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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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Wall13 · 26/09/2025 21:02

Ah Bisto…….
Hovis bread

SpinelessBastardsAll · 26/09/2025 20:56

Just sent this to DS, but he didn't know the advert Grin

What has been the most effective ad campaign?
brunettemic · 26/09/2025 20:26

mumofoneAloneandwell · 26/09/2025 17:10

Not sure what Accrington stanley even is but I can hear the name in my head

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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 😂

curtaintwitcher78 · 26/09/2025 20:20

TheDrunkenClam · 26/09/2025 20:15

@curtaintwitcher78
was it Big Richie, carpet king of Liverpool? 😂

Hahahaaa I'm sure he was the brother in law of my nana's friend 🤣

Noluthando · 26/09/2025 20:17

Accrington Stanley
Thank You very much for feeding William
Tasty tasty very very tasty
Mr soft

These stick in mind from childhood but I agree we buy any car is very effective.

TheDrunkenClam · 26/09/2025 20:15

@curtaintwitcher78
was it Big Richie, carpet king of Liverpool? 😂

powershowerforanhour · 26/09/2025 19:35

All the jingle ones with the name of the product in probably.

Don't know how effective they were but the NI confidential telephone ads were pretty memorable. Hearing The Cat's In The Cradle will remind most Northern Irish of a certain age of this:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=J1wrGs0S0g8&pp=ygUbZG9lIGFkdmVydCBub3J0aGVybiBpcmVsYW5k

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music that you love, upload original content and share it all with friends, family and the world on YouTube.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?pp=ygUbZG9lIGFkdmVydCBub3J0aGVybiBpcmVsYW5k&v=J1wrGs0S0g8

DocMcMuffin · 26/09/2025 19:32

Milk has got a lotta bottle, nice cold ice cold milk

DocMcMuffin · 26/09/2025 19:26

Just one Cornetto, give it to me, delicious ice cream from Italy

DocMcMuffin · 26/09/2025 19:25

“You’ll never put a better bit of butter on your knife” (Countrylife butter)

”Charlie says never talk to strangers” (cartoon cat teaching about stranger danger)

Ski yoghurt: “I like Ski, oh I like Ski, oh I like Ski man, cos it’s thick and fruity.”

”Hands that do dishes can be soft as your face with mild green Fairy Liquid”

OneFootintheHedgehog · 26/09/2025 19:22

Cattenberg · 26/09/2025 19:08

Hands up who's eaten a Flake in the bath 🖐

Probably the safest place to eat it, it gets everywhere.

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

curtaintwitcher78 · 26/09/2025 19:16

Anyone from Liverpool/Wirral/Southport?

Maincrest Car and Van Hire, seven double three three two o one

708 7080, When you need a cab just let us know, call Davy Liver Cabs

BERRY STREET, TOP OF BOLD STREET, LIVERPOOL! (A carpet company, which name? Wasn't Bogan's...)

The Mortgage Point - 708 0808

Saaayeeers, so fresh we're faaamouuuus.

St John's Shopping Centre is waiting for you, so come on down and spend an hour or two at St John's.

curtaintwitcher78 · 26/09/2025 19:09

DollyPinkDaydream · 26/09/2025 18:15

Have not had a chance to RTFT, but this looks a good question so I will…

Mine is Flik Flak watches. They’re still on billboards all over the world and whenever I see one I sing “flik flak are water resistant, flik flak are shock resistant, flik flak flik flak flik flak are swiss made!”

never bought one though!

I can still hear this!

Cattenberg · 26/09/2025 19:08

Hands up who's eaten a Flake in the bath 🖐

curtaintwitcher78 · 26/09/2025 19:07

defrazzled · 26/09/2025 18:19

Yes, this is so true! I showed it DC and they were 😯

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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

The Foo Fighters’ AIDS denialism should be on the record

By Martin McKenzie-Murray in The Monthly

https://medium.com/the-monthly/the-foo-fighters-aids-denialism-should-be-on-the-record-6e33666fdc3c

exLtEveDallas · 26/09/2025 19:03

In 1997 I bought a Ford Puma solely based on the advert (Steve McQueen driving through SanFran).

I had a VW Golf on order, a week or so from
picking it up, having spent weeks researching what I wanted, what was best for me etc (my first ever brand new car and I wanted to get it right) only to be seduced by the advert shown on Sky during a break in the footie.

Hadn't seen one IRL, hadn't had a test drive, hadn't even checked I could insure it!

3 weeks later I was bombing down the M5 to my mums, in what turned out to be only the 3rd Melina Blue Puma in the country! God I bloody loved that car, drove it like I stole it years

ColinVsCuthbert · 26/09/2025 18:57

Comparethemeercat.com comparethemarket.com. Loved that little guy!

5128gap · 26/09/2025 18:55

Levi 501 with Nick Kamen/Eddie Kidd. As if by magic it was out with the zips and Y fronts and in with buttons and boxers.

DietQueen2023 · 26/09/2025 18:50

mumofoneAloneandwell · 26/09/2025 17:37

😭😭 dunno

I could Google but I will live with the mystery

Sounds like a solicitors maybe?

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🤣🤣🤣

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!)

DietQueen2023 · 26/09/2025 18:49

Absentosaur · 26/09/2025 17:10

Who are they?

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EXACTLY!

RedRiverShore5 · 26/09/2025 18:47

The Campari advert with Lorraine Chase, Nah, Luton Airport

CrispsAreLush · 26/09/2025 18:45

OnceIn · 26/09/2025 18:25

The seatbelt ad where the child in the back didn’t wear one and killed their mum by hitting the back of her head/seat. Even my kids at the time would mention it as soon as they got in the car.

That's the one it was awful ad. It did work though

GingerPaste · 26/09/2025 18:43

InTheWellBeing · 26/09/2025 12:42

Yorkie - never ate one!

😂

CrispsAreLush · 26/09/2025 18:41

The 90s seatbelt advert. A child in the back seat is thrown forward in a crash and kills the passenger. There is a cry and the voice over says something like that is the sound of him dying. The sounds still stays with me. I NEVER go without a seatbelt now.