How to Get Ahead in Advertising
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Let me try and clarify
some of this for you.

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Best Company Supermarkets...
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are not interested
in selling wholesome foods.

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They are not worried
about the nation's health.

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What is concerning them
is that the nation...

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appears to be getting
worried about its health.

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And that is what's
worrying Best Co.,

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because Best Co. Wants to go on
selling them what it always has,

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i.e., white breads,
baked beans, canned foods...

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and that fat-squirting
little heart attack...

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traditionally known
as the British sausage.

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So how can we
help them with that?

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Clearly, we are looking
for a label.

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We need a label
brimming with health.

:01:04
And everything from a nosh pot
to a white sliced...

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will wear one with pride.
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I'm aware of the difficulties
of coming to terms with this.

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It must be appreciated
from the beginning...

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that even the nosh pot
must be low in something.

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And if it isn't, it must be high
in something else.

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And that is its
health-giving ingredient...

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we will sell.
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Which brings me
to my final question:

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Who are we trying
to sell this to?

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Answer: We are trying
to sell this...

:01:37
to the archetypal
average housewife,

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she who fills her basket.
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What you have here
is a 22-year-old pretty girl.

:01:45
What you need is a taut slob,
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something on foot deodorizers
in a brassiere.

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I'm not quite
sure we can go along with that.

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If you look at
the market research...

:01:56
I don't need to look
at the market research.

:01:59
I've lived with 13-and-a-half
million housewives for 15 years.


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