best 70's and 80's adverts

[Loriycs]

following on from the 70's/80's TV thread, what do you think was the best/ strangest/ funniest advert from that era?

[TillyScoutsmum]

Smash - classic

Hofmeister - follow the bear

Hovis ads (with Largo in the background)

[Loriycs]

R Whites Lemonade
Giant Wrigleys chewing Gum
Pacer Mints
original milky bar kid
and as someone earlier said the humphreys milk advert.........

[Capital]

Flake

A Mars a day.....

Go to work on an egg.

[windygalestoday]

THERE WAS AN ADVERT IN THE EARLY 90S FOR woolworths at xmas it had like a frog jumping around it can anyone think what is was called i keep looking on u tube for it lol

[Loriycs]

Oh yes, at school we used to sing 'A mars a day, helps your teeth rot away'

[Loriycs]

No i dont remember the frog ad either?

[LittleMyDancingForJoy]

Oh no, Ki-Ora, by far.

'I'll be your dog'
'It's too orangey for crows'

[oldlazy]

The green cross code ad with the man in tights where you could see all his bits!

[Loriycs]

yes i remember the Kia ora ad, they always played it at the cinema before the film started

[turquoise]

Shake n'vac was a corker.

[Loriycs]

remember the wimpy man?

[Loriycs]

Sorry i mean Mr Wimpy. Dh just corrected me, he should know his first job was in the wimpy and he had to stand outside dressed as one!!! He went off to woolworths in it, and he got the sack!!!

[LittleMyDancingForJoy]

And Um Bongo -

"way down deep in the middle of the Congo
a hippo took an apricot a guava and a mango
they stuck with the others and he danced a ditty tango
The rhino said I know, we'll call it Um Bongo

Um Bongo, Um Bongo, they drink it in the Congo...."

(btw, DP was dictating that. God only knows why he knows those words off by heart.... )

[Joolyjoolyjoo]

Ki-ora- fab!!
A finger of fudge is just enough...
Um bongo, um bongo ( a precursor to the fruitshoot!) they drink it in the Congo!

[LittleMyDancingForJoy]

Kia Ora

Um Bongo

[Joolyjoolyjoo]

LDFJ- x-posts!
The parrot picked the passion fruit,
The marmoset the mandarin,
The cheetah painted packets
That the whole caboodle landed in
So when it comes to sun and fun
And goodness in the Jungle
We all prefer the sunny funny one we call Um Bongo!!

Worryingly, I still sometimes get that song in my head when I brush my teeth- it's the rhythm!!!

[Loriycs]

Meiow Mix (cat food) ' i like beef and i like liver i like chicken in my dinner.....

[Joolyjoolyjoo]

Great link- where's the second verse, though????

[LittleMyDancingForJoy]

oooh joolyjoolyjoo - you've outshined my DP! He's going to have to go and hang his head in shame now...

[Loriycs]

what was that martini catchphrase?

[Joolyjoolyjoo]

Considering I sometimes forget my own birthday, I'm pretty impressed myself!!

Martini- girls on rollerskates, short skirts...I can see them.....Doh!!! Put me out of my misery please!!

[LittleMyDancingForJoy]

Better Um Bongo link for Joolyjoolyjoo

[LovelyDear]

Lipsmackin' thirstquenchin' acetastin' motivatin' goodbuzzin' cooltalkin' highwalkin' fastlivin' evergivin' coolfizzin' Pepsi.

[LittleMyDancingForJoy]

Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere

[Loriycs]

oh god, it was an innuendo catchphrase wasnt it, just recall it, it'll bug me now. Also does anyone remember that 70's canned drink called fresco? We used to buy it at our local swimming baths.That had an advert too.
And another classic the mash get smash advert!