Old TV ads.

branie2 · 17-10-2014 10:28pm

spookwoman wrote: »

Head is wrecked on this one and need help Ad was english could have been 70's 80's or early 90's but it had the song Please Release Me sung possibly by Jim Reeves. Pretty sure it was some guy stuck in a car or lift. Someone said today it might have been an advert for ketchup or mayo.

I think it was an ad for cream crackers

An Riabhach · 19-10-2014 1:13pm

I remember this ad for Flora Margarine which I found a little bit funny.

A man is in the supermarket shopping with his daughter,and he is having all sorts of problems with the wife's shopping list so the daughter is helping him.They pick up a tub of Flora Margarine,and the father asks what the big fuss about Flora is,to which the daughter replies "Dunno,I think it's because of poly-whatsernames(polyunsaturates) or something" And then the father says "Ah yes-just because this Polly WhatsHerName gets this Flora stuff,now your mum has to get it too".:-)

darkdubh · 19-10-2014 1:33pm

Seasan wrote: »

Nice one.
Why the F did I get that mixed up with chocolate?!?:rolleyes::)

I used to pay very close attention when those ads came on,you were guarranteed some tantalising near nudity and sideboob shots in the scenes where the ladies are spraying themselves.

branie2 · 19-10-2014 2:42pm

Remember the ads for Ambre Solaire?

spookwoman · 19-10-2014 3:05pm

Dont think it was crackers. Remember the Tango ads

PeteK* · 19-10-2014 3:11pm

I don't remember this one, but I remember some of the newer ones that are similar.

An Riabhach · 20-10-2014 9:08pm

This ad isn't that old,and I'm wondering if tis still being shown.
I'ts a fire safety ad,possibly Northern Irish,where the victims of house fires are sitting down in this dark dreary room(probably purgatory or limbo or something like that),and this scary woman who reminded me of Maureen Lipman was at a desk reading out details and telling them off,saying stuff like:

"Candle lit dinner? Not so romantic now."
"Matches? You were PLAYING with MATCHES??"
"No sparkguard? No escape plan? No excuse."

And then she looks at a mother and daughter and says to both of them "....and how did you get here?" and the daughter says "Mummy forgot about the battery."
And then at the end of the ad the woman turns to the camera and says "Who's next??"

spookwoman · 03-11-2014 9:29pm

Seasan wrote: »

This ad isn't that old,and I'm wondering if tis still being shown.
I'ts a fire safety ad,possibly Northern Irish,where the victims of house fires are sitting down in this dark dreary room(probably purgatory or limbo or something like that),and this scary woman who reminded me of Maureen Lipman was at a desk reading out details and telling them off,saying stuff like:

"Candle lit dinner? Not so romantic now."
"Matches? You were PLAYING with MATCHES??"
"No sparkguard? No escape plan? No excuse."

And then she looks at a mother and daughter and says to both of them "....and how did you get here?" and the daughter says "Mummy forgot about the battery."
And then at the end of the ad the woman turns to the camera and says "Who's next??"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLYaPczgChg

An Riabhach · 03-11-2014 9:55pm

spookwoman wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLYaPczgChg

Tis great to see that one again-twas one of the very few eerie ones from recent years

WomanSkirtFan8 · 09-11-2014 2:51am

anyone remember an advert for either Walkers or Golden Wonder crisps from around the mid to late 1980s which was set on a double-decker tour boat.

The tour guide is up the front giving the tourists the full tour, but as he does so, people start getting off the boat (the reason is unknown at first) unseen by him but more and more people get off the boat (it is later revealed that the boat has actually very slowly been sinking).

The last shot is of the tour guide on a liferaft eating a packet of these crisps with frogman diver surfacing near him.

RoadhouseBlues · 09-11-2014 3:21am

Right folks. This one is about safety matches and fire safety. I remember it and my sisters remember it , but we can't find it on youtube. It was a girl in a nightdress standing in front of an open fire, and an older woman with long hair telling the camera how dangerous it was. It was from about 81 onwards. We cant find it since though:-)

darkdubh · 09-11-2014 11:28pm

RoadhouseBlues wrote: »

Right folks. This one is about safety matches and fire safety. I remember it and my sisters remember it , but we can't find it on youtube. It was a girl in a nightdress standing in front of an open fire, and an older woman with long hair telling the camera how dangerous it was. It was from about 81 onwards. We cant find it since though:-)

I remember that one well.Its been discussed on this site quite a bit.

An Riabhach · 09-11-2014 11:43pm

darkdubh wrote: »

I remember that one well.Its been discussed on this site quite a bit.

I wonder could Ray Darcy's Fix-it Friday help with this??

As far as I know,that show was responsible for finding the Where's Grandad commercial.
If all else fails.....

An Riabhach · 09-11-2014 11:51pm

darkdubh wrote: »

I remember that one well.Its been discussed on this site quite a bit.

I wonder if Ray Darcy's Fix-it Friday could help with this??

As far as I know,that show helped find the Where's Grandad commercial.
If all else fails.....

RoadhouseBlues · 10-11-2014 2:38am

darkdubh wrote: »

I remember that one well.Its been discussed on this site quite a bit.

Cheers Darkdubh. I prob should apologise because I didn't read the whole thread, so my apologies for repeating something that has been posted already. Although I have to say, I'm delighted someone else remembers it:)

nlgbbbblth · 10-11-2014 4:45pm

The woman in the nightdress / matches PIF was Laurie Morgan who spent her life playing old crones / hags.

nlgbbbblth · 10-11-2014 4:48pm

"Kids are divils; but sure, wouldn't you just die if anything happened to them?"

branie2 · 10-11-2014 5:30pm

nlgbbbblth wrote: »

The woman in the nightdress / matches PIF was Laurie Morgan who spent her life playing old crones / hags.

She played the Whirligig Witch in Fortycoats and Co

PeteK* · 10-11-2014 9:21pm

An Riabhach · 24-11-2014 11:24pm

Anybody remember an ad for PMPA,which had a really bad revamp of the song "....it's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A...",which instead had the words:

"You should stay with the P.M.P.A".....

nlgbbbblth · 25-11-2014 12:16am

Seasan wrote: »

Anybody remember an ad for PMPA,which had a really bad revamp of the song "....it's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A...",which instead had the words:

"You should stay with the P.M.P.A".....

In school people used say that PMPA stood for Professional Mickey Pullers Association.

J DEERE · 25-11-2014 2:47am

Seasan wrote: »

Ye've reminded me of another ad regarding farming and agriculture-I have very vague memories of an ad for fertilizer,I think it was an animated ad-it had an upbeat song which finished with him singing "....Net Nitrate,Net Urea."

Yea I remember that. For some reason the Agri ads were always played on all Ireland day. I remember an ad for some kind of dose or product and joe cooney from Galway was plugging it at half time in the 93 final

An Riabhach · 25-11-2014 12:51pm

nlgbbbblth wrote: »

In school people used say that PMPA stood for Professional Mickey Pullers Association.

We used to call it the "Private Mickey Pullin Association".
We never did find out what it really stood for!!

Dirty Dingus McGee · 28-11-2014 11:03pm

J DEERE wrote: »

Yea I remember that. For some reason the Agri ads were always played on all Ireland day. I remember an ad for some kind of dose or product and joe cooney from Galway was plugging it at half time in the 93 final

There was also an ad where Joe Rabitte advertised Bovoclox DC Extra

An Riabhach · 03-12-2014 5:41pm

Remember this funny one for Alpen....
This Jamaican fella is trying to talk a bit about himself to the camera and he's trying to say a line "....y'now,I'm an exotic kinda guy,coz I know what...." and every time he tries to finish what he's sayin he gets interrupted by one of his family members talkin to him,and ten at the end he gets pissed off and he tries again,shoutin really fast "Y'know I'm an exotic kinda..." but then he gets interrupted by the voice-over who says.."Alpen-with tropical fruits...."
:-):-)

darkdubh · 04-12-2014 3:04am

Seasan wrote: »

Remember this funny one for Alpen....
This Jamaican fella is trying to talk a bit about himself to the camera and he's trying to say a line "....y'now,I'm an exotic kinda guy,coz I know what...." and every time he tries to finish what he's sayin he gets interrupted by one of his family members talkin to him,and ten at the end he gets pissed off and he tries again,shoutin really fast "Y'know I'm an exotic kinda..." but then he gets interrupted by the voice-over who says.."Alpen-with tropical fruits...."
:-):-)

I'm pretty sure that was Lenny Henry and that he was playing all the characters.There was a young trendy guy with a walkman who says "Its not just tropical,its crucial".And an old man in a rocking chair,maybe.

Aglomerado · 04-12-2014 9:40am

darkdubh wrote: »

I'm pretty sure that was Lenny Henry and that he was playing all the characters.There was a young trendy guy with a walkman who says "Its not just tropical,its crucial".And an old man in a rocking chair,maybe.

I remember this.

Also on Alpen: does anyone remember the Ian Dury and the Blockheads style ad - "Reasons to Eat Alpen?"

An Riabhach · 04-12-2014 10:05am

darkdubh wrote: »

I'm pretty sure that was Lenny Henry and that he was playing all the characters.There was a young trendy guy with a walkman who says "Its not just tropical,its crucial".And an old man in a rocking chair,maybe.

Yesss!!!
Now I remember at the very end of that ad he tries to speak again,but then the old man shouts out " ....anyone for a second helping??"

lord lucan · 05-12-2014 10:41pm

An Riabhach · 05-12-2014 10:52pm

^^^^^^^^^^^
Great to see that ad again-really funny,we used to laugh about it at school :-) :-)

darkdubh · 18-12-2014 10:58pm

An ad from the late 80s just popped into my head today.It was for Huala Hoops and featured this animated Betty Boop type character and it had old footage of this 30s/40s jazz singer mixed in with the animated characters which also included a "bandycoot" who was trying to coax the Huala Hoops away from the Betty Boop female character.There was a song with the line "coulden't give two hoots for bandycoot".Would love to see that one again.

Ruu · 18-12-2014 11:02pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8FQBiTVV10

Was thinking of the readybrek ads. There was other plasticine/mala figures in other readybrek ads, with the use of the 'glow' in most of their ads as well.

darkdubh · 18-12-2014 11:13pm

Ruu wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8FQBiTVV10

Was thinking of the readybrek ads. There was other plasticine/mala figures in other readybrek ads, with the use of the 'glow' in most of their ads as well.

Excellent stuff,haven't seen that in years.And the youtube link led onto another one that I'd been looking for.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c3n-mh5bck

darkdubh · 20-12-2014 1:45am

darkdubh wrote: »

An ad from the late 80s just popped into my head today.It was for Huala Hoops and featured this animated Betty Boop type character and it had old footage of this 30s/40s jazz singer mixed in with the animated characters which also included a "bandycoot" who was trying to coax the Huala Hoops away from the Betty Boop female character.There was a song with the line "coulden't give two hoots for bandycoot".Would love to see that one again.

Finally found it,the singer in it is Cab Calloway.Great ad,I think there a couple of other ones in this series too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY7X-8Kfvcc

solasdubh · 22-12-2014 5:16am

Does anyone know ...Was the Barry's Tea Christmas Train set radio ad from 94, ever made into a TV ad?

Ruu · 07-01-2015 8:11pm

Really great ad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7YOXn32nmM

WomanSkirtFan8 · 19-01-2015 5:46pm

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Persil Colour Liquid (huge hit) (1993)

WomanSkirtFan8 · 19-01-2015 5:54pm

Ann22 · 22-01-2015 8:21pm

There was an obscure one I used to enjoy watching. It was a UK 70, 'look before you cross the road' one I think. It was this family having breakfast, all hustle and bustle. The mother seems stressed. Takes the wee lad into town and they walk out in front of a car and turns out it's the father driving. anyone remember that? The wee fella is doing the voice over throughout.

Another I'd love to see again is the 'Lipsmacking Pepsi Cola diner ad 'hey Eddie! How come you're such a big hit with the girls?' great adðŸ˜Š.

nlgbbbblth · 22-01-2015 8:44pm

Ann22 wrote: »

There was an obscure one I used to enjoy watching. It was a UK 70, 'look before you cross the road' one I think. It was this family having breakfast, all hustle and bustle. The mother seems stressed. Takes the wee lad into town and they walk out in front of a car and turns out it's the father driving. anyone remember that? The wee fella is doing the voice over throughout.

.

Children Watch Us Cross from 1972. Watch it all the way through.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Fu94BUQzoU

darkdubh · 23-01-2015 12:25am

One from the mid 80s for Miracle Whip.A grumpy fella serving in an American fast food diner.There was a big queue of people at the counter including a guy who looked like a Hare Krishna impatiently jogging on the spot while he was waiting behind someone else.This Bette Midler type woman was flirting with yer man serving and delivers the line "heavy on the Miracle Whip Harry!"

Ann22 · 23-01-2015 12:57am

That's it! well done!! Thank you ðŸ˜ŠðŸ˜ŠðŸ˜ŠCan't believe how dated it looks now!
I've found my Pepsi ad on YouTube but don't see the link thing for posting on message boards.ðŸ˜•Maybe it's because I'm using my phone.

An Riabhach · 23-01-2015 1:17am

darkdubh wrote: »

One from the mid 80s for Miracle Whip.A grumpy fella serving in an American fast food diner.There was a big queue of people at the counter including a guy who looked like a Hare Krishna impatiently jogging on the spot while he was waiting behind someone else.This Bette Midler type woman was flirting with yer man serving and delivers the line "heavy on the Miracle Whip Harry!"

I remember that one well enough.
The original ad was actually,i think,when the product was just called Miracle,and then they changed the name to Miracle Whip.I remember one of them saying ".....hold the pickle,and heavy on the Miracle." And then the last one said "....fix me a chicken salad to go and make it a Miracle" in a raunchy voice.And of course,she says "heavy on the Miracle,Harry...!!"

darkdubh · 23-01-2015 9:28am

Seasan wrote: »

I remember that one well enough.
The original ad was actually,i think,when the product was just called Miracle,and then they changed the name to Miracle Whip.I remember one of them saying ".....hold the pickle,and heavy on the Miracle." And then the last one said "....fix me a chicken salad to go and make it a Miracle" in a raunchy voice.And of course,she says "heavy on the Miracle,Harry...!!"

Yes there was a cop ordering first and then the Hare Krishna(or was he a punk/skinhead?Not sure) who I'm sure said the "hold the pickle "line while the guy serving wearily repeats his order.

darkdubh · 24-01-2015 10:46pm

I think this one might have been a companion piece to the Lenny Henry Alpen ad.This had Ronnie Barker playing all the characters.BTW can anyone shed light on what the line at 0.30 is?It sounds like "I said old bastard".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSZ81MV2TR8

An Riabhach · 27-01-2015 3:30pm

Can anyone remember this funny one-I dunno what twas about-but it had this couple in a café having lunch,and they were about to break up with each other.They were saying stuff to each other,but there were subtitles at the same time which read the exact opposite of what they were actually saying,e.g. he says:

"It's not you,it's me.
(It is you.)
It's not that I don't love you...the thing is,I'm not actually IN love with you.
(I don't even like you...in fact,I can't stand you.)
So,I was hoping that we could just be friends?
(I hope I never see you again.)"

and then she says:

"Huh??...erm...yeah,okay,fine,whatever.....
(Mmmmm...this food is delicious....)"

WomanSkirtFan8 · 07-02-2015 8:10pm

Hi, am looking for an advert for women's deodorant from around the late 1990s.

It showed a woman holding a tennis / squash racket while also telling about the sweat problems that she and her friends had experienced with one of their fellow competitors in the women's changing rooms of what i presume was the local gym (her friend's name was 'Joy').

She says the line "....and some of us were very nervous about being around her." or something to that effect.

Also, am looking for another advert where a woman comes home after buying a new dress. Her female flatmate notices this. Later on, she "borrows" her friend's new dress and goes to a nightclub where she sweats it out.

Realising that the dress is now ruined, she is horrified at this. She uses some kind of body spray thing to try nad get rid of the smell and then sneaks the dress back into her friend's wardrobe.

any help with finding these two adverts would be great!