OTC Australia - The Way We Were (Australian ad, 1977)

[gorzzz]

has anyone got any more of these otc ads??...from memory, I think there were 4 of them

[ellalu2]

This ad totally made me cry as a child...

[BigDon62]

@ellalu2 It's all Greek to me ! Still taking German money to maintain the Greek way of life at the expense of the hard working German. Wake up Greeks The Party Is Over & Time To Cough Up !!!

[klinsa66]

Great memories of really well made ads. I am an Aussie in London for a long time so these ads are almost a reverse of my life. Thanks for uploading

[avidutubewatcher]

great ad. OTC always had very classy ads

[NMWMN]

these ads made me cry as a child :-)

[shorn70]

didn't Paul Hogan send up these ads? An old lady getting a breathing phone call

[ozph08]

what nationality is les murray?

who does he call from other countries, when he phones home, through otc

[AlexOnTheBus]

Hungary - and it's Laszlo Urge to be correct.

[wayneisgood1]

sniff! sniff!

[grahampiper1969]

does anyone know or the have otc memories commerical for italy which would have being realeased at about the same time as this one otc commerical?

[blusennent]

This came out the year I was born, and if I can remember, they played it again during the 80's for a short time. My mother really hated it every time it came on TV, God knows why, it seems innocuous enough.

[Gerardus1970]

Does anyone have the version featuring aimed at the Dutch Australians?

Always made my mum homesick...

[BulgarianRoses]

..."sort of blowing their noses with the handkerchiefs"...does that mean they were 'sort of' using their sleeves as well?

[979708]

With the swine scare, it's probably becoming the done thing. LOL

[billharmen]

Don't just go home on the telephone, jump on a plane and go back if you miss it that much...forever.

[pantherslair]

I remember my mum (and other mums) crying everytime this ad came on tv....and it reminded mine of rellies back in the UK.

[Wally1967]

Wow I remembered this AD after all these years.

[aussie1972]

ill never 4get this ad

[johnlennon1970]

@aussie1972 Same here...! it gave me a sense of what me parents went through..great ad :)

[meepala]

anyone know who the singer is? It isn't Barbra

[AustralianAds]

I think it might be Colleen Hewitt...

[meepala]

Colleen, one of the great belters of Aussie music. Now that you mention her name, I can hear her. Loved her songs as a kid. Wonder what happened to her.

[AustralianAds]

she just lives a humble suburban life. She still does the occassional television appearance...

[aevan67]

@meepala

Hi, no not Collen, although she is great. The singer was Julie McKenna, a well known session vocalist in Melbourne.

[notmichaeljfox]

This was one of the most successful ads in Australia for quite a while

[corkscrew72]

made me cry then and still does now

[manitogata]

An excellent commercial!! I love it

[mubd]

A good caring ad.