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Weird UK butter ad, late 90s.

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    Hangdogroad
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    Ive mentioned this elsewhere to no avail. Wonder if this rings a bell with anyone? I remember this ad which aired circa between 97-99. It might have been for Utterly Butterly or I Can't Believe It's Not Butter. The ad seemed to be inspired by Monty Python TV series with shades of the Goodies plus an element of grindhouse movie in particular Texas Chainsaw Massacre. It was deliberately shot to look like it dated from the 70s with slightly washed out colour and retro fashions on the actors. There were short fake continuity links like the ones on Python, these had a guy who looked like Graham Garden circa 1970 outdoors holding a microphone and he had a Scottish accent. One line of his i remember was "well, good news". It ended with this attractive blond woman in go go boots in a kitchen being menaced by a gibbering guy with a Chainsaw who bursts through her front door and her face freeze frames in exaggerated horror. (Pastiche of bad acting in 70s horror moves)


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    Hangdogroad
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    Also at the very end, during the chainsaw sequence a Pythonesque piece of music can be heard. It sounds vaguely like the Python theme even down to the "bong" but it's just different enough to avoid claims of plagiarism.


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    GinSoaked
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    Hands up who is following this thread because they either think the OP is an interesting nutter or really want to see a youtube video of this advert :D

    btw until I started looking online I never realised how mad some of the butter/spread adverts were............



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    Hangdogroad
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    Lol, I swear I'm not making this up.

    A few more details I've remembered. There was a brief shot of a guy dressed as a Viking saying "and" before the shot returns to the continuity guy. This seemed to be a nod to that Robinson Crusoe type character who would appear in the opening credits of Monty Pythons Flying Circus and just say "its" .

    Woman in the kitchen was ironing. She's menaced by two weirdos who both wear goggles and shabby ragged suits. We see a big hole being cut in the door by a chainsaw from outside and this small gibbering guy comes through it and points at the woman. A larger guy comes through the hole and pushes him out of the way then glares around the room. It then cuts to the woman's reaction shot.


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    Hangdogroad
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    The only other thing I can think of in terms of trying to identify it is that the 70's type TV continuity guy with the Scottish accent looked exactly like Graham Garden in this picture, down to the sideburns, glasses and jacket.

    6308.jpg


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    George White
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    Scottish comedic actor...
    Did a lot of ad work.
    Was it Lewis MacLeod, by any chance?


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    Hangdogroad
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    George White wrote: »
    Scottish comedic actor...
    Did a lot of ad work.
    Was it Lewis MacLeod, by any chance?

    Not previously familiar with him but looking him up he'd be the right age, late 20s when ad came out.


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    George White
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    He did the voice for Sebulba in Star Wars - Phantom Menace.
    Also a lot of games.
    But he can do that 70s announcer-type voice. Works a lot with Peter Serafinowicz - Look Around You (and Serafinowicz voiced Darth Maul).


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    Hangdogroad
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    Just to add there was a shorter edited version of it as well, which cut straight to the kitchen scene.


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    Hangdogroad
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    Found a followup ad, as Anglormedo said in another thread it's for Move Over Butter. Its at the 1:27 mark,, it has the Graham Garden lookalike tv presenter, the guys with chainsaws and the vaguely Pythonesque music when they turn up. Going on what goes on in this one I can remember a few more details about the one with the blond woman. TV guy says Mrs "insert name" says shed give her left arm. So it was heavily implying the chainsaw guys were going to cut her arm off.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C3CAVnoyMg


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    Hangdogroad
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZEKQa-JbSs


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    branie2
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    I think he looked like Eric Idle


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    Hangdogroad
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    There was another ad from circa 2000 that I'm pretty sure was for Move Over Butter. It had a Mrs Doyle type housewife luring all these men into her house and hypnotising them, she was on the phone to some other wan and going "I've just caught another one, how many have you?".


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    Hangdogroad
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    The followup ad again as it disappeared and reappeared since.

    https://youtu.be/H9wxNcEBXD4




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    Hangdogroad
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    Another ad in the series at the 1: 34 mark. Includes the Pythonesque Viking.

    https://youtu.be/XBPBm1J3awg




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    Hangdogroad
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    Waterford Today 1995-2005, Tuesday, March 10, 1998 - Page 25.png

    Seems the tv ads were connected to a car competition in which people would send in "zany" suggestions for what they'd do for the taste of Move OverButter. The line "Its payback time" refered to the prize of the car. This is from March 98 and article states ad campaign had begun previous year.

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