Drifter ads

Sarky

Just now, eating a Drifter, I remembered the ads where what I can only describe from memory as a pimp walks into a sweet shop and speaks a load of "jive speak" to the old lady in charge, with subtitles explaining that the man was hungry, and wanted a bar with caramel, which was crispy, covered in chocolate, and preferably a dual-bar experience.

Does anyone else recall these? Are they too "offensive" to play on tv these days? Does anyone have them stored?

Ruu_Old

did that have a phone number you could call to hear the drifter guy call out the top 100 chart singles or something? I remember calling it one early morning around 4am when i was a lad and hung up the phone and when i picked it up he was still talking! Then someone from telecom eireann came in on the middle of my call and said to stop messing with the phone haha.

LadyJ

They still make drifters?!
Oh god what I wouldn't give to taste one!

c - 13

I remember at the end of one of the drifter ad's drifter man is walking out of the shop and a kid is coming in - Drifter man gives him a high five and knocks all the kids change out of his hand. First time i saw that i was in tears laughing.

Kingsize

come on shuffle my shells mama ?

LadyJ

I am now addicted to drifters since reading this thread. It caught my eye when I had the munchies and now I'm on a drifter buzz!:D

Inspector Gadget

"I want something with jaw on; crispy in the main street, and covered from top to toe in Sunday best"

Oh yeah, and c-13, I think he says "Yo! Skin, little bud!" at the point you describe

(I have a bizarre memory for things like this... honest! )

Gadget

Dyr

wasn't the whole point the catch phrase : "you catch my drift?"

Zetec

Was the guy in the ad Antonio Fargas?