Avis Car Rental, 1960s-1970s
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- | And there, on the same aircraft, was Faversham, | 0:02 |
out to get the same American contracts I was after. | 0:04 | |
Time was of the essence. | 0:06 | |
But I had discovered a super new way to travel | 0:08 | |
called FlyAvisNonstop. | 0:11 | |
- | Avis the rent-a-car people? | 0:13 |
- | Right. | 0:14 |
You see, before boarding, I stopped at the Avis counter | 0:15 | |
where they filled in my FlyAvis rental form | 0:17 | |
and I was off. | 0:19 | |
- | What? | |
- | Now, here is the aircraft. | 0:21 |
- | Your flying machine? | 0:22 |
- | Here's the Avis counter. | 0:23 |
Here is the Avis parking area, | 0:24 | |
and here is yours truly. | 0:27 | |
Now, upon landing | 0:30 | |
I went directly from the aircraft, | 0:32 | |
past the Avis counter | 0:33 | |
to the parking area, | 0:35 | |
where the Avis agent escorted me | 0:36 | |
to my marvelous new Dodge, | 0:37 | |
and I was off in a flash, | 0:39 | |
leaving Faversham still at his rent-a-car counter. | 0:40 | |
- | Oh ho! | 0:43 |
- | By the time he got to the factory, | 0:44 |
I was already lunching with the president, | 0:45 | |
contract signed. | 0:47 | |
- | Well done! | 0:48 |
- | Thank you. | |
But do you know, | 0:50 | |
those Americans still drive on the wrong side of the road? | 0:51 | |
- | They do. | 0:54 |
- | Do they? | |
Voice Over | FlyAvisNonstop | 0:56 |
between LaGuardia, National and Washington, | 0:57 | |
and Logan and Boston. | 0:59 |
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