Type: Interview
first airdate: October 29 1982
broadcaster: BBC1
Production
country:
UK
Duration: 8 min (ONJ segment)

A nice interview to promote the release of Two Of a A Kind in the UK. Olivia films a spoof commercial for tonic with the rhyme:

Olivia Newton-John Mac and Paul Tonic

"When you're down in the dumps
Or recovering from mumps
Then this Mac and Jac's tonic's the best
It'll fill you with vigor
And maintain your figure
and even put hairs on your chest."

The last line makes Olivia ask "Is this for me?"

According to a Beatles expert, Paul McCartney would only appear on the show if the video for Say Say Say, his duet with Michael Jackson, was shown.

This in turn put out Olivia Newton-John, booked to perform live (as was the standard format for the show), she was angered at having her slot bumped, though they did attempt to placate her by giving her an on-air role in a skit promoting Say Say Say. in fact the appearance led to the single (Say Say Say) rising again in the charts, this time peaking at #2. This then led to Top Of The Pops airing the clip after all, solidifying the success of the release. (Olivia’s then-current single, Twist of Fate - lacking the expected exposure - peaked at an anemic #57.) Source.

This explains the skit featuring Mac and Paul Tonic, a play on words referencing Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney.

For the interview the host, Noel Edmonds, is dressed smartly in a Tux and Olivia tells him she feels too casual. He then proceeds to take his clothes off with Olivia protesting "Excuse me". To the relief, or disappointment, of the audience Noel is full dressed beneath his Tux.

Noel reads out the Two Of A Kind press release from the film company as it sounds strange to him "A pair of star matched lovers in whose unlikely hands rests the fate of the world." But Olivia cannot really give a better explanation, "It's better than it sounds really!".

The video to Twist of Fate is shown which was filmed in a Hollywood Studio. The water is actually very shallow, a tank lined with plastic sheet gives the impression it is much deeper.

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