Forum search & shortcuts

TV commercials that...
 

[Closed] TV commercials that stick in your mind from 10 or more years ago

Posts: 13291
Free Member
 

Even better as he looked like my mate Harry.


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 3:29 pm
Posts: 28
Free Member
 

Florida's orrid'a Than Whitley Bay
There's no McEwan's Best Scotch in the USA!

Had this one come in to my weird mind the other day, the same mind that couldn't remember who I'd talked to for access to a system at work a few days ago.

Is Ronald Regan still the Prime Minister ?


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 3:37 pm
Posts: 41894
Free Member
 

Buddddd.........

Weisss...........

Errrrr...........

And

I'm on a horse (Old Spice)

I actually bought some old spice on the basis that the advert made me laugh and I figured the only way to give actual feedback was to buy the stuff.

Adidas - belly's gonna get'cha


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 3:42 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

What you doin' Barry?

Finger of fudge
A hazelnut in every bite
Course you can Malcolm
R Whites lemonade drinker
Whitbread Trophy Bitter
Tetley Bittermen
Follow the bear

They don't make them like they used to


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 3:43 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

Beer at home means Davenports
That's the beer, lots of cheer
The finest hops and malt and yeast
Turn a snack into a feast
Why collect? We'll deliver
Now you know why folks all say
Beer at home means Davenports

(You can take a man out of Brum...)


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 3:46 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

Re-record not fade away

and

Hoots mon, there's juice loose aboot this hoose


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 3:46 pm
Posts: 13594
Free Member
 

Cadbury's Flake 80s..


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 3:52 pm
Posts: 13594
Free Member
 

I loved this one as a kid


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 3:54 pm
 10
Posts: 1506
Full Member
 

Re-record not fade away

That's the first one that came to mind for me too. It was the main commercial on my copy of Star Wars (recorded from the TV), well that and Bostons Greatest Hits album.


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 3:57 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

Noodle Doodle went to town...

Pete Murphy doing the Maxell ad


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 4:00 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

"D'you want a flake in that, love?"


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 4:02 pm
Posts: 435
Free Member
 

I don't know why, but always loved this one.

EDIT: I forgot Sue for Typhoo.


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 4:07 pm
Posts: 3900
Free Member
 

When I were a lad the Manikin series of adverts seemed to pop up when the whole family including my god fearin' grandma were seated round the telly...

probably not safe for work...


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 4:13 pm
Posts: 13594
Free Member
 

I liked the OXO family...


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 4:14 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 4:17 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

You have to realise this was before everyone even had the internet. Someone obviously saw the huge impact it would have in the advertising team, which is astonishing in its self.

PS could not work out how to embed it, the video option did not seem to work 🙁


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 4:17 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

This no longer made fizzy drink


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 4:18 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 4:19 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

'Red Rock Cider, its not red and there's no rocks in it'


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 4:19 pm
Posts: 13594
Free Member
 

You have to realise this was before everyone even had the internet. Someone obviously saw the huge impact it would have in the advertising team, which is astonishing in its self.

Not quite, that was 2002...

2002
As of January, 58.5% of the U.S. population (164.14 million people) uses the Internet. Worldwide there are 544.2 million users.
The death knell tolls for Napster after a bankruptcy judge ruled in September that German media giant Bertelsmann cannot buy the assets of troubled Napster Inc. The ruling prompts Konrad Hilbers, Napster CEO, to resign and lay off his staff.

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0193167.html


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 4:22 pm
Posts: 2626
Full Member
 

Chop chop busy busy work work bang bang:


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 4:28 pm
Posts: 91169
Free Member
 

"IN THE SAND!"

"I'm.. I'm not helping very much, am I Dad?"


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 4:29 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

You have to realise this was before everyone even had the internet. Someone obviously saw the huge impact it would have in the advertising team, which is astonishing in its self.
Not quite, that was 2002...

2002
As of January, 58.5% of the U.S. population (164.14 million people) uses the Internet. Worldwide there are 544.2 million users.
The death knell tolls for Napster after a bankruptcy judge ruled in September that German media giant Bertelsmann cannot buy the assets of troubled Napster Inc. The ruling prompts Konrad Hilbers, Napster CEO, to resign and lay off his staff.

But no facebook, no mumsnet etc etc, it was still 544milion geeks at that point. It certainly had no where near the impact it has now.

Edited to add hardly anyone had broadband in 2002, that was the game changer for the internet !!!


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 4:33 pm
Posts: 91169
Free Member
 

Good compilation here, including one for Action Force. Bit of a time-warp.


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 4:33 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 4:38 pm
Posts: 17859
Full Member
 

R Whites - Secret Lemonade Drinker

VW Golf - the squeaky earring one

All Yellow Pages ads (train set, JR Hartley, you've got an ology, you're a scientist etc)

Boddingtons with Mel Sykes - Oi Tarquin, something about trollies....

Cadbury's Flake - overflowing bath

Castlemaine XXXX - I can see the pub from here....

Um Bongo Um Bongo

MilkyWay - Red car & the Blue car had a race - recently revived

Milk Tray - blokie diving off cliff

Tango - all the "you know when you've been tango'd" ads

Dime Bar.......Dime. Bar........Armadillo's!!

Audi (might be VW) where architect type bloke drives a long way back to an office and say he left his pen behind to be given back his worn out bic.


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 4:47 pm
Posts: 9112
Free Member
Topic starter
 

This one is okay. The imagery keeps returning to my mind, anyway...


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 5:01 pm
Posts: 1151
Free Member
 

Judderman


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 5:10 pm
Posts: 78575
Full Member
 

By 'catchy' do you mean leaving the viewer in need of lengthy and expensive therapy?

Disturbingly, I've just spoken along to that Kinder ad word for word. The things that stick in your hear...

Accrington Stanley?

I come from Accrington. If I'd had a pound for every time someone's said that line to me I could probably buy the place.

I'm on a horse (Old Spice)

Not a real advert but,

Cadbury's Flake 80s..

You seem to have linked to the wrong Flake advert.


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 5:25 pm
Posts: 23622
Full Member
 

haven't seen that IrnBru ad macc - cracker!

we did this one at the same time

one of my favourite set builds actually, and probably the most-seen thing I've ever done 🙂


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 5:33 pm
 Kit
Posts: 24
Free Member
 


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 5:47 pm
Posts: 3374
Full Member
 

VW Golf - the squeaky earring one

The squeaky sign and building in that belonged to Lindi, out in Spain. She had it moved from the side of the road to become the bar/pool room at her hostel in Sorbas.

I remember my geology field trips well.

I still need to apologise for spilling wine all over the pool table.


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 6:20 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

Hopefully this is ok. On the same vain as the flake ads.


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 6:34 pm
 kcal
Posts: 5450
Full Member
 

@macc - outstanding!
shades of Billy Connolly there, too, nice touch !


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 6:42 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

McEwans Alive and Kicking with the guys rolling the ball down the hill at the tele.

Terry's chocolate orange Indiana Jones spoof.


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 10:26 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

Used to sing it all the time

Which tyre!!!!!!


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 10:41 pm
Posts: 91
Free Member
 

I can't find a video clip for it sadly.

It was a paint advert by Dulux or Crown, one guy is carefully painting a ceiling with a non drip paint while a Scottish artist is making art beneath him. The artist is throwing paint everywhere and with a final flourish launches his bicycle across his canvas. He turns to the decorator and says, ' No mess I hope"

He became something of a hero in the Edinburgh College of Art Drawing and Painting School in the mid 80s

Edit - found it at 2.50


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 11:08 pm
Posts: 1299
Free Member
 


 
Posted : 05/02/2016 12:08 am
Posts: 1912
Free Member
 


 
Posted : 05/02/2016 12:34 am
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

Milk

John Smiths


 
Posted : 05/02/2016 12:44 am
Posts: 1754
Full Member
 

How the hell do you guys post the actual youtube image and video on here??

I struggle enough with photos!!

edit - sorted - preview or lack of confused me!! 🙂


 
Posted : 06/02/2016 5:31 pm
Posts: 1754
Full Member
 

He waits....that's what he does...

Favorite advert ever


 
Posted : 06/02/2016 5:33 pm
Posts: 18042
Full Member
 

I come from Accrington. If I'd had a pound for every time someone's said that line to me I could probably buy the place.

Five times then? 😆


 
Posted : 06/02/2016 7:34 pm
Posts: 4968
Free Member
 

5—4—3—2—1, 5—4—3—2—1
First bite into real milk chocolate, 5—4—3—2—1
Then crunch into light crispy rice, 5—4—3—2—1
Chew, chew, chew the caramel topping, 5—4—3—2—1
Uh huh — wafer and fondant too, 5—4—3—2—1
5—4—3—2—1, 5—4—3—2—1


 
Posted : 06/02/2016 7:45 pm
Posts: 1222
Full Member
 

"Stanley, you're not really going to make him drink that stuff are you?"

Can't believe Barry Bethell hasn't made an appearance yet...

"But Tony, you gotta help, we're one rider short..."


 
Posted : 06/02/2016 9:40 pm
Page 2 / 3