There’s a series of commercials on TV where a lady jumps up in a group of people in a public place, say on a bus, and starts pitching a cure for ‘gas’ or bloating or something like that.
There was one actress who did the first series of commercials, but now she’s gone. There is a look-mostly-alike now doing the commercial.
They’ve gone to some extent to make the replacement look like the original - I get the feeling they’re trying to hide the fact that its a new person.
Has anyone else noticed (or paid attention to) this? What happened to the original? Did she (or her agent) try to stick up the Phillips people? Something else?
Yes, I did notice the change yesterday, mainly because I always thought you’d have to have a fairly unique personality to carry off such a peppy, perky discussion with strangers about flatulent matters and the first actress did have that. And yes, the one now is different, close but definitely a replacement. I’ll watch this thread to see what others may find.
That was a great campaign, but the best of them was when the final lines were her saying something about inviting people to dinner and her husband saying “We know what you’ll serve.”
Yes those are the ladies I was referring to. I’m wondering why number one got replaced. If the originals were several years back, maybe her appearance changed significantly and they didn’t want go to with her. Or maybe she demanded more money. Or she just didn’t want to do it. Or…
Not quite up there with 'What happened to the Malaysian airline?" but it pops up more often…
From what I dug up, the original Phillips lady (Marge Royce) passed away around about March 2015. Other than an obituary on the Screen Actors Guild website, not much is mentioned.
That’s sad, because I liked her. And apparently, so did everyone who met her!