Bruce And Leslie Bring The Stork – Simon Dunn

January 16, 2022

Bruce And Leslie Bring The Stork

Margarine. Ah, lovely margarine. A by-product of rationing, and an overturned lorry. Who doesn’t love smearing fat across bread?

This is how Stork was trying to boost its sales in the early 1970s.

And then Stork realised that the perfect person to flog their palm oil spread was …

… Bruce Forsyth.

And you know, get a bit risque with it, suggesting you should eat the bloody stuff naked.

When that ended up feeling a bit wrong, they got Leslie Crowther to bully supermarket shoppers.

Is the SB bit meant to mean Spreadable Butter?

Adverts, British

Bruce Forsyth, Leslie Crowther, Stork

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