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- Title
- Jockey Underwear
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- NZ On Screen
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- NZ On Screen
- Description
"Ever wondered what the well-dressed man wears next to his skin?" In this early 60s advertisement, the bloke is a businessman — played by 30-something Peter Harcourt — and the answer is tighty whities, aka Jockey undies. An era of selfies and Dan Carter Jockey billboards was decades away, and originally the Pacific Films-made ad was rejected for television screening, before later being passed on appeal. Harcourt acted regularly in Wellington theatre; his wife was actor Kate Harcourt, and he f...
- Format
- Video
- Date created
- 1961
- URL
- https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/jockey-underwear-commercial-1961
- Related subjects
- undies / jockey / briefs / ad / commercial / pacific films / harcourt / 60s / 1960s / sixties / banking / bank / underwear / underpants / banned
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