For no reason whatsoever just started singing the Trophy bitter TV add.Some of the older FOF members may remember. The Pint that thinks it's a Quart.I rarely watch commercials these days but there were some good ones back in the day,well ones that stick in your mind.Any others you can think of?
Not that old but I am amused by the Specsavers series of ads.
Classics were the Oxo family which went on for years.
The Smash adverts with the robots was quite funny along with the Dunlop advert where every thing with rubber in it disappeared from the screen like the old boy getting into his dinghy. :005:
I liked the R Whites lemonade advert with the guy creeping downstairs in the middle of the night in his striped pyjamas.
It's just as well that the 'orrible fizzy beer isn't as memorable as the advert!
The pg tips advert with the chimps . "You hum it son , I'll play it , happy days !
Quote from: Dr Know on October 18, 2017, 05:28:01 PM
The pg tips advert with the chimps . "You hum it son , I'll play it , happy days !
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xLwTIiPdI3Y
1001 cleans a big big carpet for less than half a crown!
For hands that do dishes and are as soft as your face its brand new Fairy Liquid.
You'll wonder where the yellow went when you brush your teeth with Pepsodent.
Boom boom boom it's Esso blue.
R whites and pg tips both xlnt but the old shiphams was my favourite.
The Worthington beer that satisfies its your Worthy Worthington.Another crap beer.
Quote from: Southcoastffc on October 18, 2017, 05:40:56 PM
1001 cleans a big big carpet for less than half a crown!
For hands that do dishes and are as soft as your face its brand new Fairy Liquid.
You'll wonder where the yellow went when you brush your teeth with Pepsodent.
Interesting fact about the Pepsodent advert,they tried selling the product in an African country with that jingle only to find that in this particular country yellow teeth were considered to be a thing of beauty and they brushed their teeth with a tree bark to achieve that.
The product subsequently failed.
Boom boom boom it's Esso blue.
What's got a Hazelnut in every bite ???.Answers please. Clue it's not Squirrels shite.
Toby Ale advert in 50s/60s.
It all began in the Spouter Inn back in Old Ben Tucket.
Where the Ale you drunk was flat and thin, fit only for the bucket.
My lads I cried we've had enough
He's right ya lubbers let's chuck the stuff, and ship with Toby high let's sail.
And join the quest for a strong Pale Ale.
And so we sailed the seven seas.
Half the bar for twelve degrees.
And never an Ale we could sight.
Or please enough or taste quite right.
Until one day Ale ahoy from the top lookout.
Cut the cackle, loosen the shackle.
Loosen all screws there she brews.
And that was an Ale to shout about.
A whale of an Ale strong yet Pale.
Another Beer one-"A Double Diamond works wonders"-did it hell
Quote from: Southcoastffc on October 18, 2017, 05:40:56 PM
1001 cleans a big big carpet for less than half a crown!
For hands that do dishes and are as soft as your face its brand new Fairy Liquid.
You'll wonder where the yellow went when you brush your teeth with Pepsodent.
Boom boom boom it's Esso blue.
Was it not "mild , green fairy liquid " ?
You're never alone with a strand But what was a strand?
Quote from: Andy S on October 18, 2017, 10:32:10 PM
You're never alone with a strand But what was a strand?
Strand was a brand of cigarettes produced by W.D. & H.O. Wills (part of Imperial Tobacco), launched in 1959 but withdrawn in the early 1960s. The launch was accompanied by a huge television advertising campaign, You're never alone with a Strand.
Quote from: Andy S on October 18, 2017, 10:32:10 PM
You're never alone with a strand But what was a strand?
A Cancer Stick.
Remember those Strand ads well - a bloke in a trenchcoat in the shadows, collar turned up, like a scene from the Third Man film and TV series, lighting a fag.
Shows the power of those ads that we still remember them.
The Milky Bar Kid - 'the Milky bars are on me.'
'The Esso sign means happy motoring.'
Menthol cigarettes - Kensitas? - ' like a cool mountain stream.'
The menthol cigarettes you're thinking of are Consulates!
Those wonderful slogans they also came out with:
"Six slices a day is the well-balanced way" - Bread
"A pinta per person per day" - Milk
"Go to work on an egg"
"Nicole!", "Papa!"
A finger of fudge is just enough to give yourself a treat.
Nuts whole hazelnuts Cadbury takes em and cover them in chocolate.
Ppppppppp pick up a Penguin.
A mars bar a day helps you work , rest and play ! And tooth decay !
Quote from: mrmicawbers on October 19, 2017, 09:10:24 AM
A finger of fudge is just enough to give yourself a treat.
this 'jingle' was written by Mike d'Abo, he was lead vocalist of Manfred Mann on "Mighty Quinn", and wrote "Handbags and Gladrags" which was recorded by Chris Farlowe, Rod Stewart & the Stereophonics
Jon Cotton Cigarillos.
100% Cigar Tobaco, not strong like a big Cigar, and filter tipped, and at 5 Shillings and 5 Pence for 20, you can afford to hand them around.
Long live Jon Cotton Cigarillos.
Quote from: mrmicawbers on October 19, 2017, 09:10:24 AM
A finger of fudge is just enough to give yourself a treat.
Such an innocent slogan in those days. I doubt they'd get away with it now.
Watch out there's a Humphrey about, Unigate milk ad from the 70's.
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Tell em about the Honey Mummy.
Put a Tiger in your Tank.
Quote from: Holders on October 19, 2017, 09:57:39 AM
Quote from: mrmicawbers on October 19, 2017, 09:10:24 AM
A finger of fudge is just enough to give yourself a treat.
Such an innocent slogan in those days. I doubt they'd get away with it now.
Still as innocent today. It's just that time has corrupted your mind!
Mine has always been pretty corrupt as the ad gave rise to teenage sniggers (didn't they used to be 'marathons'?) at the time.
Quote from: mrmicawbers on October 19, 2017, 10:18:11 AM
Put a Tiger in your Tank.
Heard some tousle-haired blonde comedian using that one on the tv just the other day.
Strand: It's interesting that the ad is so well remembered after all this time.
At the time it was a failure. Smokers wanted to see themselves as gregarious, attractive fun lovers not lonely losers having a solitary drag in the darkness. The brand was withdrawn.
Quote from: cmg on October 19, 2017, 11:51:49 AM
Smokers wanted to see themselves as gregarious, attractive fun lovers not lonely losers having a solitary drag in the darkness. The brand was withdrawn.
It could well be successful now, then, if they re-made it as little gaggles of lepers outside the back doors of buildings.
I loved the Cinzano ads with Joan Collins and Leonard Rossiter!
I liked " I'm the Esso Blee Dooler" (Esso Blue Dealer)
Quote from: Holders on October 19, 2017, 08:49:20 AM
"Nicole!", "Papa!"
that was that powerful at the time my daughter constantly was ringing me up say papa Nicole here , 3 or 4 months later I bought her a new Clio. Having never had a new car in my life - still not.
Funniest ones i can remember were the castella? Or hamlet cigar Ads, where you had Rab C in the photo booth, the guy with his carlos fandango super wide wheels, and the fella in the privvy where the andrex puppy runs off with the toilet roll, those were lol funny!
Anyone remember the mccain pizza ad 'that's handy Harrow stick it in the oven'
Harry*
Ah Bisto Fulham fanas well
I do try to avoid commercials and think that over the years the standard has fallen.
Some of the advertisements I do see are so remote that I have difficulty knowing what they are advertising.
The breaks for the adverts are so long and there are more breaks every ten minutes, that I now make a Pot of tea in between the adverts when the programmes are on.
