I just stumbled upon this Telly Savalas clip in the midst of tumbling down one of my many YouTube rabbit holes, and it’s just amazing.
It doesn’t really need any set-up, I don’t suppose, but as you’ll soon see, it’s apparently something that he filmed in an attempt to convince Coca-Cola to buy advertising time during Kojak, and based on a couple of things he says during the course of the proceedings, I’m guessing that it was probably filmed in 1974. Beyond that, just sit back, enjoy, and debate which bits were off the cuff, since it’s obvious that a great deal of it was written on cue cards.
Oh, and you’re welcome.