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  • What is Zsa Zsa Gabor saying in this Lark ad?

    This is a 1963 Studebaker Lark Commercial from the Studebaker Corporation. It features Zsa Zsa Gabor endoring the car. 9,335 Lark Two Door Hardtops were so...

    I cannot understand a thing that she is saying, due to her accent. Does anybody have a copy of the script, or a good ear?
    \"Life is short, write in pen\"

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    "Dahling, with Schtudebaker's big V8, you can outrun those pesky patrol officers."
    Jon Stalnaker
    Karel Staple Chapter SDC

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    • #3
      That really cracked me up.
      \"Life is short, write in pen\"

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      • #4
        I always loved how she covers up the fact that the crappy door latch didn't catch but just let the door bounce (OOPS!). Right about :45. Must be she expected it to happen
        Proud NON-CASO

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        If it is decreed that I should go down, then let me go down linked with the truth - let me die in the advocacy of what is just and right.- Lincoln

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        Romans 15:13
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        • #5
          Has anyone ever considered that the door was staged so it would not slam and therefore create a noise that might be magnified in volume on a sound stage? It looks to me in one scene that the door "bounces" off of a stop (rubber?) and was deliberate.

          Just my thoughts

          Mr. Bill
          Hamlet, NC

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          • #6
            Do all Lark doors bounce?
            \"Life is short, write in pen\"

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Mr. Bill View Post
              Has anyone ever considered that the door was staged so it would not slam and therefore create a noise that might be magnified in volume on a sound stage? It looks to me in one scene that the door "bounces" off of a stop (rubber?) and was deliberate.

              Just my thoughts

              Mr. Bill
              Hamlet, NC
              No offense, but that makes no sense.

              Originally posted by texbodemer View Post
              Do all Lark doors bounce?
              I don't know how anyone could possibly do a study to determine that, but I would guess, no.
              Proud NON-CASO

              I do not prize the word "cheap." It is not a badge of honor...it is a symbol of despair. ~ William McKinley

              If it is decreed that I should go down, then let me go down linked with the truth - let me die in the advocacy of what is just and right.- Lincoln

              GOD BLESS AMERICA

              Ephesians 6:10-17
              Romans 15:13
              Deuteronomy 31:6
              Proverbs 28:1

              Illegitimi non carborundum

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              • #8
                I don't know how anyone could possibly do a study to determine that, but I would guess, no.[/QUOTE]

                I've had two Lark hardtops, and even with the first one restored, I'd say in my experience, the answer is 'yes'!

                My '66 2-door sedan, which I just received this morning....I'll let you know!
                Bill Pressler
                Kent, OH
                (formerly Greenville, PA)
                Currently owned: 1966 Cruiser, Timberline Turquoise, 26K miles
                Formerly owned: 1963 Lark Daytona Skytop R1, Ermine White
                1964 Daytona Hardtop, Strato Blue
                1966 Daytona Sports Sedan, Niagara Blue Mist
                All are in Australia now

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                • #9
                  What Bill said. All of my Stude cars had bouncing doors if you didn't push them hard enough to latch. I remember one that was almost as though it was spring loaded. Press the handle button on the outside, and the door would pop open all on its own. I think that was the passenger door on my old '58.
                  Last edited by mbstude; 08-24-2011, 08:14 AM.

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                  • #10
                    Well, Mr. Andrews, since neither one of us was there in '63 when that was filmed, I guess we will never know.

                    I was just stating how it looked to me and I have watched that commercial many, many times. It appears the door was deliberately staged so it would not shut (or slam) closed.

                    In the future, I'll keep my thoughts and opinions to myself and you won't have to comment to them.

                    Perhaps I'm being overly sensitive today but I have often thought some of you need a major refresher course in how to state your responses without making someone else feel bad or ignorant for something they posted.

                    Best regards

                    Mr. Bill
                    Hamlet, NC
                    Last edited by Mr. Bill; 08-24-2011, 10:16 AM.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by texbodemer View Post
                      Do all Lark doors bounce?
                      There are two cars that I know of where the doors do not "spring" open some when one grabs the handle and pushes in the button. Studebaker is known for that, and 1956-7 Continental Mark II's. When I first got my Studeabaker back in the mid-seventies, the first thing a friend of mine commented on was how the doors had no 'spring' to them when he opened it.

                      Craig

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                      • #12
                        Perhaps the back of Miss Gabor's fur coat caught in the door so it wouldn't shut properly.

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                        • #13
                          Apprarently, Zsa-Zsa Gabor wasn't the only one to use poorly-adjusted or worn door lock assemblies to sell new cars!



                          ...and is that Johnny Wiffer's first wife flirting with him at 00:18 or thereabouts? So many things to see in one 2-minute commercial! BP
                          Last edited by BobPalma; 02-27-2013, 01:21 PM.
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                          • #14
                            Interesing in that that the door she is having trouble with appears to be on a 40's Chevrolet.

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                            • #15
                              Fenders for $12.00? My how times have changed!

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