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Yorkie man?

  • 28-04-2003 1:28pm
    #1
    KdjaCL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,346 ✭✭✭✭


    What happened to him?
    Only ever seen one ad with him in it.


    kdjac


Comments

  • #2
    Gaffo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 142 ✭✭Gaffo


    Seemingly he was too stereotypical and showed a chauvinistic side to Yorkie which is strange cos their latest campaign has a very anti-female approach.
    "This is a big step for Yorkie as the trucker has been an institution, but we felt that we needed to take a stand for the British bloke and reclaim some things in his life, starting with his chocolate," said Andrew Harrison, the marketign director at Nestle.
    He was in loads of ads but can't really remember too many.


  • #3
    telecinesk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 617 ✭✭✭telecinesk


    Funny, how did it go "Good rich and thick, a milk chocolate brick.."

    I remember they were 17P .. I have the ad on video somewhere.
    Cool, at the end he gets out of the truck and the shot from a distance shows he is clearly mr 70s, hes wearing flares...


  • #4
    Makaveli
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,503 ✭✭✭Makaveli


    Yorkie. It's not for girls. :)
    I remember a few ads with the Yorkie man, the one that stands out is when he is in a field hiding in a scare crow and when all the cops pass by he sticks his head and arm out and bites the Yorkie.


  • #5
    darkdubh
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,628 ✭✭✭darkdubh


    Thanks to the wonders of youtube,which was unavailable in 2003 this thread can be resurected.The comments contain a disturbing amount of jokes about the Yorkshire ripper,although thats not suurprising the way Yorkie man leers at that female driver. http://youtu.be/olI5xzshtFQ


  • #6
    Ann22
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,004 ✭✭✭Ann22


    darkdubh wrote: »
    Thanks to the wonders of youtube,which was unavailable in 2003 this thread can be resurected.The comments contain a disturbing amount of jokes about the Yorkshire ripper,although thats not suurprising the way Yorkie man leers at that female driver. http://youtu.be/olI5xzshtFQ


    Is your one in the car the same actress in this old Tramp perfume ad? (Tramp:D) It looks a lot like her.


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  • #7
    anewme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,062 ✭✭✭✭anewme


    Ah that brings back memories. I was able to sing along with every line.

    Nowadays Yorkie man would be obese if he ate that many bars of choccy and just sat in the truck ogling women in convertible cars all day.

    Actually, looking at that ad, Yorkie man was a bit of allright!


  • #8
    Corsendonk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,871 ✭✭✭Corsendonk


    Some classic yorkie adds


    So old its still called Rowntree Yorkie







  • #9
    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    I was very small when that ad was on TV and it had me thinking that a Yorkie was called a Coast. :)


  • #10
    Skerries
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,710 ✭✭✭✭Skerries


    Yorkies were nicer then and used to have 6 chunks compared to 5 now
    The Yorkie Easter Eggs was always the one to get as a kid as it would be a different type of truck every year
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