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. | 0:07 | |
But I have discovered a super new way to travel | 0:09 | |
called Fly Avis Nonstop. | 0:11 | |
- | Avis the rent-a-car people? | 0:13 |
- | Right, you see before boarding, | 0:14 |
I stopped at the Avis counter | 0:16 | |
where they filled in my Fly Avis rental form, | 0:17 | |
and I was off. | 0:19 | |
- | What? | 0:20 |
- | Now, here is the aircraft. | 0:21 |
- | You mean a flying machine? | 0:22 |
- | Here is the Avis counter. | 0:23 |
Here is the Avis parking area, | 0:25 | |
and here is yours truly. | 0:27 | |
(men laughing) | 0:30 | |
Now, upon landing, | 0:31 | |
I went directly from the aircraft, | 0:32 | |
past the Avis counter, | 0:34 | |
to the parking area | 0:35 | |
where the Avis Agent escorted me to my marvelous new Dodge, | 0:36 | |
and I was off in the flash, | 0:39 | |
leaving Faversham still at his rental car counter. | 0:40 | |
- | Oh, clever, clever. | 0:43 |
- | By the time | |
he got (indistinct), | 0:45 | |
I was already lunching with the president, | 0:46 | |
contract signed. | 0:48 | |
- | Well done. | 0:49 |
- | Thank you. | |
But do you know | 0:50 | |
that Americans still drive on the wrong side of the road? | 0:51 | |
- | Dear, dear. | 0:54 |
- | Do they? | |
Narrator | Fly Avis Nonstop | 0:56 |
between Logan and LaGuardia in New York, | 0:57 | |
and National in Washington. | 0:59 |
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