Hi James,
<<Did anyone else catch the ancient TV ads nostalgia
programme shown last night on UK TV (not sure which
channel, I tuned in half way through)?>>
So did I - only caught the last two minutes or so of
what was only a 5 minute item.
<<the Milk Tray ads, depicting the man dressed in
black swimming across to isolated islands, climbing
dangerously steep cliffs... etc, all to a deliver a
box of chocs to a bedside table before parachuting
back down to a waiting speedboat. Or something.
<<Anyway until last night I had no idea that the
mysterious man in black was none other than Gary
Myers, our own Capt Lew Waterman! Hadn't seen any of
the Milk Tray ads for years.>>
Watching some 'UFO' episodes in recent years, I was
struck by a more than passing resemblance between the
good Captain and 'the Milk Tray man', but that
confirms it. (Gary must have done the ads after 'UFO',
I guess... seem to remember seeing them sometime
around the mid-70s).
<<There were brief interview snippets with him as
well, recorded last year I think (the programme was a
repeat, I believe) -he seemed quite well apart from a
slightly husky voice.>>
Yes, good to see he's still around and doing well -
wonder if he'd be interested in guesting at a
convention ? : )
- Andy
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