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RTE ads from the 80s...

Rockee

Hey all! Would any of you guys know where I could get my grubby little mits on some old RTE tv ads from the 80s?? Is there anywhere on the net even?? Theres so many ads from the 80s I can remember, I'd love to see them again for a laugh/bit of nostalgia!!:) Thanks...

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An Riabhach

I heard Dolly Parton's "9 to 5" on the radio today and remembered this ad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aepxsl2lcsM

branie2

Den14 wrote: »

I remember that girl giving her mother the dirtiest of looks!

But she was all smiles at the end of the school day and ran into her mother's arms

An Riabhach

Can anyone remember an ad,I dunno whether it was from the 80s or not,but it had the abandoned Marie Celeste ship afloat in the water? I think it might have been about chocolate or something.
I know that there was a funny Weetabix ad about the Marie Celeste, but the one I am talking about was long before this and seemed rather bleak.

darkdubh

This one was I think circa 1990/91 and for Jacobs. It was cartoon animation with this punkish girl going around on a moped and kind of acid house type song that went "where is the jam?". Would like to see that one again.

An Riabhach

darkdubh wrote: »

This one was I think circa 1990/91 and for Jacobs. It was cartoon animation with this punkish girl going around on a moped and kind of acid house type song that went "where is the jam?". Would like to see that one again.

I remember that one too,and I think the song "Where Is The Jam" was a parody of "Pump Up The Jam". And at the end of it,it said "The jam is in the groove".
There was another one for Kimberley quite like that one, which said "Don't twist my biscuit,man" at the end.

An Riabhach

An Riabhach wrote: »

I remember that one too,and I think the song "Where Is The Jam" was a parody of "Pump Up The Jam". And at the end of it,it said "The jam is in the groove".
There was another one for Kimberley quite like that one, which said "Don't twist my biscuit,man" at the end.

Found both of them......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-gkl1KV3os

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yLQIcoCbXw

darkdubh

Looking at them again I reckon the same animator must have done the Milky Way "red car and blue car had a race", the style is very similar.

darkdubh

Seaaaan! It's 3 O clock in the morning.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_aEMYnh-hs

Hangdogroad

Anyoner remember the ICL ad with the businessmen in suits playing rugby?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itHWED4Lz0g

jimbobaloobob

These are two that i remember most, the dog one freaked me out.
https://youtu.be/0BTCY5xhrIY

https://youtu.be/ghQVJ3qAcAU

Hangdogroad

An Riabhach wrote: »

I'm gone into rewind again with ads.....here's another one which came to me head-one which scared me even though twas about somethin harmless but I just can't remember what twas about.What I found scary was in the background there was exciting music and the sound of thunder,and a couple of times there was the sound of a fella singing the words:

"LIGHTNING WHITENING!!!!"

in a really loud high-pitched voice.

Can anybody remember what that ad was about?
Could it have been washing powder or something??

It was for Macleans toothpaste. It's on this ad compilation at the 2:30 mark.

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

Up Donegal

Remember this one...Daz washing powder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpKRvRwRsj0

Worztron

My favorite is perhaps the 'ESB - Going Home' one.

branie2

With a young Alan Hughes as the returning son

Worztron

branie2 wrote: »

With a young Alan Hughes as the returning son

Hi branie2, yes, that's the one.

Del.Monte

Worztron wrote: »

My favorite is perhaps the 'ESB - Going Home' one.

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

Popular with railway enthusiasts too!

Hangdogroad

This is a classic, very funny but also kind of sad ending.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlU6crWC_3Q

Sardonicat

Up Donegal wrote: »

Remember this one...Daz washing powder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpKRvRwRsj0

Whatever happened to the Daz 'blue whitener'?

L1011

Modernity killed it. UV whiteners in the washing powder/liquid itself replaced the need for subtractive colour trickery; and now better fabrics + oxygen bleach keep white stuff whiter anyway

Hangdogroad

I'd repressed all memory of these screechy voiced brats till seeing this again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ILYlzBQNmY

Hangdogroad

An Riabhach wrote: »

That ad,I think,was for Capri-Sun.
I vaguely remember some of the ad where one of them is drinking ordinary orange squash and the other is drinking Capri-Sun,every time the former said "squash" the latter said "capri-sun",and it ended up with the squash one either gettin squashed himself or melting while still saying "squash".

That ad is here at the 3:55 mark. Very elusive one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5VXgTT7l-k

odyssey06

@1.35 minutes, I remember getting those Black Cauldron figures in the Cornflakes

Hangdogroad

A treasure trove of old ads here. At the 19:20 mark there's a n ad for Calor Kosangas with Tony Doyle playing the husband. Who's playing the wife? Shes very familiar but cant place her.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txFdalvk6D0

ShyMets

Hangdogroad wrote: »

A treasure trove of old ads here. At the 19:20 mark there's a n ad for Calor Kosangas with Tony Doyle playing the husband. Who's playing the wife? Shes very familiar but cant place her.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txFdalvk6D0

I think the actress is Ruth McCabe. She's been in a rake of things. Most recently she played the Grandmother is Damo & Ivor. Which the less said about the better.

I remember those Impulse ads. They were considered a bit racy back in the day

Hangdogroad

Aglomerado wrote: »

I think it was AIB, not certain though.

Does anyone remember another banking ad from round about the same time, it featured pinstripe-clad arses sitting down and the slogan was "How big are your assets?"

It's on here at the 3:08 mark, the ad is for Cork & Limerick Bank. The actress delivering the "how big are your assets?" line would go to bigger things within a few years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gf_gLEzrG2U

Aglomerado

Hangdogroad wrote: »

It's on here at the 3:08 mark, the ad is for Cork & Limerick Bank. The actress delivering the "how big are your assets?" line would go to bigger things within a few years

Wow! Didn't realise she was in it!

Thanks!

Hangdogroad

Remember these , Silvermints ads with Steve Silvermint? Were there any others in the series?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIUWvOf3Iwk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4J3LThd0NE

Hangdogroad

A few ads from the 80s that I've yet to see show up online.

Two with Barry Mcguigan. The one for the brand of crisps named after him. This one would be pretty rare, didn't see it shown much.

One for Irish beef with Barry and his wife. The focus was more on her and he pops up at the end. This came out at the same time as his fight with Carbera because the first time I saw it he was still sporting two shiners from the fight and I remember wondering why he had no black eyes in the ad, not realising at the time it would have been filmed well in advance.

One for Buttercup (think it was by Dairygold) circa 1986. Featured a song that was a variation of My Boy Lollypop changed to my spread Buttercup. Couple in kind of retro Grease type setting with garish bright pop art backgrounds. The girl was very cute.

Animated ad for Liga Rusks with the line "wheres my Liga!"

Aglomerado

]Move Over Butter - surreal ad with a TV reporter doing a piece to camera with Vikings in the background.

Dime Bars - Arrrrrmadillos! Think it had Harry Enfield. "You're a bit weird, aren't you". I think this one is well remembered.

Mid 1990s for both.

Edit: And this beauty: OO-AR!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKKu4O3-IB0

Hangdogroad

Aglomerado wrote: »

]Move Over Butter - surreal ad with a TV reporter doing a piece to camera with Vikings in the background.

Dime Bars - Arrrrrmadillos! Think it had Harry Enfield. "You're a bit weird, aren't you". I think this one is well remembered.

Mid 1990s for both.

Edit: And this beauty: OO-AR!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKKu4O3-IB0

The butter one, I started a thread about that not long ago trying to find out what brand it was. At least now I know I know what it was called. Is/was Move Over Butter an Irish brand?

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=113892143