupert the Bear is a racist. I've seen the evidence. That's why he named his pet fish Martin Boormann. He was at the sympathy rallies with James Mason. |
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Post by Arch Stanton on Aug 30, 2019 19:02:39 GMT
McQueen and Moore for me but the poll would only select one on option McQueen was a wife beater, a drunk and a drug addict. Allegedly he was a right nasty piece of work. I wouldn't have that pond life round for tea. |
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Post by barrythebook on Aug 30, 2019 19:46:52 GMT
McQueen and Moore for me but the poll would only select one on option McQueen was a wife beater, a drunk and a drug addict. Allegedly he was a right nasty piece of work. I wouldn't have that pond life round for tea. He shouldn't have been put up as an option if he was that bad. |
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Post by Arch Stanton on Aug 30, 2019 20:49:51 GMT
He shouldn't have been put up as an option if he was that bad. God knows. I know he was pretty horrible though. Verbally, mentally and physically to his partners. I think he struggled. Not a nice person at all. Hence his reliance on drink and drugs, which inevitably just made him worse. IIRC it got worse as he got older. Probably not common knowledge by 1971. |
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Post by Arch Stanton on Aug 30, 2019 20:52:46 GMT
McQueen was a wife beater, a drunk and a drug addict. Allegedly he was a right nasty piece of work. I wouldn't have that pond life round for tea. He shouldn't have been put up as an option if he was that bad. Why not. It’s not mine or Typhoo’s fault you can’t spot a wrong un. |
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Post by jno on Aug 31, 2019 5:48:21 GMT
Dear oh lord, what a choice! A right bunch of wrong'uns if there ever was and seeing has half of 'em are now brown bread I can't imagine the conversation being too inspiring. Still, it can't be worse than a BDO darts match.  Once I'd eliminated those still alive, there was only really one choice and that's the Pink Panther - first of all, he has a fantastic car and think of all the animals you've ever heard about, like rhinoceroses and tigers, cats and mink - there are lots of funny animals in all this world but have you ever seen a panther that is pink? Think! A panther that is positively pink! He really is a groovy cat, a gentleman, a scholar, and an acrobat! No choice really, it had to be the panther - plus the chances of touchy feely Wyngarde getting his Germans on my digestives are absolutely zero. A right randy dunker ... fancy! PS: BTW if you choose 'Clowns' can you please PM me, because it means you're either a serial killer or a paedophile and I have to immediately alert the authorities. Thanks.  |
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Post by gustav on Aug 31, 2019 6:22:10 GMT
What a brilliant advertisement. As you say Arch they give 12 options but can only bother with eight images, the creative department just didn't think things through. I think they run with just eight images so they can arrange them in a 'T' shape but why add the others at all? If it was tea I was having with one of them then it would have to be (both then and now) either Tony Curtis or Roger Moore, were they still available. I would be very tempted to opt for Jumbo Balloon just to see who turned up. But of course the weird selection of actors, cartoons and Cliff supplemented by Jumbo Balloon and clowns is really for a 45p poster of one of them. In this case clowns is very dodgy, who would want a picture of clowns grinning at you from the wall and I suspect Jumbo Balloon will actually be just that, a picture of a balloon. I wonder if anyone paid for that poster? If it was tea I would ask Tony Curtis. If it was a poster then Dastardly and Muttley.
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Post by gustav on Aug 31, 2019 6:24:29 GMT
Rupert the Bear is a racist. I've seen the evidence. That's why he named his pet fish Martin Boormann. He was at the sympathy rallies with James Mason. Another unnecessary slur on the character of a great British actor. |
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Post by Arch Stanton on Aug 31, 2019 9:46:46 GMT
Dear oh lord, what a choice! A right bunch of wrong'uns if there ever was and seeing has half of 'em are now brown bread I can't imagine the conversation being too inspiring. Still, it can't be worse than a BDO darts match. Once I'd eliminated those still alive, there was only really one choice and that's the Pink Panther - first of all, he has a fantastic car and think of all the animals you've ever heard about, like rhinoceroses and tigers, cats and mink - there are lots of funny animals in all this world but have you ever seen a panther that is pink? Think! A panther that is positively pink! He really is a groovy cat, a gentleman, a scholar, and an acrobat! No choice really, it had to be the panther - plus the chances of touchy feely Wyngarde getting his Germans on my digestives are absolutely zero. A right randy dunker ... fancy! PS: BTW if you choose 'Clowns' can you please PM me, because it means you're either a serial killer or a paedophile and I have to immediately alert the authorities. Thanks. I voted for Pink Panther as well. We’ve agreed on something twice now, in as many days jno. Where’s the fan fare? I voted for Pink Panther with trepidation though, because his initials are PP, and in this crazy old world of internet sock puppets (which I learnt the meaning of for the first time yesterday), you just never know.  |
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Post by ltd on Aug 31, 2019 22:41:22 GMT
I'd pick Peter Wyngarde, he's as a gay as toast but I'm not prejudiced. I think he'd have a good store of showbiz anecdotes and would be entertaining. I wouldn't ask him about Gloucester bus station, obviously.
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Post by jno on Sept 1, 2019 2:14:27 GMT
I wouldn't ask him about Gloucester bus station, obviously. Yeah, right! |
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Post by ace5150 on Sept 1, 2019 11:51:57 GMT
Paul Newman for me, I'd get him to show me EXACTLY how he stung Robert Shaw on the train in a card game!
Tea, cakes and a game of cards in the parlour. So quintessentially English!
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Post by Arch Stanton on Sept 1, 2019 13:19:42 GMT
Paul Newman for me, I'd get him to show me EXACTLY how he stung Robert Shaw on the train in a card game! Good point. In 1971 Paul Newman didn't know any card games. He could take you out for a romantic spin on his push bike though Ace   |
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Post by Arch Stanton on Sept 1, 2019 13:21:18 GMT
Who voted for Sir Kitty Wig? Come on, own up... |
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Post by jno on Sept 1, 2019 14:30:44 GMT
I'd pick Peter Wyngarde, he's as a gay as toast but I'm not prejudiced. I think he'd have a good store of showbiz anecdotes and would be entertaining. I wouldn't ask him about Gloucester bus station, obviously. |
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Post by jno on Sept 1, 2019 14:31:33 GMT
Who voted for Sir Kitty Wig? Come on, own up... Former forum troll and hate poster it has to be! |
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Post by Arch Stanton on Sept 1, 2019 15:11:44 GMT
My money's on Ford Capri all day long. . . . On the sly he's a big Sir Kitty Wig fan, so I've heard. In fact talking of FC, it's a good job Olivia Newton John wasn't on the list is all I can say. Well a good job for Olivia at least. 'What's that Olivia, your tea tastes funny and now you feel like you need a lie down?'
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Post by jno on Sept 1, 2019 17:53:48 GMT
I agree Arch, fordcapri it must be.
Jumbo Balloon ... wasn't this the infamous Cornish condom salesman from St. Day? The only other I can think is that everyone's favourite elephant has dropped its surname since hitting the big time.
Meanwhile ... It's the Wolf!!
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Post by KarinB on Sept 12, 2019 13:12:41 GMT
Hmm I think I'd have the cup of tea and cake by myself rather than invite one of them.  |
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Post by Arch Stanton on Sept 12, 2019 13:44:59 GMT
Hmm I think I'd have the cup of tea and cake by myself rather than invite one of them. Not even Rupert and his pet fish Martin Boormann. You misery. |
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Post by daz on Sept 13, 2019 21:24:40 GMT
Hmm I think I'd have the cup of tea and cake by myself rather than invite one of them. Not even Sir Roger Moore, I think he would be the best company, but I couldn't turn down Muttley |
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Post by KarinB on Sept 21, 2019 14:17:37 GMT
Hmm I think I'd have the cup of tea and cake by myself rather than invite one of them. Not even Rupert and his pet fish Martin Boormann. You misery. Yes I am. |
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Post by KarinB on Sept 21, 2019 14:21:46 GMT
Hmm I think I'd have the cup of tea and cake by myself rather than invite one of them. Not even Sir Roger Moore, I think he would be the best company, but I couldn't turn down Muttley I think you're right that Roger Moore would be the best company but because I've only ever seen him playing Bond in a few of the early films I don't know a lot about him. I guess I'm too damn fussy when it comes to who I'll have a cuppa and a bit of cake with. |
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Post by bensonrad on Nov 11, 2019 21:43:27 GMT
The kid in me says the Pink Panther, but wouldn't turn down a tea with Roger Moore.
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