Amazing how he and Sharon Maughan made instant coffee somehow sexy and desirable with the very clever ads. He was the model of the self-effacing but suave man many of us aspired to at the time, as gawky unconfident teenagers.
Amazingly despite my wife making me watch the entire span of Buffys I never once connected Giles with Nescafé Gold Blend man until we went on a Wikipedia search for what else he'd been in, and the penny that had been nagging me finally dropped. I made her watch all the ads on YouTube, which did take a little less time than the entire Buffy story arc, and convinced her she'd done the right thing marrying an educated and smooth English bloke (she's American)  |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
"The iconic Frank N Furter, Giles and the man from Nescafé advert has passed away  . Rest in peace. "
TBF only Tim Curry truly deserves the iconic tag, although I'm sure Anthony was also great (and I'm off to do an image search of him in lingerie now ) |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
"Amazing how he and Sharon Maughan made instant coffee somehow sexy and desirable with the very clever ads. He was the model of the self-effacing but suave man many of us aspired to at the time, as gawky unconfident teenagers.
Amazingly despite my wife making me watch the entire span of Buffys I never once connected Giles with Nescafé Gold Blend man until we went on a Wikipedia search for what else he'd been in, and the penny that had been nagging me finally dropped. I made her watch all the ads on YouTube, which did take a little less time than the entire Buffy story arc, and convinced her she'd done the right thing marrying an educated and smooth English bloke (she's American) "
He fairly dampened a few armchairs when those adverts were on |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
"The iconic Frank N Furter, Giles and the man from Nescafé advert has passed away . Rest in peace.
I shall mourn."
I had the privilege of meeting this fine actor about 20 years ago and he was a true gentleman. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
» Add a new message to this topic
