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Conference moira::naturism

Title:	Naturism
Notice:	Site report index is in topic 7
Moderator:	GENRAL::KILGORE

Created:	Tue Jan 26 1988
Last Modified:	Wed May 07 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	457
Total number of notes:	3687

277.0. "Naturists in a commercial" by TALLIS::JBELL (Zeno was almost here) Thu Nov 01 1990 12:17

Did anybody else see the commercial that was on TV tuesday
night, right after the debate?  This is what I remember:

It shows a man and woman sitting on a park bench in the buff.
Man is reading a book, woman is knitting.  Background looks like
your typical temperate climate. (i.e. not a beach, not the tropics)
Both are aged 40 or so.

Words at the bottom: "Adam and Eve Kneissel".
Voice over: "Adam and Eve Kneissel are naturists.  They have given
    up suits and power ties in favor of the sunshine.
    They have chosen simplicity over complexity.
    They have chosen comfort over discomfort.
Words at bottom: "comfort and simplicity"

At this point I was thinking that NENA had bought TV spots!

Voice: "That's why they have chosen Medical East as their
    health plan..." (goes on to explain that their plan involves
    less paper work. I might have screwed up the name of the plan.)


So... does this count as the first media portrayal
of naturists as role models?  In a commercial?

-Jeff

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
277.1		11SRUS::LUCIA	Just one more cast!	`Thu Nov 01 1990 18:07`	2
	I saw that commerical several weeks ago. I liked it.
277.2		MOIRA::FAIMAN	light upon the figured leaf	`Fri Nov 02 1990 12:05`	9
	Wow. I'm dazzled! I've never heard before of an ad where naturists were used for their positive qualities, rather than comic relief or giggle value. That's really astonishing. Thanks for posting it. -Neil
277.3		CADSE::WONG	The wong one	`Fri Nov 02 1990 13:54`	3
	What's interesting is that they used "naturists" rather than "nudists"... B.
277.4		ASABET::MCLAUGHLIN		`Fri Nov 02 1990 14:12`	4
	That commercial has been shown during "Chronicle" over the past couple of weeks. I was surprized and very impressed. Shawn