Buzby

[ALAN]

Can any one remeber the old telephone adverts starring Buzby a little yellow
bird. If so do you remember what his catch phrase was.
If so post to the group with the answer.

Al

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> Can any one remeber the old telephone adverts starring Buzby a little yellow
> bird. If so do you remember what his catch phrase was.
> If so post to the group with the answer.

'It's good to squawk'?

Jez
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[DanASSIST]

Don't remember the catch phrase, but I do remember the adverts. Buzby was a
yellow bird, voiced I think by Bernard Cribbins.

The reason I remember is that someone at school found out that if you phoned up
the operator and asked to speak to Buzby in a kiddies' voice, the operator
would take down your name and address and send you free Buzby goodies.

Dozens of us 15-year-olds would spend entire school lunchtimes, queuing outside
the phone box down the road, taking our turn to phone the operator in as
juvenile a voice as possible.

I think I got a Buzby ruler, a Buzby balloon and a Buzby badge.

Now, does anyone remember the Humphreys? ('Watch out, there's a Humphrey about.')

[Tiger]

>> Can any one remeber the old telephone adverts starring Buzby a little yellow
>> bird. If so do you remember what his catch phrase was.
>> If so post to the group with the answer.

I don't think there was a catch phrase, but Buzby was always ringing
his mother - whos voice was Irene Handel and she used to keep saying
"Oh Buzby, you are a naughty boy"

Now who was Buzby's voice? I think it was Bernard Cribbins.

It wasn't long after they ditched Buzby that "It's for you-oo" catch
phrase came in, which was a disaster for BT because it didn't
encourage people to make calls - just gave the impression that people
should expect to receive them.

Graham

[Sad Ken]

In article <19971012004...@ladder02.news.aol.com>,
dana...@aol.com (DanASSIST) writes:

>Don't remember the catch phrase, but I do remember the adverts. Buzby was a
> yellow bird, voiced I think by Bernard Cribbins.

I remember getting rather upset every time he got electrocuted on the wires..

Sad Ken

.

[Mad Scientist]

In article <19971012004...@ladder02.news.aol.com>, DanASSIST
<dana...@aol.com> writes

>
>I think I got a Buzby ruler, a Buzby balloon and a Buzby badge.
>

I've still got the mug (bit faded now though).

Prof.

[William HamBevan]

: >Don't remember the catch phrase, but I do remember the adverts. Buzby was a

: > yellow bird, voiced I think by Bernard Cribbins.

: I remember getting rather upset every time he got electrocuted on the wires..

There was a very cruel (and hysterically funny) Buzby parody in 'The
British CB Book' by Peter Chippendale; it was drawn by Steve Bell who
does 'If...' for the Guardian. It had the Buzby character getting well
and truly electrocuted, and the final frame of the cartoon was of a
British Telecom van selling 'Kentucky Fried Buzby'.

Buzby irritated hell out of a lot of people, especially because there was
widespread dissatisfaction with BT service at the time. Another cartoon,
by 'Giles', ended with the refrain 'Buzby for the firing squad/Adieu, you
boring little sod'.

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[47 Group]

In article <61vso0$ajo$3...@news.ox.ac.uk>, William HamBevan
<wham...@jesus.ox.ac.uk> writes

>There was a very cruel (and hysterically funny) Buzby parody in 'The
>British CB Book' by Peter Chippendale; it was drawn by Steve Bell who
>does 'If...' for the Guardian. It had the Buzby character getting well
>and truly electrocuted, and the final frame of the cartoon was of a
>British Telecom van selling 'Kentucky Fried Buzby'.
>

I remember loads of anti-Buzby stuff in the CB mags - in those days the
Post Office/BT were also responsible for tracking down unlicensed radio
equipment [now done by the DTI] so Buzby made a fine scapegoat
[scapebird?]

There was another CB magazine which contained a character called "Buck
Fuzby" :)

Alex
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[Louise Robinson]

>>I think I got a Buzby ruler, a Buzby balloon and a Buzby badge.
>>
>I've still got the mug (bit faded now though).

I've got a mug and several badges. All I can remember about Buzby is that
I was a member of "The Buzby Club" as a child...I was very young, I think
my mum must've joined me up on my behalf.

Lou.

[London's Burning]

I had everything going, my dad was in Sales at BT at the time. Hopefully
some of that old cack is lying around in his loft so I can find it and sell
it for lots of lovely money.

[Louise Robinson]

> All I can remember about Buzby is that
>I was a member of "The Buzby Club" as a child...I was very young, I think
>my mum must've joined me up on my behalf.
>
>Lou.
>

I mentioned this to mu mum last night, and she reminded me that we have a
Buzby knitting pattern. So if ever Buzby makes a comeback, I'll be able
to have a Buzby jumper. Cool!

Lou.

[Mad Scientist]

In article <624tmt$4...@mimas.brunel.ac.uk>, Louise Robinson
<in9...@brunel.ac.uk> writes

>> All I can remember about Buzby is that
>>I was a member of "The Buzby Club" as a child...I was very young, I think
>>my mum must've joined me up on my behalf.
>

>I mentioned this to mu mum last night, and she reminded me that we have a
>Buzby knitting pattern. So if ever Buzby makes a comeback, I'll be able
>to have a Buzby jumper. Cool!

Yeah OK, and I've still got my Tingah & Tucker Club Woomerang Boomerang
so nah!

:)

Prof.

[William HamBevan]

: I remember loads of anti-Buzby stuff in the CB mags - in those days the

: Post Office/BT were also responsible for tracking down unlicensed radio
: equipment [now done by the DTI] so Buzby made a fine scapegoat
: [scapebird?]

: There was another CB magazine which contained a character called "Buck
: Fuzby" :)

That was 'Breaker on the Side', wasn't it? I've got an issue or two lying
around somewhere. Always had a female draped across a car bonnet on the
cover, so I recall.