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pen adverts in the 70's

  • 03-12-2007 4:44pm
    #1
    silverharp
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    I don't kwow what made me remember this but I remember an inordinate number of ads on tv, selling various types of pens, ones that would work upside down, a type that you could use an eraser on (remember that being popular in school for a while). Parker and Papermate come to mind, obviously there is no money in it now as you don't see the ads. It's funny how such everyday objects required so much advertising then and not now

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  • #2
    GhostInTheRuins
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    silverharp wrote: »
    obviously there is no money in it now as you don't see the ads. It's funny how such everyday objects required so much advertising then and not now

    Funnily enough, just last week I saw one of those horrible ads. It had loads of different pens in it. One that could write on the celing etc and one that you could punch holes in coke cans with :D. Plus, when you bought one you got 70 free as a bonus lol


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    silverharp
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    D.T. Jesus wrote: »
    Funnily enough, just last week I saw one of those horrible ads. It had loads of different pens in it. One that could write on the celing etc and one that you could punch holes in coke cans with :D. Plus, when you bought one you got 70 free as a bonus lol

    Sounds like a shopping channel type ad, the ones I remember would have been prime time evening ads on ITV, and bty that shounds great, where can I get them, is availability limited? do I need to order now? ;-)

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  • #4
    GhostInTheRuins
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    silverharp wrote: »
    Sounds like a shopping channel type ad, the ones I remember would have been prime time evening ads on ITV, and bty that shounds great, where can I get them, is availability limited? do I need to order now? ;-)

    Also comes with free pocket protector. But that's not all! Order now and get 95 free refills. Don't delay, call now! 1850-ilovepens

    I think the ad was on either TV3 or Tg4.


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    Degsy
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    http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=mBQQIw_vN68


  • #6
    Zaph
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    silverharp wrote: »
    a type that you could use an eraser on

    I had one of them. It never rubbed the ink out completely so you could still see what was there before. Really stupid idea, but we couldn't get enough of them. A Papermate or Parker pen was always a staple at Christams, someone was bound to give you one.


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    Hotblack Desiato
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    zaph wrote: »
    I had one of them. It never rubbed the ink out completely so you could still see what was there before. Really stupid idea, but we couldn't get enough of them.

    I remember them, I was given one going into 6th class when we were allowed to use real pens but still might have needed to rub out the odd mistake :)

    The banks went mental when they came out, afraid that people would be using them to commit cheque forgery left right and centre.
    A Papermate or Parker pen was always a staple at Christams, someone was bound to give you one.

    If you were a man... :rolleyes:
    Men still get totally crap gifts, just different ones... (edit: there was a Hai Karate soap-on-a-rope set doing the rounds in my family for a good twenty years)

    Remember the Papermate ad with your woman in a biplane... "Even upside daaahn"... I'll say, and her pen wasn't bad either :D

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