vilakins: (flying)
Nico ([personal profile] vilakins) wrote2011-03-05 08:08 pm

Jenna and Cally bite

This 1978 ad over at [livejournal.com profile] vintage_ads really reminds me of Jenna and Cally. It's the hair of course, and after all 1978 was when Blake's 7 started. Pity the nerd doesn't look like Avon but there's no resemblance to anyone B7. I think Jenna and Cally are distracting him while they nick his suede jacket with the keys to the Central Control in a pocket.

executrix: (losing)

[personal profile] executrix 2011-03-05 02:51 pm (UTC)(link)
While they nick his super-advanced-even-smaller-than-ORAC super-computer!

[identity profile] bramblyhedge.livejournal.com 2011-03-05 07:31 am (UTC)(link)
LOL! They really do look like Jenna and Cally, that's hilarious!

[identity profile] vilakins.livejournal.com 2011-03-05 07:43 am (UTC)(link)
I'm glad it's not just me!

[identity profile] vandonovan.livejournal.com 2011-03-05 08:22 am (UTC)(link)
The Jenna and Cally resemblance is almost scary! Clearly this guy is some Feddie that they're trying to distract so they can steal Orac's cousin back . . .

[identity profile] vilakins.livejournal.com 2011-03-05 09:35 am (UTC)(link)
Yep! And he looks like he can't believe his luck. He won't later either when Servalan arrives.

[identity profile] matildabj.livejournal.com 2011-03-05 12:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, that's fabulous. And the comm is great, thanks for the link.

[identity profile] vilakins.livejournal.com 2011-03-05 10:22 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a really interesting comm! Did you see the matchbook telling the French how to derail German trains (http://community.livejournal.com/vintage_ads/2524763.html) that was posted yesterday?

They have a lot of traffic right now because they have a contest on ("You're advertising WHAT?"); it's not normally this busy between contests.

[identity profile] reapermum.livejournal.com 2011-03-05 12:58 pm (UTC)(link)
The past really is a different world.

[identity profile] vilakins.livejournal.com 2011-03-05 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
You wouldn't want to see the worst of the sexist ads. There are some really offensive postwar ones (perhaps because men had more reason to fear us?) peaking in the 70s. I can't even bring myself to comment on some of them because I have to scroll past the image before I'm overcome with rage. But in general it's a fascinating window to the past.

[identity profile] astrogirl2.livejournal.com 2011-03-05 03:09 pm (UTC)(link)
The one on the left looks disturbingly like Jenna.

[identity profile] vilakins.livejournal.com 2011-03-05 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
She was the one I noticed first!

[identity profile] vjezkova.livejournal.com 2011-03-05 04:33 pm (UTC)(link)
:-)
ext_422737: uncle hallway (cool fez)

[identity profile] elmey.livejournal.com 2011-03-05 09:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh god the hair! But he looks happy enough being distracted :)

[identity profile] vilakins.livejournal.com 2011-03-05 10:27 pm (UTC)(link)
It seems B7 was right up to date!

[identity profile] samantha-vimes.livejournal.com 2011-03-05 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)
If season 4 Avon put on dorky glasses, he'd kind of look like that.

[identity profile] vilakins.livejournal.com 2011-03-05 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
But about 20 years older! You're right, the hair's similar.

[identity profile] samantha-vimes.livejournal.com 2011-03-05 10:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Avon dreaming he's a teenager being hit on by C & J. :D

[identity profile] vilakins.livejournal.com 2011-03-05 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
I would buy that!

[identity profile] p-m-cryan.livejournal.com 2011-03-06 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
That nerd looks very, very much like my partner when I met him! Lucky nerd.

The "Jenna" resemblance is uncanny.

[BTW, this is [livejournal.com profile] norda. I am slowly migrating my blogging to this ID.]

[identity profile] vilakins.livejournal.com 2011-03-06 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
You'll have to show it to him and make his day!