Anyone remember an 80's ad for milk ?

trout · 22-01-2008 5:54pm #1

OK ... I've been trying to remember this one for some time. Please help.

It was a UK ad for milk (I think).
At least part of the ad was set in a mad scientist style dungeon.
The end of the ad showed a good looking young lady, clad only in a sheet, quickly rise up from a slab, and declare something about the wonderful properties of milk.

I have searched on youtube, but had no success. If I could remember more about the ad, I could probably do better searches.

I think the ad was shown in the late 80's and early to mid 90's ... but I could be wrong.

Does this ring any bells with anyone

Davedubh · 23-01-2008 5:01pm

Yeah i think i remember it.It was a pastiche of the bride of Frankenstein.

stovelid · 23-01-2008 6:13pm

Did the girl have two side pony tails?

I'm getting the vaguest of memories, but maybe it's just autosuggestion.

citytillidie · 24-01-2008 4:00pm

Only Milk ad i remember is the Ian Rush one

guinnessdrinker · 24-01-2008 5:01pm

citytillidie wrote: »

Only Milk ad i remember is the Ian Rush one

Yeah the "accrington stanley, who are they?" ad.

the dee · 24-01-2008 5:52pm

guinnessdrinker wrote: »

Yeah the "accrington stanley, who are they?" ad.

Exactly!

That was a great one.

trout · 24-01-2008 6:35pm

stovelid wrote: »

Did the girl have two side pony tails?

Yes. I think so ... wish I could remember more.

I think the punchline of the ad was "milk ... it does a body good"

Oracle · 24-01-2008 7:24pm

Yeah, I remember that ad, wasn't there a series of those British made milk ads, with the same catchphrase "Does a body good."? They were very creative and clever.

Preset No.3 · 26-01-2008 11:12pm

I think you are talking about the one with the 2 kids and the dummy!! Them bones, them bones need calcium!!!! Is that it?

Max_Damage · 27-01-2008 2:11am

Preset No.3 wrote: »

I think you are talking about the one with the 2 kids and the dummy!! Them bones, them bones need calcium!!!! Is that it?

This one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ygf0gRQsUb4

Angus MacGyver · 27-01-2008 1:21pm

Yea I remember that add with the girl,

The tag line was, Milk, what more could a body ask for.

trout · 27-01-2008 7:27pm

Preset No.3 wrote: »

I think you are talking about the one with the 2 kids and the dummy!! Them bones, them bones need calcium!!!! Is that it?

Nope ... that was a good ad though ... the one I'm thinking of is an earlier vintage.

Angus MacGyver wrote: »

Yea I remember that add with the girl,

The tag line was, Milk, what more could a body ask for.

Ah yes ... that rings a bell ... I'm off to youtube now ... see if I can find it now.

rubadub · 27-01-2008 7:52pm

Angus MacGyver wrote: »

The tag line was, Milk, what more could a body ask for.

Thats it, and I was always waiting for that damn sheet to fall down;)

trout · 27-01-2008 8:14pm

rubadub wrote: »

Thats it, and I was always waiting for that damn sheet to fall down;)

Yeah ... pesky sheets

Reku · 28-01-2008 8:22am

Vaguely remember the ad but I'm afraid I can't add anymore detail to it.:(

mickrourke · 28-01-2008 9:31am

trout wrote: »

OK ... I've been trying to remember this one for some time. Please help.

It was a UK ad for milk (I think).
At least part of the ad was set in a mad scientist style dungeon.
The end of the ad showed a good looking young lady, clad only in a sheet, quickly rise up from a slab, and declare something about the wonderful properties of milk.

I have searched on youtube, but had no success. If I could remember more about the ad, I could probably do better searches.

I think the ad was shown in the late 80's and early to mid 90's ... but I could be wrong.

Does this ring any bells with anyone

Oh yes, defintely remember that one.

Mad Scientist working on his creation and the doorbell goes and he shouts
'Igor - Get the door!"
Igor goes off, comes back and the scientist goes ' Who is it?" and Igor goes 'Eeetts the milkman' (in strange humpy transylvanian accent)
Can't remember the rest though.
The reason i remember it so well is cause we used to shout 'Igor get the door', to one of the lads at the back of the class when someone would knock.
I think it was 1989.

rubadub · 28-01-2008 8:52pm

mickrourke wrote: »

and Igor goes 'Eeetts the milkman' (in strange humpy transylvanian accent)

Thats it! I remember everybody used to saying that line in school, anybody who said "whos that" about anyone got that reply.

The girl at the end looked like she had got an electric shock, hair all over the place.

trout · 28-01-2008 8:54pm

mickrourke wrote: »

Oh yes, defintely remember that one.

Mad Scientist working on his creation and the doorbell goes and he shouts
'Igor - Get the door!"
Igor goes off, comes back and the scientist goes ' Who is it?" and Igor goes 'Eeetts the milkman' (in strange humpy transylvanian accent)
Can't remember the rest though.
The reason i remember it so well is cause we used to shout 'Igor get the door', to one of the lads at the back of the class when someone would knock.
I think it was 1989.

That's the one ... the scientist needed the milk to restore life to the girl in the sheet.
All I need now is a link

Other than youtube ... where else could I look ?

The Crowman · 23-09-2018 5:22pm

Call off the search, its the first ad here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boY8vQyovx0

branie2 · 29-09-2018 10:40pm

I remember it

The Crowman · 09-11-2018 8:38am

Does anyone remember a similar ad from roughly the same period (late 80's/early 90's) that was for peanuts (Planters?) and also had a mad scientist theme? The mad scientist in it turned into a chimpanzee after drinking some kind of concoction from a big glass beaker with steam coming out of it. The human to chimp transformation effects in it were done really well, it was equal parts unsettling and funny.

The Crowman · 09-02-2019 7:33pm

Found it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqAtH-aQs_4

branie2 · 10-02-2019 9:29pm

Shades of Jekyll and Hyde and Planet of the Apes in that ad

Hangdogroad · 07-01-2020 1:41am

Who was behind those milk ads? Were they sort of public information films? This one and the wooden man one. Wasn't there another later one with the same song from that with a Hansel And Gretal type witch and two children?

stoneill · 08-01-2020 11:38am

A 10 year search for a milk ad!

Hangdogroad · 20-02-2022 10:22am

The dancing wooden man milk ad is one that no-one seems to be able to date, as to when it first appeared. It ran for years on RTE maybe 89/90 onwards. Its on this Scottish ITV break from 1986, good to come across a decent picture quality version as the standalone one thats been up for Years on YouTube is brutal.

https://youtu.be/68-AimewesA

Anyone remember an 80's ad for milk ?

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