# TV ads for Aruba

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ads-for-aruba/600795>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 26, 2011, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ads-for-aruba/600795 "2011-10-26T00:00:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ads-for-aruba/600795/1 "2011-10-26T00:00:51Z")

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Who is the whimsical guy with the British accent on the Aruba tourism ads?

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**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ads-for-aruba/600795/2 "2011-10-26T00:34:04Z")

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You wouldn’t happen to have a link to the ad?

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**Author:** ![Awgrimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Awgrimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Awgrimm)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ads-for-aruba/600795/3 "2011-10-26T01:09:34Z")

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Ian Wright, one of the hosts of Globe Trekkers. It’s a travel show on PBS.

[http://www.pilotguides.com/tv\_shows/globe\_trekker/travelers/ian\_wright.php](http://www.pilotguides.com/tv_shows/globe_trekker/travelers/ian_wright.php)

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**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ads-for-aruba/600795/4 "2011-10-26T18:08:42Z")

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> [@Awgrimm](#):
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> Ian Wright, one of the hosts of Globe Trekkers. It’s a travel show on PBS.
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> [http://www.pilotguides.com/tv\_shows/globe\_trekker/travelers/ian\_wright.php](http://www.pilotguides.com/tv_shows/globe_trekker/travelers/ian_wright.php)

Thank you, I couldn’t easily find a link. I gathered he was some sort of celebrity.
