Does anybody remember the "Charlie says" adverts on British telly back in the 70's? I want to know who did the voice for Charlie?

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Does anybody remember the "Charlie says" adverts on British telly back in the 70's? I want to know who did the voice for Charlie?

Question #56493. Asked by mountside.
Last updated Sep 28 2016.

elizabethmc
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elizabethmc
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Kenny Everett

They featured a little boy called Tony (voiced by the seven-year-old son of one of the neighbours of producer Richard Taylor) and his cat, named Charley, voiced by Kenny Everett, who would "miaow" the lesson of the episode, which the boy would then translate and explain.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charley_Says

Response last updated by Terry on Sep 28 2016.
Apr 06 2005, 11:20 AM

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MrsAce
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MrsAce
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I immediately thought of the Good and Plenty commercials with Choo Choo Charlie that ran in the mid 60's.

www.tvacres.com/trains_choochoo.htm

Apr 06 2005, 4:20 PM

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Liz's source says rumour has it, but I think a recently shown TV rundown of best children's TV moments also said it was Kenny Everett.
The adverts were sampled in Prodigy's first chart hit and took them to number 3 in 1991.

Apr 06 2005, 5:12 PM