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[Absinth]

Gday,

Release Title / Artist / Year?... C'mon, show your respect for the Australian Recording Industry

Cheers

Release title
Football, meatpies, Kangaroo's and Holden cars

Artist
Holden TV commercial

Year
1977

[Gas On]

Gday,

Turns out NOT to be as Australian as I 1st thought!

Cheers

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A cut & paste from from [link]http://aso.gov.au/titles/ads/football-meat-pies-holden-cars/clip1/

Curator’s notes

This memorable advertising jingle from the 1970s was adapted from the American Chevrolet campaign, 'baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet’. To match the Australian lyrics, the advertisement features Australian cultural icons (the kangaroo, koala and meat pie) in a montage of quick shots. Although many of the icons flash by quickly, shots of Holdens driving and parked in a variety of locations are held longer so that, even without the explanatory jingle and voice-over, the images make clear that this is an ad for cars and not an Australian tourism campaign.

In addition, the ad depicts a laid-back and fun-loving Australia and the jingle aims to appeal to the audience’s sense of patriotism. If you don’t love football, meat pies, kangaroos and Holden cars, you’re not truly Australian. Although targeting the mainstream, the ad actually describes one specific social sector and does not reflect the diversity of the nation at the time. Holden’s association with white working class Australia is particularly strong in ads like this featuring models such as the Kingswood, the Torana and the Monaro.

[jennie285]

Well I would have never known all that Gas On, I did however notice the Furphy water carts on the back of the truck or trailer, which are very collectible now, found mostly only in Victoria now, as were made in Shepperton....of which we have 4 in our yard....prob if I sold a couple it would help to pay for the restoration of the vans.....I noticed one for sale on ebay for $4000 the other day.....whether they got that I don't know....anyway off the subject again....but an interesting ad.

[Absinth]

Here is the 1981 version with the VB-VC Commodore and WB tonner in it.... I won't mention the Gemini...oops