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What has been the most effective ad campaign?

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 26/09/2025 12:41

Something that stays with you, or something that you reference all the time?

Mine is Autoglass Repair Autoglass Replace. Literally, the second my windscreen got a crack this week, I knew i'd just contact them.

They're actually just called 'Autoglass' as well, but i still say the full tagine for the fun of it.

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Droppit · 28/09/2025 18:26

Should've gone to Specsavers

SpottyAardvark · 28/09/2025 18:21

‘Clunk click, every trip’.

A highly successful series of public information films in the 1970s & 80s to encourage people to wear seatbelts fronted by Jimmy Savile. They helped to change public attitudes, change people’s behaviour & save lives.

It inevitable that the many good things Savile did in his life will always be overshadowed by the many evil things he did.

Fernticket · 28/09/2025 18:11

The tune 'Air on a G string' by J S Bach.
Better known as the Hamlet Cigar tune to those of us at a certain age ☺️

curtaintwitcher78 · 28/09/2025 18:02

mumofoneAloneandwell · 28/09/2025 17:56

Insane - i dont think many people under 30 know about it tbh

But also, ive gone from fancying dave grohl to being disgusted by him and his harem of mothers to his children 🤢🤢

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Yeah I'm more annoyed at myself than I am disgusted in him though. He is who he is, but I thought I was a good judge of character and I thought he was a really nice fella.

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 28/09/2025 17:56

curtaintwitcher78 · 28/09/2025 17:39

I know, right!

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Insane - i dont think many people under 30 know about it tbh

But also, ive gone from fancying dave grohl to being disgusted by him and his harem of mothers to his children 🤢🤢

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 28/09/2025 17:41

Cattenberg · 26/09/2025 21:21

Also, Old English Sheepdogs are "Dulux dogs" in our house.

Omg labradors are Andrex puppies for me

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 28/09/2025 17:40

brunettemic · 26/09/2025 20:26

It was a milk advert, you’ll be able to find it on YouTube I expect. The fact you can hear it shows how effective it was I guess. It must be a really satisfying job to create adverts that impact people so strongly….says me the finance person 😂

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😄😄

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 28/09/2025 17:39

endofthecorridoor · 26/09/2025 19:18

An electric shower is easy to install,you can sit in it lie in it wash your toes .....

When you come to the end of a supermouse to the end of a Birds Eye supermouse crack goes your heart

A mars a day helps you work rest and play

I have so many 80's and 90's advert jingles in my head there is no room for real general knowledge

😄😄 same but with memes and obscure reality tv references

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curtaintwitcher78 · 28/09/2025 17:39

mumofoneAloneandwell · 28/09/2025 17:38

Omg

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I know, right!

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 28/09/2025 17:38

curtaintwitcher78 · 26/09/2025 19:07

People are a lot less comfortable with being told what to do these days. Mind you, it worked!
Fortunately the Aids denialism movement fizzled out.
I was shocked by this though https://medium.com/the-monthly/the-foo-fighters-aids-denialism-should-be-on-the-record-6e33666fdc3c

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Omg

Say Word Wow GIF by Justin
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mumofoneAloneandwell · 28/09/2025 17:36

DietQueen2023 · 26/09/2025 18:50

🤣🤣🤣

they’re a football team. A rubbish one 🤣

the advert was for milk and implied if you didn’t drink milk you’ll end up playing for a rubbish team (like Accrington Stanley!)

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I kept on intending to come back to this reply but couldn't find it

Thank you 😄

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winnieanddaisy · 28/09/2025 17:00

Cinzano ? Leonard Rossiter and Joan Collins . Also ‘ the water from Mallorca don’t taste like what it oughter’

wherethewildrosesgrow · 28/09/2025 12:38

Triiiiiiiiioooooo

coxesorangepippin · 28/09/2025 02:26

Accrington Stanley are a Lancashire football team

EBearhug · 28/09/2025 01:36

Keynsham is near Bristol.

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Woooah! Bodyform!

MrsSmiff · 28/09/2025 01:24

Charnock Richard Cycles. You have to be from Lancashire to appreciate that one. Red Rose Radio - and a certain age!

blueshoes · 28/09/2025 01:14

Mercedes Benz chicken ad - Magic Body Control

DoraSpenlow · 28/09/2025 00:05

Can't seem to copy the link but Google the polar bear and ants Unison advert. Simple but so effective.

TheGigoloAunt · 27/09/2025 23:11

"Watch out, watch out, there's a Humphrey about,"- Unigate milk ad, when I was a wee girl. It frightened the life out of me and I can't abide red and white stripey straws to this day!

MrTumblesSpottyBoxers · 27/09/2025 22:43

The Barclays fraud one used to freak me out a bit in terms of how somebody seemingly nice was actually very sinister, banks should be running these kinds of TV campaigns frequently given the amount of people that still get scammed today

Pomegranatecarnage · 27/09/2025 21:59

x2boys · 27/09/2025 07:32

There was another one maybe late 90,s early 00,s that started off with " Susan ( cant remember actual name) knew her killer ,and it was a mother driving her two teenage kids too school and she stopped suddenly making her son ( who wasent wearing a seat belt ) jolt forward from the back seat slamming into her and killing her instantly.

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Yes! It was horrible-she had a white van behind her and was nervous about it, so she was checking her rear view mirror and braked sharply.

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 27/09/2025 21:08

Cattenberg · 27/09/2025 12:07

I've seen a shocking Irish advert made to illustrate the number of children killed by speeding drivers. An entire class of young children on an outing are crushed by a speeding car when it overturns.

But the saddest road safety advert I've ever seen, because it was real, was one from the UK in the late 90s/early 2000s. Short home video clips were played of four children in turn, and the captions introduced each child by name. The text on the screen then revealed that they were all killed by speeding drivers near their homes and adds "sometimes we all drive a little too fast". I think I only saw that advert once, but the memory of it still brings tears to my eyes.

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How sad 🥺🥺

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 27/09/2025 21:07

defrazzled · 26/09/2025 17:57

Trumps "She is for they/them, he is for you" adverts are thought to be what tipped the election in his favour. So I'd day world wide, them.

The first or second time around?

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BennyBee · 27/09/2025 21:04

Beanz Meanz Heinz