Buzby: Gossip
Buzby's mum gossips with her neighbours over a garden fence in this cartoon ad for BT.
Rumour has it that Buzby the talking bird was once the nation's favourite. The Bernard Cribbins-voiced character was the face of British Telecom for over a decade, helping to "make someone happy with a phone call" as the catchphrase had it. This edition pays gentle homage to over-the-fence gossip, immortalised by soap operas like Coronation Street.
Advertisement for British Telecom. In a pastiche of the opening titles of
Coronation Street, Buzby's mum gossips to her friends over a garden fence.
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Commercial Break: British Advertising on Screen
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Hovis: Boy on the Bike
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Rudge-Whitworth - Britain's Best Bicycle
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Coca-Cola: Mary Hopkin
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The Daz with the Blue Whitener
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What We Want Is Watney's Army
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Sam Goes Shopping
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Buzby - Gossip
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Babycham: Clovelly
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