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In the 90s SPOT was an acronym for the Services and Products of Telecom – and Spot was a much loved Australian Jack Russell terrier. He starred in 43 different Telecom commercials made between 1991 and 1998 — many of them on an epic scale and seemingly at risk to his life or limb. Special mention should be made of the size of the Yellow Pages shoot, apparently featuring a warehouse full of chefs, couriers and entertainers — and of Spot’s considerable arsenal of tricks from skateboard riding to orchestra conducting. Spot died in Sydney in 2000 at age 13.
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I do remember one final telecom SPOT tribute ad when he passed away, and it showed on all channel's at the same time. Could someone dig up that final ad please?
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Television, 1981 (Full Length Episode)
Other working dogs being put through paces
Television, 1999 (Full Length)
Another Tony Williams commercial with a famous dog
Television, 1975 (Full Length)
Another famous Tony Williams commercial
Television, 1985 (Full Length Episode)
Children's drama featuring a skateboarder
1991 Mobius Awards
Best Director
1991 New York Festival
Best Campaign
Finalist - Most
Outstanding Website
The ONYAs 2010 & 2011
Best Entertainment Website
Finalist – Website design
Qantas Media Awards 2009
NZ ON SCREEN 2012
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Huub Bakker
Posted at 10.06PM - 11.03.2012
I remember there was a political cartoon featuring Spot (maybe) shortly after Telecom announced a round of redundancies. A Telecom van has swerved off the road, onto the footpath and run over a Jack Russell terrier. The caption is the passenger commenting to the driver, "What if it wasn't Spot?"