Back several decades ago, Esso had a TV ad with the most breathtaking pictures of tigers, including a fantastic final shot.
I was desperate for a copy of that pic, so actually wrote to Esso. They were kind enough to send me a poster (I think they had many requests!), but it was the wrong picture. It was a poster titled “The Cat’s Whiskers”, and was a lovely picture of a tiger, but wasn’t that picture.
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| The Cat’s Whiskers |
Then yesterday we were watching an episode of Neil Brand’s short TV series on the music of TV; the episode was about adverts. AND THERE IT WAS...
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That expression! Those eyes! “Look on my Face, ye Puny, and despair.”
I did a Google image search, which matched a few eBay sites that only led through to “The Cat’s Whiskers”. So this fuzzy screenshot is the best I’ve got for now. But still better than I had.
This video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxjajNv68CM seems a bit less blurry, but still not great.
ReplyDeleteThis one's better https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCKez5_-360. It claims 1080p, but the original video it was made from was clearly worse than that.
DeleteOoh, lovely -- thanks for the pointers to the ads.
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