tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059712069593608891.post6046642123193877325..comments2023-07-10T00:44:36.377-07:00Comments on Seeing The Lizards: Old Beer Ads #14 - Ruddles (1993)Lizard Seerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07497330695288945161noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059712069593608891.post-59747124714502405552018-10-24T06:25:49.522-07:002018-10-24T06:25:49.522-07:00It’s a shame that there’s not the version of the a...It’s a shame that there’s not the version of the ad online in which French is revealed as Sir Henry (or whoever), at least that I’ve been able to locate. I remember trying to deliberately capture the thing on video, only for it not to be on or not having a tape available. That font of all knowledge Wikipedia tells me Mel Smith played the character too. I doubt this, just as I suspect the bearded fellow at the beginning isn’t Viv; still had a soothing voice but as you say, the drink made him hard to work with in the flesh. Were he and Smith in evidence, do you know?STEPHEN ARCHERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01891283612737580789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059712069593608891.post-40718361071805384572015-01-18T09:37:11.967-08:002015-01-18T09:37:11.967-08:00Actually if you look through the history of Ruddle...Actually if you look through the history of Ruddles, it was a lot more complicated than that. In 1993 they were owned by Grolsch, having been in the hands of Watneys/GrandMet from 1986 to 1992. They were later sold to Morland, who closed the Ruddles brewery, before themselves being taken over by Greene King.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.com