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Drink ad's of yesterday.

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  • 08-09-2010 10:26am
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    darkdubh
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,628 ✭✭✭


    Considering the woefull advertising campagains of Guinness and Bulmers at the moment i remember when drink ad's were fun in the 70's and 80's.There was the Guinness surfer ad, the Bulmer's ad's that pastiched ZZ top's music videos and my favourite,the Harp Viking ad's.


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    John C
    Registered Users Posts: 326 ✭✭John C


    Jawohl, that Guinness sufing ad was a classic. However there was a song "Delirium Tremens" referring to this ad.
    It's line:
    As I sat looking up at the Guiness, I could never figure out how your man could stay up on that surfboard after fourteen pints of stout.


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    shivs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 160 ✭✭shivs


    Anyone rem..I'll have a pint of Murphys, sure there's nothing to compare, The creaminess and the smoothiness of a pint that's brewed with care, so ifyou feel like joining me, come on in and share, a murphys when your working day is over!

    Love that ad - love to see it again:Do


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    John C
    Registered Users Posts: 326 ✭✭John C


    Around August September 1978 there was a classic Guinness advert.

    It had the theme of things working out. It had the lines.
    -It's when you play your heart out and the man says you are the best. [Talent competition]

    - It's when you get a wrong connection and a date with someone new.


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    mikemac
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    Best ad ever, MURPHYS!
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTczq_S4dEM


    Can you pull this off :cool:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m38_AGn0IrY


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zff9hVH3ptY

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DPKf7y1F-Q

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou204dQbKwc


    Cold Guinness back in 1976
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPDZnf0Ndps


    Here is a compilation from the 1970's, dodgy dress sense and haircuts all over the place

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1yeo237hWs


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



    There is a user on youtube called Guinnessads who has most of the old ones


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    BigBenRoeth
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    Not arsed looking on youtube,but what about Ronnie Drew in the add for Bass?


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    minister poxbottle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 439 ✭✭minister poxbottle


    Double diamond works wonders, I wonder :confused:


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    darkdubh
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    BigBenRoeth wrote: »
    Not arsed looking on youtube,but what about Ronnie Drew in the add for Bass?
    "Aaaah, that's Bass".


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    tricky D
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    Sally O'Brien and the way she might look at you.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4hmFPBf-C8


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    baalthor
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    I remember the Guinness Light ads from 1979. They featured clips from the first Moon landing which had taken place only 10 years earlier.

    Of course light Guinness was a disaster which didn't stop them trying again with Breo (also a disaster!)


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    ham_n_mustard
    Registered Users Posts: 641 ✭✭✭ham_n_mustard


    two pints of harp and a packet of dates please


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    lord lucan
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    Virtually all the Harp ads are online with the exception of the vikings one,haven't been able to track it down at all.:(


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    Hangdogroad
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    1974 Harp ad here in this UTV ad break. Anyone know if this was shown on RTE?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge_NwQW0nBM


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    Rows Grower
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    John C wrote: »
    Jawohl, that Guinness sufing ad was a classic. However there was a song "Delirium Tremens" referring to this ad.
    It's line:
    As I sat looking up at the Guiness, I could never figure out how your man could stay up on that surfboard after fourteen pints of stout.

    As far as I remember this line in the song is from when Christy was on a session in a pub in Doolin and the poster was stuck up on the ceiling of the pub.

    "Very soon we are going to Mars. You wouldn't have been going to Mars if my opponent won, that I can tell you. You wouldn't even be thinking about it."

    Donald Trump, March 13th 2018.



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    twowheelsonly
    Registered Users Posts: 2,268 ✭✭✭twowheelsonly


    minister poxbottle wrote: »
    Double diamond works wonders, I wonder :confused:



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    Hangdogroad
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    Guinness Light original space shuttle ad and a followup.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IB1H8rL90n8


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EOjhd7ZPT4


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    Pawwed Rig
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    I remember the Bass triangle song. Will see if I can find it.


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    Rows Grower
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    Bass had great ad's, their version of The rocky road to Dublin was brilliant.

    "Very soon we are going to Mars. You wouldn't have been going to Mars if my opponent won, that I can tell you. You wouldn't even be thinking about it."

    Donald Trump, March 13th 2018.



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    Hangdogroad
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    The Dubliners Bass ad.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8Gn8dkeGBw


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    bullethead
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    https://youtu.be/JgkGjOfkvck

    I still love this song

    Carling black label
    La danse de mardi gras
    Balfa brothers


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    Muppet Man
    Registered Users Posts: 1,650 ✭✭✭Muppet Man


    Carling black label had some classics.

    https://youtu.be/u18b65Om2jA

    This looks like a compilation

    https://youtu.be/tGOo6pzAdcs

    Muppet man


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    Hangdogroad
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    The Bulmers ZZ Top ads, manky drink but they used to do great ads.

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




    Longer version can be found towards the end here.

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


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    Hangdogroad
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    Loved the Harp Viking ads. Still looking for the full length version of this one, plus the follow-up where the leader of the Vikings bangs his head coming in the door and gets knocked unconscious.

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



    Another short follow up ad can be found here at the 4:08 mark.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwWxM8Kclqc



    I remember as well related pub stickers for Harp with a silhouette of a Viking on a blue background.


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    cml387
    Registered Users Posts: 8,363 ✭✭✭cml387


    We lived in the UK in the sixties.

    One ad I remember praised a beer (no idea which one) as follows:

    "It looks good, tastes good and by golly it does you good!"

    Breaks about 15 advertising standards nowadays.


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    Rows Grower
    Registered Users Posts: 7,821 ✭✭✭Rows Grower


    cml387 wrote: »
    We lived in the UK in the sixties.

    One ad I remember praised a beer (no idea which one) as follows:

    "It looks good, tastes good and by golly it does you good!"

    Breaks about 15 advertising standards nowadays.

    Anyone remember the old Britvic ad where the caveman clubs the woman over the head and drags her along the ground by the hair?

    That probably wouldn't go down too well these days.

    "Very soon we are going to Mars. You wouldn't have been going to Mars if my opponent won, that I can tell you. You wouldn't even be thinking about it."

    Donald Trump, March 13th 2018.



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    Hangdogroad
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    I'm not sure why they had a guy with a pronounced Nordie accent playing someone who's supposed to be from Cork in this series of ads for Murphys.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb5IPE3tzXQ


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    ShyMets
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,469 ✭✭✭ShyMets


    Hangdogroad wrote: »
    I'm not sure why they had a guy with a pronounced Nordie accent playing someone who's supposed to be from Cork in this series of ads for Murphys.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb5IPE3tzXQ

    If I'm right the Samurai ad series followed next (an ad series I found frankly bizarre) and I think that was Murphys last big promotional push.


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    L1011
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    The samurai ad series was done to fit in with sponsoring an anime thing on Channel 4, I think. Heineken then seemed to basically give up pushing it.


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    howyanow
    Registered Users Posts: 441 ✭✭howyanow


    https://youtu.be/VxJeYY-VI-8

    Smithwicks Ad Toto Schillachi!


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    Hangdogroad
    Registered Users Posts: 4,883 ✭✭✭Hangdogroad


    ShyMets wrote: »
    If I'm right the Samurai ad series followed next (an ad series I found frankly bizarre) and I think that was Murphys last big promotional push.

    I liked those samurai ads. I remember shortly after Murphys ran a campaign "in Cork we always drink Murphys" but as far as I remember it was print and bus shelters etc. Dont think there were corresponding tv adverts.


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    ShyMets
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,469 ✭✭✭ShyMets


    Hangdogroad wrote: »
    I liked those samurai ads. I remember shortly after Murphys ran a campaign "in Cork we always drink Murphys" but as far as I remember it was print and bus shelters etc. Dont think there were corresponding tv adverts.

    They were certainly unique. But I just never got them. Its a pity they didn't try to push Murphys more. As stouts go its not a bad one. But that's for a different thread


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