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The Hard Sell, Episode Eighty-Five: Yellow Pages

Advertising: the rattling of a stick in a swill-bucket? Welcome to the show where the stick rattles back: The Hard Sell. Adverts from history, treated with the respect they deserve. This episode: good old Yellow Pages. As the physical version speeds towards obsolescence, a fond look back on some of the most memorable and celebrated advertisements in British history. Because it is rather old. Further temptations: bobthefish.org.uk If you enjoy this video why not become a Patron, or at least buy us a coffee? patreon.com/applemask ko-fi.com/applemask

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Chris Oakley

Excellent video as ever, Matthew. Hope you don't mind me politely pointing it out, but I think there's a repeated line of dialogue at 25:21 ("It was basically the internet in print". Not a complaint - just letting you know it's there, and it certainly didn't spoil my enjoyment of the video. :)

Bob the Fish Productions

Hell, I thought I'd deleted that. That's the workiing method showing through, two takes of the same line in the same recording. Thanks for pointing it out. I might edit it out before it goes live to the skinflint public.

Chris Oakley

No problem. I've used exactly the same method on loads of my own podcasts and videos so I know what it's like. Sometimes they just slip through the net...