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And they filmed a second version saying, a game that's lasted longer than me.
Because they thought, what if George Burns passes away before we get the ad out there?
Now, the ad gets out there in February, premieres in February.
George Burns dies in March.
So they switch the ads, switch the ending, and ad number two, where he says the games lasted longer than me, then becomes the ad after he dies.
Salute to them.
Brilliance from Ross and the AFL.
I mean, it was really well done.
So in some of the pieces, the points made that the media of the time loved poking fun at the AFL's marketing department.
Yes.
But that is a win.
That's a win for the ages.
Yeah, exactly.
Well done there.
So yeah, George Burns had turned 100 in the January.
So he had turned 100 when it got time to play.
Premieres, he dies.
Add 2.0, gets played instead.
Outstanding performance.
Patrick Smith writes, so this was the football launch without football.