Blog : Why I love the Two Ronnies
July 22, 2011
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Keith Adams · 
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Keith Adams
Just like washed out Bank Holiday weekends and warm beer, there’s something quintessentially English about the Two Ronnies. So who better to advertise that most English of car ranges, the Austin-Morris line-up from 1981. Would you be persuaded to jump into an Ital after watching this little advert? I probably would, but then I can be a little unhinged at times…
Enjoy!
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13 Responses
Wonder how many sales were gained on the back of that?!
Probably did more for the Ronnies than AR
Can I look over your new Ital?
Not without a ladder!
Classic!
Just noticed that lovely Southern Television “break bumper” logo at the very start!
I want a ‘BL Double Bonus’ sticker for my car…
Am I alone in thinking that the Allegro was quite a good looking car, at least from some angles? The one with the twin headlights at the start of the Youtube video does’nt look bad at all. OK, so the production car was not as sleek as the early Harris Mann sketches, and it is not as neat as the 1100/1300 (I love 1100s), but the Allegro does not deserve all the cheap shots that get fired at it (and I do mean you, Mr Clarkson). Rather have an Allegro than the contemporary offerings from Renault, Fiat, etc. Someone is going to say that Mk I Golf was miles better (and I’d agree), but just imagine if they had made an Alfasud that did’nt rust…….
Ital: So it’s “Goodnight” from me.
Allegro: And it’s “Goodnight” from him.
Both: Goodnight!
You can guarantee that if The Two Ronnies were going today, Corbett would be Hammond and Barker would be Clarkson in a saucy spoof of Top Gear…
Where were the Maxi and Rover SD1?
“Can I look over your new Ital?……
…Not with out a drum of Dinitrol as its rusted to bits”.
And still none the wiser as to what you got under the Double Bonus deal….
That was their 2nd commercial for Austin Morris, according to Wikipedia:
‘Barker and Corbett also made a number of advertisements that appeared on ITV, most notably for British Leyland (Austin/Morris) in 1979 where Corbett played a villain on the run and, “needing some wheels”, gets salesman Barker to show him round the Austin Morris range.’
Anyone remember that one or better yet have a clip?
Maybe I’m crazy, but that yellow Ital at the top of the page looks quite sharp to me. I always liked the beefed up rear light clusters of the Ital. The front end was a bit plain Jane though. What did you get with the double bonus? Did you have to buy two cars? A Princess for him and an Allegro for her lol.
The JOB code looks like this was the Longbridge press fleet.
Ronnie Corbett got to drive a green-brown Allegro in Sorry.
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