Ah, Continental Airlines. Long forgotten as a secondary airline behind the likes of TWA, Pam Am, Eastern, and American, among others back in the day.
In 1979, Continental tried a promotion, and apparently obtained a license from the estate of Earl Derr Biggers to use Charlie Chan (Marvin Miller, ex-The Millionaire) to help with the promotion. Casey Kasem (American Top 40, Scooby-Doo, etc.) is the voice over announcer at the end.
At least the ad agency figured out Chan could not be used as a stereotype anymore. Marvin Miller had been doing mostly voice work for Sid & Marty Krofft during the 70's after stints at Filmation & DePatie-Freleng. Face work in front of the camera at this point in his career was rare.
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