Amazing to think Paul Eddington was very ill whilst they made this ad. He had skin cancer from 1987, and he fought it bravely.

@chriswatson7965

5 жыл бұрын

He had the cancer from at least 1956. The ad is from 1989, so he wasn't particularly ill at the time.

@TheAnxietyCloset

3 жыл бұрын

@@chriswatson7965 it got worse and noticeable around '86-'87. You can notice when you learn that the later years of "Yes Prime Minister" were written to have Eddington seated as much as possible. In fact, Eddington is seated in this ad.

@alexlazebat839

3 жыл бұрын

@@chriswatson7965 you say that but in yes prime minister series 2 he does sit down for most of the episodes

@alexlazebat839

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheAnxietyCloset yes then he did minder

@dlamiss

2 жыл бұрын

Funny enough the guy who played D.C.Jones in Minder Michael Povey in an interview was very critical of Paul Eddington when he guested in Minder. Its on a podcast on the net... Just goes to show.....

It's terribly nice that Nescafe gave both actors a chance to be ......... . Of service!

@vydave

2 жыл бұрын

Precisely

@BudDylan

2 жыл бұрын

@@vydave Quite

@SamvedIyer

Жыл бұрын

@@BudDylan Gentlemen of culture, I see.

Technically it's not the characters it's just the actors - Paul clearly says "Derek". But yes, obviously an homage to the show, I can't imagine the Beeb were very happy.

@RJSRdg

2 жыл бұрын

Not the first time BBC actors have appeared in an advert though - John Le Mesurier and Arthur Lowe appeared in an advert for Cadbury's Wispa, and Arthur and Ian Lavender appeared in one for Barclay's Bank which was almost a sequel to Dad's Army. However I think once the series has ended, there is very little the BBC can do about it as the actors are no longer under contract.

@nkt1

Жыл бұрын

@@RJSRdg Eddington and Nigel Hawthorne also appeared in a Wisps advert.

@abzzeus

9 ай бұрын

Whilst talking about Paul doing an advert "I'll be doing that" they are doing the advert

Now if only the coffee was good...

Interestingly, apart from one episode of Minder, Paul had no TV work between Yes Prime Minister ending in 1988, and The Camonmile Lawn in 1992 (possibly due to his health) so can't really blame him for taking this for some income. Maybe Derek just agreed to be in it to help Paul out.

haha awesome. How I miss this show.

Priceless!

Excellent 😂❤ thank you 😊

Every three hundred and fifty years 3 wonderfully actors align under our stars and we get what we get but know in advance it's going to be wonderfull. We just have to be alive at the time to appreciate their magic, and I was, and still cannot smiling.😅😂😁👍👌

@themoodybluesrock Sold? wtf. It's a Comedic tv show.

Nestle is one of the most evil big corp out there

@thomasp.crenshaw185

4 ай бұрын

i love nestle! best coffee ever. hehehe, sorry 'frog man', i'll be buying nescafe coffee for live, no matter how much you dislike them! hehehehe :)

Can someone make a coffee commercial based off of Sir Humphrey promoting it lol

what a stupid commercial, and I cant believe they sold out and did this

@chriswatson7965

5 жыл бұрын

It is clear from the ad that Eddington was doing it representing himself and not the Yes Minister character, and that he agreed to the ad because it was his favourite coffee. I'm less certain of Fowlds ethics.

@felicity4711

5 жыл бұрын

Derek Fowlds! I’m glad you said that because I was trying to figure out why they were calling Bernard “Derek” in the dialogue! @@chriswatson7965

@adamanderson3042

5 жыл бұрын

His first sentence is even him referencing the offer to do the ad.

@zapazap

4 жыл бұрын

It's one of these irregular verbs. I cash in. You sell out. They ...

@abzzeus

3 жыл бұрын

@@zapazap They put in a normal hard day's graft for a pittance ?