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Nostalgic Adverts

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InsuranceForU18s · 11/11/2022 20:49

Just added to a thread about discontinued confectionery. Made me think about adverts that stick in your mind. What nostalgic adverts do you remember well?

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LosingTheWill2022 · 12/11/2022 13:47

My favourite "Happiness is a cigarette called Hamlet" ad was Gregor Fisher in the photo booth trying to keep his strip of comb over in place for the photo.

LosingTheWill2022 · 12/11/2022 13:48

Cigar!! It autocorrected

BigFatLiar · 12/11/2022 13:51

ImRightOnTopOfThatRose · 12/11/2022 13:35

Pot Noodle. This ad was banned immediately but I remember seeing it and nearly wetting myself laughing. Honestly, it's so funny.

I wonder if that's why DH has somebpot noodles at the back of the cupboard.

NigelWithTheBrie79 · 12/11/2022 14:46

ImRightOnTopOfThatRose · 12/11/2022 13:35

Pot Noodle. This ad was banned immediately but I remember seeing it and nearly wetting myself laughing. Honestly, it's so funny.

I remember this ad. I thought it was hilarious. Not surprised it was banned though. 😂

BigFatLiar · 12/11/2022 14:48

If you want bad/inappropriate adds do a YouTube for a cider maker called Dickens in Tasmania. Funny but....

CaptainCallisto · 12/11/2022 18:24

Good lord, @MoonahSton - I'd never twigged!

TheCrab9 · 12/11/2022 18:26

The diet coke advert. The sweaty labourer and the hot and bothered women watching him!

Elderflower14 · 12/11/2022 18:35
CaptainCallisto · 12/11/2022 18:38

You only get a hug, from a Bachelor's mug!

CheeseIsMyPatronus · 12/11/2022 18:45

How about the horrifically fat-shaming "somebody isn't using Marvel"?

I could never quite believe that was actually a thing. It was so awful

MichelleScarn · 12/11/2022 18:47

'Thank you very much for feeding William, thank you very very very very very very very MUCH'! Quality Street or Roses I think?

MargaretThursday · 12/11/2022 19:19

MoonahSton · 11/11/2022 21:59

In the 80s I remember one with a milkman delivering milk. All the milk bottles were dancing behind him in a line. And scuttling off to which ever house he said. I loved that one when I was little.

My dc loved that one when we talked about ads I liked.

I also liked the
My dc found the most unbelievable thing there was the 80s computers actually worked 🤣

And the other one I remember was

MargaretThursday · 12/11/2022 19:20

And the other one I quote is

"He's a nice man.... a very very very nice man..."

Taytocrisps · 12/11/2022 19:29

And the Cross your heart bras from Playtex. The lady modelling the bra would do a criss cross motion with her finger. And ads for 18 hour girdles which must have been torturous to wear.

Fernticket · 12/11/2022 19:39

The Oxo Family featuring the much missed Linda Bellingham.
The Nimble Bread advert featuring a girl in a hat air balloon.
'Thats the Wonder of Woolies (Woolworths Christmas advert).
Harmony and Recreation Party (Harp Lager).
For mash get smash.

Daisychainsandglitter · 12/11/2022 19:45

Just thought of another one oh oh Vitalite with the sun and the sun flowers dancing.

XenoBitch · 12/11/2022 20:02

MichelleScarn · 12/11/2022 18:47

'Thank you very much for feeding William, thank you very very very very very very very MUCH'! Quality Street or Roses I think?

And William was a goldfish! Grin

Winterlight · 12/11/2022 20:06

Toblerone, out on its own,
Triangular chocolate.
That’s Toblerone.

Made with triangular almonds,
From triangular trees,
And triangular honey,
From triangular bees.

And oh, Mr Confectioner please,
Give me Toblerone.

StarryKnight · 12/11/2022 20:24

‘Gino oh Gino ginelli ice creamo’

’theres Something about your hair that’s so supersoft’

Nomad98 · 12/11/2022 20:33

Howard from Halifax
1001 cleans a big big carpet for less than half a crown

Limer · 12/11/2022 20:48

@MargaretThursday wow, I just read through the whole thread thinking "nobody will have mentioned the Do It All advert" - and you did! My sister & I loved it so much that we recorded it on video, then watched it repeatedly to learn all the words.

Bumply · 12/11/2022 21:27

I'm a secret lemonade drinker
R Whites, R Whites

With the dad prancing around in front of the fridge in his pyjamas late at night and the Mum catching him at it

GlumyGloomer · 12/11/2022 21:29

Smooth on the inside, crunchy on the outside, ARMADILLOS!!!

CaptainCallisto · 12/11/2022 21:40

Glumy I'm from the West Country, and to this day, people still ask me to say armadillos Grin

Squiff70 · 12/11/2022 22:47

GlumyGloomer · 12/11/2022 21:29

Smooth on the inside, crunchy on the outside, ARMADILLOS!!!

Oi loikes... ermadillows. Dime bar!