Ashley Hill
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"Dad,do you know the pianos on my foot?"The very one indeed. The famous PG Chimp advert involved the piano and the staircase. Oh the memories!
"You hum it son and I'll play it."
"Dad,do you know the pianos on my foot?"The very one indeed. The famous PG Chimp advert involved the piano and the staircase. Oh the memories!
The AA always springs to mind.
"Where exactly did you bury the car, Kevin...?"
"It's in the saaaaaaand!"
Pedant corner - 'Proud Mary' methinks, not that I was ever a Creedence fan.Everyone in my family seemed to like the AA advert with the wee girl in the back of the car singing along to Rollin' on the River - everyone went "awwww".
The current AA ad with the dog is receiving mixed reviews over on the Annoying TV Ads thread, however
Why is it that adverts with adults having children's voices dubbed over are apparently universally hated, but a child with an adult voice dubbed over is "cute"?
Both are terrible.
Terry Brooks - he was paid a tenner for his work!The original Milky Bar Kid TV advert
As a former citizen of Granadaland, I definitely remember the jingle, but can't recall seeing the gentleman in question.This is going back to the 70s, and possibly only in Granadaland - i.e the north-west of England. There was a furniture store called Williams, and their tag line was ‘Spectacular savings at Williams - where else?’ At one point this was sung by a very heavily made-up Eartha Kitt lookalike, but then they had a superman sort of figure, who was - erm - rather well-endowed on the advert, running through the store and - erm - bouncing his bits a lot. The original song finished
As you walk through the door, your pound’s worth more
At Williams, where else?
Everybody at school sang
As you walk through the door, your balls hit the floor
At Williams, where else?
This actually made it into the Daily Mirror and the actor said he was ‘embarrassed’.
Anybody remember this? I can’t find it on YouTube.
There was a furniture store called Williams, and their tag line was ‘Spectacular savings at Williams - where else?’
Can't find the clip to which you refer, but this one from c. 1978 for the same business, and "starring" actor Arthur English, includes the "at Williams - where else?" tagline...Anybody remember this? I can’t find it on YouTube.
If you'd asked me, I would have said it was 'mild Camay' but can't find an advert for that."You'll look a little lovelier each day, with fabulous pink Camay"
Was that supposed only to refer to women, as it did nothing for me!!!
Did you have the urge to slap your back pocket after you typed this?"All the prices are low,
Wherever you go,
That's Asda-price"
Anyone remember the Summer County margarine advert, with its tuneful jingle.
Certain lads in the local school football team used to sing it at junior school, but changing it to Stockport County...
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I am not sure if the words I remembered are correct, but this jingle from many years ago has suddenly sprung to to mind.......
"All the prices are low,
Wherever you go,
That's Asda-price"
Certainly remember one of the biggest lies ever broadcast namely that people couldn't tell the difference between Stork Margarine and Butter.
Was that fronted by Lesley Crowther ?
Leslie Crowther but yes. Must have been awful butter if you couldn't tell the difference!
Leslie Crowther but yes. Must have been awful butter if you couldn't tell the difference!
Yes it was:
Leslie Crowther but yes. Must have been awful butter if you couldn't tell the difference!
(There is also an advert from the late 1980s, or possibly 1990s, with a great anthemic tune that I have never been able to find. I was convinced that British Airways used it in one if their adverts but it wasn’t BA. It’s been used in TV programmes as incidental music and sounds a bit like Sweet Harmony by The Beloved, but the name of this particular tune continues to evade me).
Before (or after) that by Bruce Forsyth, who fell on hard times after Sunday Night at the London Palladium Actually, I think you're wrong about the taste test - it was between Stork and another, unnamed margarine (possibly Slagheap or Lardbucket.)Certainly remember one of the biggest lies ever broadcast namely that people couldn't tell the difference between Stork Margarine and Butter.
Was that fronted by Lesley Crowther ?
Cheers for posting that. Although that isn’t the same tune, you have set me thinking that the tune in my mind is from 1990 or thereabouts and has a chorus not too dissimilar in sound to the chorus from the McEwans’ Alive and Kicking tune.In 1990 Alpen used The Beloved's The Sun Rising for an ad if that helps?
And on Have I got News For You Bruce mentioned the taste tests and how he made it look like he liked the stuff but in fact hated it!Before (or after) that by Bruce Forsyth, who fell on hard times after Sunday Night at the London Palladium Actually, I think you're wrong about the taste test - it was between Stork and another, unnamed margarine (possibly Slagheap or Lardbucket.)
The former Swedish company SAAB advertising cars.
The ad ended with Sierra, Alpha, Alpha, Bravo, spelling out the name phonetically.