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Esso first used an image of a tiger in its ads following the end of rationing after the Second World War, and the long-running “Put a Tiger in Your Tank” campaign is regarded as one of the ...
Esso has won a legal cat fight with the makers of Frosties over plans to display a cartoon tiger in its filling stations. The petrol firm's parent company, Exxon, wanted to trademark the cartoon ...
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A world-famous tiger who featured in the Esso TV advert has been saved from death by a British wildlife park after being mistreated by a circus. Eighteen-year-old Tango had been earmarked for ...
Eighteen-year-old ‘Esso tiger’ Tango was saved by a British wildlife park (Picture: Woodside Wildlife and Falconry Park/PA) A tiger who starred in adverts for petrol giant Esso has been saved ...
A tiger who featured in TV adverts for petrol giant Esso has been saved from death by a British wildlife park after being mistreated by a circus. Eighteen-year-old Tango had been earmarked for ...
G.B., Lancaster A — You are not the first person to confuse Tony the Tiger with the Esso Tiger. The Kellogg Company’s Tony the Tiger first appeared in 1952 as part of a series of animal ...
A tiger who starred in the famous Esso "Put A Tiger In Your Tank" adverts has died of old age. Tango, thought to be Britain's oldest tiger, was one of several big cats to appear in the 1990s ...
An Esso station in Yishun Avenue 9 houses a similar tiger statue. Following the closure of the Tampines Avenue 7 station on Sept 27, residents and fans of the sitcom called for the tiger statue to ...
Britain's oldest tiger, Tango, who starred in the classic Esso adverts, has died at the age of 22. Tango was among a number of the animals who appeared in the petrol firm's 1990s advert ...
A former "Esso tiger" has been rescued by a wildlife park in Lincolnshire. Tango featured in the Esso adverts with the slogan 'Put a tiger in your tank'. Credit: Woodside Wildlife and Falconry ...
Tango' the tiger was featured in the famous Esso fuel adverts during the 1990s PA A tiger which starred in the famous Esso "Put a Tiger in Your Tank" adverts has died two years after a wildlife ...