The panda did it

In her ongoing quest to diet (without the die) Sal's struck a good thing, but people on this continent may wish to settle for a good strong cup of tea instead.

I think the culprits were the disgruntled Dancing Pandas(*watch out - youtube download) who shot to stardom in 1987 and then were axed for the lame 'Have a break' campaign in the early '90s.