Television ads from the past that would not be allowed in the 'Me Too' age

Capt. Autumn · 08-05-2020 10:56AM #1

Can I kick off with this mini opus for the makers of Mr. Sheen.

I can remember being mildly amused by this back in the day, but nobody seemed to find it offensive because it was clearly all a bit of silly fun. Albeit in a randy gentleman chasing after poor damsel at supersonic speed in a Benny Hill kind of way.

In 2020 it looks just plain weird. We will never see the likes of this on our television screens again.

Hangdogroad · 08-05-2020 11:45AM

Capt. Autumn wrote: »

Can I kick off with this mini opus for the makers of Mr. Sheen.

I can remember being mildly amused by this back in the day, but nobody seemed to find it offensive because it was clearly all a bit of silly fun. Albeit in a randy gentleman chasing after poor damsel at supersonic speed in a Benny Hill kind of way.

In 2020 it looks just plain weird. We will never see the likes of this on our television screens again.

I remember that one well. When it used to come on my brother would shout encourgement at yer man things like "grab her tits".

JohnnyFlash · 08-05-2020 11:52AM

Milk Tray ads.

Some dude dressed all in black sneaking into a woman’s hotel room so he can leave a box of cheap chocolates and his sinister calling card.

Your Face · 08-05-2020 11:59AM

Wheety · 08-05-2020 12:01PM

Diet Coke ad with a load of women ogling man on his lunch break.

Oh no wait, that's fine.

Ultrflat · 08-05-2020 12:01PM

I dunno if the Levi's add were that bad but certainly bold and super suggestive. :cool: but also a lot of fun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DF-mbNVkT5I

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs06oFKuBo0

Ficheall · 08-05-2020 12:16PM

Capt. Autumn wrote: »

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"Now also in trigger pack."

08-05-2020 12:23PM

ILoveYourVibes · 08-05-2020 12:32PM

There are lots of tv ads now that wouldn't be allowed then.

Badly Drunk Boy · 08-05-2020 01:14PM

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

There are lots of tv ads now that wouldn't be allowed then.

Definitely the amount of exposed flesh these days.

I remember that first ad when it came out, and it was (and is) very cartoonish. You knew his behaviour wasn't on, but you weren't going to emulate it (unless you were Hangdogroad's brother, maybe.

).

Harry Palmr · 08-05-2020 01:17PM

Any ad featuring the felatio of a chocolate bar.

Hangdogroad · 08-05-2020 03:03PM

Those "when a man you've never met before suddenly gives you flowers" ads from Impulse. Now he'd be labeled a stalker.

Trigger Happy · 08-05-2020 03:05PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgoNSCgP6TA

Bit racist there Lyons tea...

Gatling · 08-05-2020 03:20PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AATTN5p30A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVia3SqoP-A

Quantum Erasure · 08-05-2020 06:00PM

that Gillette ad

padd b1975 · 08-05-2020 06:35PM

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

There are lots of tv ads now that wouldn't be allowed then.

Jam rags to name one.

xzanti · 08-05-2020 07:19PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ac7kDkYTFs

TheValeyard · 08-05-2020 07:36PM

Holy frak this thread is bringing back some memories.

JohnnyFlash · 08-05-2020 07:52PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GVXnyD93qc

Rothko · 08-05-2020 10:05PM

Gatling wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AATTN5p30A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVia3SqoP-A

I don't see why they wouldn't be allowed these days, especially the second one.

interlocked · 08-05-2020 10:17PM

This is one of my all time favourites and it was made for Toyota!

Ficheall · 09-05-2020 12:30PM

I'm not sure MeToo is strictly the objection here, but...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7IP5SV6GqQ

09-05-2020 02:38PM

Off topic a bit but Bachelor’s Walk is being repeated. Twenty years on a storyline about a guy in his late 20s pursuing and seducing a girl in secondary school wouldn’t be acceptable at all.

Hangdogroad · 09-05-2020 02:48PM

Ficheall wrote: »

I'm not sure MeToo is strictly the objection here, but...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7IP5SV6GqQ

Granted the actress was probably in her 20s that's kind of creepy.

upupup · 09-05-2020 03:51PM

Not an ad,but a public information film:)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS37SNYjg8w

Capt. Autumn · 10-05-2020 02:36PM

Impulse Stalkers just can't help acting on it.

Hangdogroad · 10-05-2020 02:42PM

Capt. Autumn wrote: »

Impulse Stalkers just can't help acting on it.

It was a different one I remember from around that time but same concept.

Hangdogroad · 11-05-2020 12:08PM

This one wouldn't be allowed today for making fun of fat ugly wimmin.

https://twitter.com/KillianM2/status/1244398094424379393

the beer revolu · 11-05-2020 01:48PM

Sunny Disposition wrote: »

Off topic a bit but Bachelor’s Walk is being repeated. Twenty years on a storyline about a guy in his late 20s pursuing and seducing a girl in secondary school wouldn’t be acceptable at all.

I'm 50.
When I was 30, or even 20 the rules for decent people around consent and sex generally were very much the same as they are now.
We (my peers) understood what consent was. We knew what sexual assault and rape was and we knew what was inappropriate behaviour. Things have not changed much in that regard.

There were assholes then who behaved badly just as there are assholes now how behave badly.

3DataModem · 11-05-2020 01:51PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KT0b5CmivVs

:eyes:

ZV Yoda · 11-05-2020 02:05PM

Jeez... this thread is bringing memories about some very dodgy ads.

I always remember the ads for Denim aftershave. Even as a very young kid at the time, I thought they were a bit weird.

"Denim - For men who don't have to try too hard"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgx1Xc_ghwg

Television ads from the past that would not be allowed in the 'Me Too' age

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