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nlogax
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The AA always springs to mind.
"Where exactly did you bury the car, Kevin...?"
"It's in the saaaaaaand!"
"Where exactly did you bury the car, Kevin...?"
"It's in the saaaaaaand!"
And… “He’s a very very nice man.”
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
The current AA ad with the dog is receiving mixed reviews over on the Annoying TV Ads thread, however
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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
61653 HTAFC
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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.
Both are terrible.
Agreed, I can't stand either.
Xenophon PCDGS
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The original Milky Bar Kid TV advert
There used to be an advert for holidays (was it OSL?) where a bloke on a sun lounger grew a really long toe that dipped in the swimming pool water.....it used to freak us out, mainly crying with laughter at the absurdity of it! Now to track it down on YouTube.......
www.facebook.com/uktvads/videos/mike-berry-extends-himself-into-an-osl-holiday-in-1984
Here it is, extending arms and toe!!!
www.facebook.com/uktvads/videos/mike-berry-extends-himself-into-an-osl-holiday-in-1984
Here it is, extending arms and toe!!!
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Terry Brooks - he was paid a tenner for his work!
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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.
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.
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Springs Branch
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As a former citizen of Granadaland, I definitely remember the jingle, but can't recall seeing the gentleman in question.
I remember my dad's parody of the Williams ad being "As you walk through the door, you fall flat on floor. . . . . ."
Not sure whether he ever came across the schoolyard version (he worked in an engineering works, so not impossible it might be heard on the factory floor or in the works canteen) - but it would have been "inappropriate" (as they say these days) to be amusing young children with that rendition!
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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...
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"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!!!
Was that supposed only to refer to women, as it did nothing for me!!!
If you'd asked me, I would have said it was 'mild Camay' but can't find an advert for that.
Refer to women - that ad goes back years when pink meant 'woman'. I think men were supposed to use Lifebuoy (red), which came in a big slab, presumably because they needed it after a day labouring on the shop floor. There was always a bar of that and Imperial Leather in our bathroom!
Xenophon PCDGS
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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"
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"
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Ashley Hill
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Did you have the urge to slap your back pocket after you typed this?
Who remembers the Nutty Bar advert which IIRC starred Madness?
Butts
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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 ?
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Leslie Crowther but yes. Must have been awful butter if you couldn't tell the difference!
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(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).
It might not have tasted very good, but at least the price was right !
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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.)
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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.
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Does anyone remember the Bush TV advert on a commuter train ?
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
Do you remember the ad showing the Carlsberg complaints dept - it was an empty dusty room with a phone, and the phone rang. Someone passing by answered it and said "sorry, wrong number".
Also there was that small boy cowboy who said "The Milky Bars are on me!"
There was the Fiat Strada ad - designed by computers, built by robots, driven by you (or there is an impolite version!)
And Sierra and Bravo were cars made by Ford and Fiat respectively!!! And you also had Alfa Romeos!
But one of the most effective and memorable was "If you see Sid, tell him" for the British Gas share flotation.
Edited to add Alfa Romeo and spelling correction.
Also there was that small boy cowboy who said "The Milky Bars are on me!"
There was the Fiat Strada ad - designed by computers, built by robots, driven by you (or there is an impolite version!)
And Sierra and Bravo were cars made by Ford and Fiat respectively!!! And you also had Alfa Romeos!
But one of the most effective and memorable was "If you see Sid, tell him" for the British Gas share flotation.
Edited to add Alfa Romeo and spelling correction.
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