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On 6/15/24 18:49, John Savard wrote:
> I remember, when I was a wee lad, a commercial came on the television.
> I think it may have been for Chanel perfume. It began with Catherine
> Deneuve saying "I am Catherine Deneuve".
> 
> My mother reacted to that by perceiving it as vain and egotistical.
> Who was Catherine Deneuve supposed to be anyways?
> 
> Well, I hadn't heard of her either, but I simply assumed she must have
> been a famous actress or model of whom I happened not to have heard.
> 
> I never gave the matter much thought. But today the song "I Will Wait
> for You" came into my mind, and I went to look up performances of it.
> It turns out that it was from the movie "Les Parapluies de Cherbourg"
> (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg), and not only was this very acclaimed
> movie one in which Catherine Deneuve appeared, but, in fact, she was
> in the scene in which this song, with its original French lyric, was
> sung in the movie.
> 
> John Savard

Similarly, there was a commercial or maybe series of commercials that 
had someone in it/them that said, "I'm Rula Lenska." My thought at the 
time was,"Who the $%^# is Rula Lenska?" Now of course you can just look 
it up. Back then, not so easy.

Catherine Deneuve was making Chanel commercials in the very early 1970s. 
I was VERY aware of her as she was one of the most beautiful women this 
14 year old had ever seen. She was stunning, right up until I saw her 
smoking. Then, not so much.



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Dave Scruggs
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