http://www.dograt.com/2008/04/27/pet-pitches-for-coca-cola/ Featuring the Belgian girl group K3 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:15:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.dograt.com/2008/04/27/pet-pitches-for-coca-cola/#comment-18075 Dave Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:54:02 +0000 http://www.dograt.com/?p=2185#comment-18075 I guess it must have been 1958 when she started seriously working in France.... so she was in her mid 20s - late 20s when she seriously started speaking French. On stage and on tv she speaks with a really English sounding accent, but I've heard her speak faster and with a pretty French sounding accent, on a one to one with Claude. Her accent, it appears, is part of her image. La petite Anglaise. I guess it must have been 1958 when she started seriously working in France…. so she was in her mid 20s - late 20s when she seriously started speaking French. On stage and on tv she speaks with a really English sounding accent, but I’ve heard her speak faster and with a pretty French sounding accent, on a one to one with Claude. Her accent, it appears, is part of her image. La petite Anglaise.

]]> http://www.dograt.com/2008/04/27/pet-pitches-for-coca-cola/#comment-18021 DOuG pRATt Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:32:37 +0000 http://www.dograt.com/?p=2185#comment-18021 Somewhere on one of my hard drives I'm pretty sure I have the audio to all of the Pet Coke commercials. Was Petula really nearly 30 when she learned how to speak French? That's quite an accomplishment. Two weeks from now I'll be seeing Pet in person! Somewhere on one of my hard drives I’m pretty sure I have the audio to all of the Pet Coke commercials. Was Petula really nearly 30 when she learned how to speak French? That’s quite an accomplishment. Two weeks from now I’ll be seeing Pet in person!

]]> http://www.dograt.com/2008/04/27/pet-pitches-for-coca-cola/#comment-18015 Dave Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:22:13 +0000 http://www.dograt.com/?p=2185#comment-18015 She must have advertised coke for quite a while (a nice earner), because she did 4 different versions of her coke ad in English. This one would seem to be associated with "I Know a Place", and there was another one that bore a distinct resemblence to bits of "Don't Sleep in the Subway". She also recorded ads in French with a song called "Y a d'la joie" (There is [some] joy), which didn't resemble any of her work at the time. A much more jazzy, big band sound. I don't know if they were for Canada, or Europe. She must have advertised coke for quite a while (a nice earner), because she did 4 different versions of her coke ad in English. This one would seem to be associated with “I Know a Place”, and there was another one that bore a distinct resemblence to bits of “Don’t Sleep in the Subway”. She also recorded ads in French with a song called “Y a d’la joie” (There is [some] joy), which didn’t resemble any of her work at the time. A much more jazzy, big band sound. I don’t know if they were for Canada, or Europe.

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