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Telephone Talk => Telephone Historic Pictures, Signs, Directories, Advertising & Ephemera => Topic started by: FABphones on March 20, 2023, 10:33:01 AM

Title: Bell Canada TV Commercial (funny)
Post by: FABphones on March 20, 2023, 10:33:01 AM
Had to share this humorous TV advert from Bell Canada.

Mom listening in on the extension and the in awe 'whoaaaa's' from the kids when the new modem begins it's handshake (sound)... 😆

'No, you hang up.'
Bell. Connecting you for 139 years.



NB: Does anyone notice anything unusual about the payphone (0:13) in the commercial?
Title: Re: Bell Canada TV Commercial (funny)
Post by: MMikeJBenN27 on March 20, 2023, 01:45:56 PM
Yup, it was a yellow wall phone instead of a pay-phone.

Mike
Title: Re: Bell Canada TV Commercial (funny)
Post by: poplar1 on March 20, 2023, 02:02:41 PM
Quote from: MMikeJBenN27 on March 20, 2023, 01:45:56 PMYup, it was a yellow wall phone instead of a pay-phone.

Mike

What yellow wall phone?
Title: Re: Bell Canada TV Commercial (funny)
Post by: MMikeJBenN27 on March 20, 2023, 06:32:36 PM
My bad.  The frame that had the yellow wall phone was in a house, not phone booth.

Mike
Title: Re: Bell Canada TV Commercial (funny)
Post by: MMikeJBenN27 on March 20, 2023, 06:33:59 PM
Nope, don't see anything unusual about it.

Mike
Title: Re: Bell Canada TV Commercial (funny)
Post by: TelePlay on March 20, 2023, 09:05:44 PM
Quote from: FABphones on March 20, 2023, 10:33:01 AMNB: Does anyone notice anything unusual about the payphone (0:13) in the commercial?

No finger wheel?
Title: Re: Bell Canada TV Commercial (funny)
Post by: MMikeJBenN27 on March 20, 2023, 09:15:22 PM
Hard to tell.  Picture is not very sharp, or my eyes aren't very sharp.

Mike
Title: Re: Bell Canada TV Commercial (funny)
Post by: Kellogg Kitt on March 20, 2023, 09:46:10 PM

That was a nice trip through time.  I love the brown refrigerator and the yellow 2554 (0:23)!  My grandmother had a brown refrigerator, stove, and dishwasher, probably all purchased in the late 1960s or early 1970s.


Quote from: FABphones on March 20, 2023, 10:33:01 AMDoes anyone notice anything unusual about the payphone (0:13) in the commercial?

There is no instruction card.

Also, it seems to me that something else is missing from the pay phone.  The outer edge of the fingerwheel is protruding beyond the edge of the dial assembly, which is protruding from the base of the phone.  Was there an outer case or shell that is missing?




Title: Re: Bell Canada TV Commercial (funny)
Post by: poplar1 on March 20, 2023, 10:14:01 PM
Quote from: 3463319 on March 20, 2023, 09:46:10 PMThere is no instruction card.


Instruction card is on top, above the coin gauge
Title: Re: Bell Canada TV Commercial (funny)
Post by: FABphones on March 21, 2023, 02:23:40 AM
No lower card frame, and it might be missing the finger wheel. Could be a clear version (image angle is difficult) but that centre dial area looks odd to me.

Great ad though.  :)
Title: Re: Bell Canada TV Commercial (funny)
Post by: HarrySmith on March 21, 2023, 07:36:06 AM
Looks like the finger wheel is missing. The retainer is protruding out of the mount.
Title: Re: Bell Canada TV Commercial (funny)
Post by: TelePlay on March 21, 2023, 08:04:08 AM
Quote from: FABphones on March 21, 2023, 02:23:40 AMNo lower card frame, . . .

Saw that but can not remember seeing a pay phone used in TV or movies that had that lower card, so didn't mention it.
Title: Re: Bell Canada TV Commercial (funny)
Post by: Kellogg Kitt on March 21, 2023, 02:01:24 PM
Quote from: poplar1 on March 20, 2023, 10:14:01 PMInstruction card is on top, above the coin gauge

I see the instruction card holder there, but to me, it looks empty.  Maybe that is because of the video quality.

Title: Re: Bell Canada TV Commercial (funny)
Post by: compubit on March 21, 2023, 10:33:12 PM
Re: Yellow wall phone - did BellCanada ever offer the 2554 model?

Jim
Title: Re: Bell Canada TV Commercial (funny)
Post by: poplar1 on March 22, 2023, 10:52:41 AM
Quote from: compubit on March 21, 2023, 10:33:12 PMRe: Yellow wall phone - did BellCanada ever offer the 2554 model?

Jim

They did have 1554s and 2554s. However, they were like a 554 with a round adapter for a Digitone (DTMF) dial. The "miniwall"  phone in the commercial is not a NE.
Title: Re: Bell Canada TV Commercial (funny)
Post by: FABphones on March 22, 2023, 11:57:29 AM
Quote from: poplar1 on March 22, 2023, 10:52:41 AM...The "miniwall"  phone in the commercial is not a NE.

Screenshot attached.