Orson Welles - Findus frozen food commercial

A classic 'behind the scenes' sound recording of Orson Welles, as he attempt to read what he considers to be very badly written scripts for various frozen foods..

He gives the creative team a pretty hard time over their use of grammar and what should or shouldn't be seen on screen as he talks.

Orson only did this type of work to earn money for the projects he really wanted to do ... and I think that his frustration was coming out here.

[uishy]

"We know a certain fjord" is such an underrated ridiculous line

[reoire]

1:14 "Get me a jury an show me how you can say 'IN July' and I'll go down on you."

[bobgomez]

"this is a lot of shit you know" & "get me a jury to show me how you can emphasize IN in IN July and I'll go down on you" - best quotes ever

[tiadaid]

This is not a talent throwing a tantrum, this is a director directing himself.

[CassiePumpkins]

2:57
We all know what you probably came here for.

[Nny]

This is the greatest thing I've ever heard.  It makes sense that Welles co-wrote and directed the greatest film of all time.  His was a brilliant mind.

[Bouncybon]

Orson Welles was doing voice-overs for a range of Findus products at the time. This was probably around 1968. The agency was JWT, London. Orson challenged the agency producer to tell him how to emphasise IN and still sound good. If he could do that, said Welles "I'll go down on you." It was a story that got repeated in the ad industry for years.

[GrigoryanFilm]

"Ah, that's tough. Crumb, crisp coating." I love this part.

[SailorMaxie]

The fact that I can’t find the finished commercial makes this even better

[jimmybritt]

He really found it all humorous and loved giving them a hard time . In the end he always delivered 😄👍👍🇺🇸

[Spaseebo]

Brilliant! This has kept me laughing for decades. What a character.

[NotVance]

"What luck! There's a French fry stuck to my beard."

[Sansouci]

"Get me a jury to show you how to say 'IN' July and I'll go down on you." Orson Welles more than willing to give all he can for his art.

[Ton]

"I take direction from one person...under protest..."
I'm the same way at work.

[michaelbyrne]

Incompetence is the root of all comedy…and Orson nails every hint of it with the commercial writing. :D All this fuss over frozen peas and burgers, I don't even want to think of what his political conversations went like. :P

I also loved the parody of this in Animaniacs. Maurice LaMarche is simply the best Welles impersonator in the VA business.

[mrfreakyinastar]

"Full of country goodness and green PEA-ness. Wait that's terrible. I QUIT. What luck! There's a fry in my beard!"

[SmoothRiker]

He was absolutely right. "Crumb crisp coating" is an awful description.

[dennismatthews]

What's rewarding? Hearing Orson say crumb crisp coating a few times in a row.

[timmy]

This isn’t even a rant, it’s a director that was correcting another one lol and apparently this was recorded in January 1970.

[totallyfrozen]

"...and I'll go down on ya" starting @ 1:14 is hilarious!