"Suck em and see!"

Chunks · 11-01-2007 01:21PM #1

There was an ad on tv a few years back (maybe 6-8) and it was for something medicinal like pain killers, or throat lozenges etc..

My mate and I were talking about it the other day and can't remember what the hell it was advertising, it's driving me nuts.

Basically it's an ad of (if memory serves) a kinda seethrough bloke and he's sore somewhere (not too sure)....anyway, he takes the tablet and it cures him. the final shot is of him holding the product to the camera and saying in a deep voice "Suck em and See!"

I know it's not much to go on but has anyone a clue as to what it was for?

Thanks

lazygit · 11-01-2007 01:34PM

Tumbs?

Owen · 11-01-2007 01:37PM

I always thought he said 'Soccamen C' - I assumed this was some new wonderous ingredient. Then I listened to it properly one day. Boy did I feel thick.

_blank_ · 11-01-2007 01:40PM

ned78 wrote:

I always thought he said 'Soccamen C' - I assumed this was some new wonderous ingredient. Then I listened to it properly one day. Boy did I feel thick.

Brilliant.

Chunks · 11-01-2007 02:23PM

ned78 wrote:

I always thought he said 'Soccamen C' - I assumed this was some new wonderous ingredient. Then I listened to it properly one day. Boy did I feel thick.

hahaha :rolleyes:

@ lazygit: I'm almost 100% sure it's not Tumbs

c - 13 · 11-01-2007 02:26PM

Wasnt Hacks was it ?

Edit : Google seems to be telling me its either Andrews Antacid or Fishermans friend.

trout · 11-01-2007 02:30PM

ooh! ooh! i remember this one ... the ad was for Remegel

http://www.mypharmacy.co.uk/medicines/medicines/r/remgel/remegel_indigestion_relief.htm

c - 13 · 11-01-2007 02:36PM

trout wrote:

ooh! ooh! i remember this one ... the ad was for Remegel

I thought their slogan was "chewy not chalky" ?

Chunks · 11-01-2007 02:51PM

I know it wasn't Hacks cos they used the cartoon frogs fighting it out in the throat as their advertisements.

I know it's not Andrews Antacid cos thats disolvable and not suckable unless you want to look like a rabid dog or a woman on the blob

It isn't fishermans friend cos coincidentally enough my Dad's company was responsible for selling them over here and he's the marketing Director

It's not remegel cos they were chewy not chalky as c-13 pointed out.

Good brain storming though, we'll get it eventually

I hope it's wrecking some other peoples heads now too

MagnumForce · 12-01-2007 03:40AM

I can;t seem to find it anywhere but i have a feeling it was Seven Seas but im not sure, i'm probably wrong, you'd think there'd be something on google about it being that its a pretty widely quoted...eh...quote...

The Bollox · 12-01-2007 03:44AM

ned78 wrote:

I always thought he said 'Soccamen C' - I assumed this was some new wonderous ingredient. Then I listened to it properly one day. Boy did I feel thick.

ROFFLES! I thought the same thing

monkeyfudge · 12-01-2007 03:54AM

Could it be Altoids?

http://www.suckemandsee.co.uk/

MagnumForce · 12-01-2007 03:59AM

No, not Altoids, Altoids don't sound familiat at all, plus the fact that they are sweets, the product we're looking for was some sort of cold/flu medicine or something like that.

Conar · 12-01-2007 05:07AM

ned78 wrote:

I always thought he said 'Soccamen C' - I assumed this was some new wonderous ingredient. Then I listened to it properly one day. Boy did I feel thick.

Classic....I always thought it contained Sucramen C!!!!

EDIT: Was it Fishermans friends?

Chunks · 12-01-2007 02:58PM

Conar wrote:

Classic....I always thought it contained Sucramen C!!!!

EDIT: Was it Fishermans friends?

hahaha lads! Sucramen C......what is that even supposed top be?! :rolleyes:

Nope, it wasn't fishermans friend for definite

Keep em coming lads, were getting close, I can almost taste the Sucramen!

AnnaStezia · 12-01-2007 08:28PM

Zubes ?

trout · 13-01-2007 05:16PM

maybe i'm mistaken ... but ... i just can't get Remegel out of my head

i have a clear memory of the ad ... a transparent fella with a red/yellow stomach obviously in some degree of discomfort ... moans and groans a bit until the day is saved by a green/blue/white packet of Remegel ... at the end of the ad, the transparent fella, with arms aloft and settled tummy strikes a pose and says "suck 'em and see" ... am i losing it? (don't answer)

i do remember the "chewy not chalky" tagline also ... but i think that was a later version of the ad campaign (and the things did taste chalky)

lads ... we need this settled!

Hagar · 15-01-2007 08:52AM

Are you sure it wasn't an inhaler? I think Vick's Sinex is the product.

c - 13 · 15-01-2007 09:10AM

Isnt Vicks sinex a nasal spray ?

Hagar · 15-01-2007 09:13AM

Yes nasal spray, that's the phrase I couldn't think of.

Conar · 15-01-2007 09:17AM

I wouldn't fancy sucking on a nasal spray, I don't think many others would either.
Theres no way it could have been that!

Conar · 15-01-2007 09:17AM

I wouldn't fancy sucking on a nasal spray, I don't think many others would either.
Theres no way it could have been that!

nodger · 15-01-2007 09:28AM

Chunks wrote:

There was an ad on tv a few years back (maybe 6-8) and it was for something medicinal like pain killers, or throat lozenges etc..

IIRC, it was for Halls throat lozenges.

Skittlebrau · 15-01-2007 10:02AM

Yeah I'm thinking it was for Halls Mentholyptus too.

MagnumForce · 16-01-2007 07:04PM

When the guy said it, he was on the box of the product, he was blue i think, either that or green, and he'd turn to the camera and say "Suck 'em and See!" and turn back into his original pose which was found on the box.

Edit: This isn't it but its a picture i found while searching for a picture of anything related to the phrase "Suck 'Em And See":

Ha!

Chunks · 17-01-2007 12:53PM

trout wrote:

maybe i'm mistaken ... but ... i just can't get Remegel out of my head

i have a clear memory of the ad ... a transparent fella with a red/yellow stomach obviously in some degree of discomfort ... moans and groans a bit until the day is saved by a green/blue/white packet of Remegel ... at the end of the ad, the transparent fella, with arms aloft and settled tummy strikes a pose and says "suck 'em and see" ...

Yeah that's the image I have of the ad too...... Remegel doesnt ring a bell though...... Does it? ........ remegel......remegel.....Remegel??

iarlaoha · 17-01-2007 01:03PM

It was some sort of throat lozenge made by Vicks (of Vaporub fame...)

Femelade · 18-01-2007 12:24PM

ned78 wrote:

I always thought he said 'Soccamen C' - I assumed this was some new wonderous ingredient. Then I listened to it properly one day. Boy did I feel thick.

Conar wrote:

Classic....I always thought it contained Sucramen C!!!!

EDIT: Was it Fishermans friends?

HAHA , i thought it was sacramen C, i though it was like Vitamin C or something. When i saw the title of this thread thats the first thing i thought of.

sudzs · 18-01-2007 12:27PM

Was it Zoobs??

sudzs · 18-01-2007 12:30PM

AnnaStezia wrote:

Zubes ?

AAAH! I posted before reading!

Anyone else reckon it's Zubes??

Chunks · 19-01-2007 03:05PM

sudzs wrote:

AAAH! I posted before reading!

Anyone else reckon it's Zubes??

Get that stupid cat outta the way!

No, the general concesus is that it's not Zubes...

keep em coming though folks!

"Suck em and see!"

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