Surely, Canadians of a certain age remember this ad from the 1990s! I found this ad on one of my tapes, when I was recording a CBC show called Ear to the Ground. It was a special on Bob Rock’s band Rockhead, that I hope copyright law will allow me to post in full.
Enjoy this routine phone call between Patrick and his parents, about life insurance.
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I remember those ads.
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Wow, the memories! I remember this in high school.
Canada only, not avail in New Brunswick or Quebec! ( I wonder what was going on there…)
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Distinct society? We don’t want no stinking norwich union?
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I wouldn’t have qualified for it back then but I do now, man am I old.
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LOL! Patrick says otherwise.
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90s commercials still come up ’round here from time to time – I have a tough time saying chocolate bars without pronouncing it choc-o-late bars!
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I’m not going to upload many, but if I find some that strike my fancy, I will! I have an ad for Friday Nights on CBC that I find kinda amusing.
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Paul MacLeod used to joke riff on this commercial on stage ….. Something like this … Phone rings …….. Man picks up. His son is frantic on the phone speaking faster than a salesman on coke.and for some reason needs to tell his Dad he took out life insurance… as fast as possible. Go back to that commercial and try to insert in exactly what he must have said to get that all in ….. it aint possible. Classic. ….
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Paul had a great point. One which was not lost on us as kids. He literally would have had to say “heydaditsmeIgotlifeinsurance.” as his first sentence.
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Haha. Magic. If only all sons were thoughtful enough to call their parents about a great Life Insurance deal. The mother must be sitting there thinking “I see that boy of ours is in the insurance game now”.
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Uncle Meat brought up a good point — it’s impossible to have that conversation they’re having in the amount of time in the ad. You’d be Patrick, speed-talking!
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I quote this whenever I hear the name Patrick.
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