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its ur aerial · 27th Oct 2018, 7:37 am

Back in the 70`s I was a engineer for Granada TV Rental, and they had of course that famous advert with, the the Actor, (can't remember his name, but he played the publican of the Nags Head in Fools and Horses) in the advert he acts the roll of a engineer breaking into song as a customer opens their front door, "it`s great service great sets when you rent Granada" went the song.

The result nearly every house you went to the customer would crack the joke " are you going to sing then?" My sarcastic reply was "oh never heard that one before".

Incidentally he was a customer of Granada at the branch were I worked, and was always on the debt list, he would tell the Branch Manager, I will pay them when they pay me for their advert.

Sounds very plausible.

27th Oct 2018, 7:37 am	#55
its ur aerial Hexode Join Date: May 2009 Location: Ryde, Isle of Wight, UK. Posts: 419	Re: What radio & TV shop advertising do you remember? Back in the 70`s I was a engineer for Granada TV Rental, and they had of course that famous advert with, the the Actor, (can't remember his name, but he played the publican of the Nags Head in Fools and Horses) in the advert he acts the roll of a engineer breaking into song as a customer opens their front door, "it`s great service great sets when you rent Granada" went the song. The result nearly every house you went to the customer would crack the joke " are you going to sing then?" My sarcastic reply was "oh never heard that one before". Incidentally he was a customer of Granada at the branch were I worked, and was always on the debt list, he would tell the Branch Manager, I will pay them when they pay me for their advert. Sounds very plausible.