Avis Car Rental, 1960s-1970s
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| (film static crackling) | 0:00 | |
| - | And there, on the same aircraft was Fabersham | 0:01 |
| out to get the same American contracts I was after. | 0:03 | |
| Time was of the essence. | 0:06 | |
| (men concurring) | 0:07 | |
| But, I have discovered a super new way to travel | 0:08 | |
| called Fly Avis Nonstop. | 0:10 | |
| - | Avis the rent-a-car people? | 0:12 |
| - | Right, you see, before boarding, | 0:13 |
| I stopped at the Avis counter | 0:15 | |
| where they filled in my Fly Avis rental form and I was off. | 0:16 | |
| - | Huh? | 0:19 |
| - | Now, here is the aircraft. | 0:20 |
| - | The time machine. | 0:21 |
| - | Here is the Avis counter, here the Avis parking area | 0:22 |
| and here, is yours truly. | 0:26 | |
| (laughing) | 0:29 | |
| Now, upon landing, | 0:30 | |
| I went directly from the aircraft, past the Avis counter | 0:31 | |
| to the parking area, where the Avis agent | 0:34 | |
| escorted me to my marvelous new Dodge | 0:36 | |
| and I was off in a flash. | 0:38 | |
| Leaving Fabersham still at his rent-a-car counter. | 0:39 | |
| - | Oh, Careful. | 0:42 |
| By the time he got his rental, | 0:43 | |
| I was already lunching with the president, | 0:45 | |
| contract signed. | 0:47 | |
| Man | Well done. | 0:48 |
| - | Thank you, but you know, | 0:49 |
| those Americans still drive on the wrong side of the road. | 0:50 | |
| - | They do. | 0:53 |
| - | Do they? | |
| Narrator | Fly Avis Nonstop | 0:55 |
| in the San Francisco and Los Angeles commuter airports. | 0:56 |
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