My flexible friend
reading about panto and Billy Connolly I came across the word 'sherreebonn' (scots slang I presume) and a sketch which a punch line that scapes me.
I wonder if anyone familiar with Billy Connolly can help with this punchline, specially if you have seen it, as regard
1) where was he putting his head and
2) meaning of blubble blubble (is it a corruption of some word or phrase?)the sketch mentioned is is the American Express one, which ended with the punchline "put your head in between them and go blubble, blubble, blubble with American Express".
thanks
I do vaguely remember this from years and years ago. Amex were running a TV campaign basically suggesting that you could do or obtain anything "with American Express" - the parody sketch involved a busty blonde in a bikini, with the camera zooming onto her cleavage accompanied by a voice-over stating "stick your head between them and go "blubba blubba blubba" with American Express".
A far funnier spoof credit card commercial which I have tried and sadly failed to find a link to is the Mastercard "priceless" one involving the teenagers standing in the hall outside the girl's parents apartment - too long to explain, but I'll just say that the guy is trying to persuade the girl that she should "drive a convertible", until he realises that he's been leaning on the intercom button. I recommend it.
Anyone remember the Mr. Bean episode where he's sitting on a park bench making his lunch? He spreads mayonnaise on his sandwich using a credit card as a knife and turns to the "normal" man on the next bench and says "my flexible friend". I gather there was an English advertising campaign at the time for a credit card that was your "flexible friend".