A beloved TV commercial featuring former model Tziporah Malkah speaking Italian has resurfaced on social media.
Fans have gone wild over the 25-year-old spot created for Australian-made brand Leggo’s.
The ad, which originally aired in 1999, features 50-year-old Tziporah, formerly known as Kate Fischer, telling viewers how to best prepare a bowl of pasta.
Dressed in a white shirt and slacks and filmed in a fancy kitchen, Tziporah’s dialogue established her reputation as a sophisticated, high-profile and in-demand socialite.
“I’m home tonight, so I’m going to quickly whip up some pasta with this Leggo’s stir-fry,” she tells viewers at one point.
A beloved TV commercial featuring former model Tziporah Malkah speaking Italian has resurfaced on social media. Pictured: Fischer in a scene from the ad
‘Put the pasta on top and stir.’
“This ad lives for free in my head,” one fan commented on the Instagram post.
‘The fact that I can still say that about Kate [ad] word by word [makes me laugh]another fan added.
Fischer, 50, now known as Tziporah Malkah (pictured) was one of several famous faces to appear in Leggo’s series of ‘Talking Italian’ commercials. The brand used the campaign for 15 years
“I can’t remember what I did yesterday but I can remember every word of Kate’s ad,” another fan wrote.
Meanwhile, another version of the ad featuring Kerri-Anne Kennerley has also been posted.
In this photo, Kerri-Anne, 70, sends her TV presenter photo.
Fans gushed over the resurfaced ad
The advert, which originally aired in 1999, features Kate, 50, dressed in a white shirt and trousers, filmed in a chic kitchen.
“It’s hard to entertain in the kitchen night after night,” she tells viewers in fluent Italian.
Another ‘Aussies who spoke Italian’ advert, featuring former Labor Party Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, also loaded on social media.
The late political leader, who died in 2014, can be seen preparing a meal of chicken cacciatore while portraying himself as a “revolutionary.”
After serving the meal, he tells viewers that the dish is “fit for a queen or a president.”
Another version of the ad featuring Kerri-Anne Kennerley has also been posted
The series of commercials lasted 15 years and featured many famous Australians, including rocker Jimmy Barnes and funnyman Peter Helliar.
Many Australians will remember Fischer (Tziporah) from her engagement to billionaire James Packer in the late 1990s.
She appeared in the film Sirens, about the hedonistic and creative lifestyle of artist Norman Lindsay, alongside Elle Macpherson and Portia de Rossi.
After splitting with Packer in 1998 after a two-year engagement, she moved to the US and eventually became a US citizen.
Former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam also appeared in the series