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Favourite ever advert

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BerfyTigot · 08/09/2023 21:37

I'm sure this has been done before, but just wondering what your favourite advert is.

Mine is the Jaffa cake one - full moon, half moon, total eclipse. Still makes me laugh 😁

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Needhelp101 · 08/09/2023 23:22

Wow, some memories here.

Mine:

The 90s Guinness ad where the bloke is doing everything to pass the time before his pint settles. "de, de, de, der..."

"I bet he drinks Carling Black Label"

Quite a few of the Specsavers ones.

The Sainsburys WW1 ad in association with the British legion 😢

Does anyone remember those really weird Smirnoff (?) cinema ads where things distorted through the glass bottle. Like something from Tim Burton.

KMA2023 · 08/09/2023 23:28

Ikea cats advert, beautiful

Already mentioned the Judderman and the Sony bouncing balls ad with great guitar player.

dubyalass · 08/09/2023 23:32

Specsavers have had some absolutely inspired ads over the years, particularly the black and white shepherd one as mentioned upthread, but my true favourite (purely because I laughed till I cried when I first saw it) is the Ribena cats. The one in the backpack nearly did for me. "MAAAAAAAATE"

EquallyDetermined · 08/09/2023 23:33

The Joan Collins/Leonard Rossiter one for me too. I also love the I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing one.

Also Lorraine Chase - Nah, Luton Airport.

R Whites - I'm a Secret Lemonade Drnker

Walesagogo · 08/09/2023 23:34

The kit kat one and the pandas, where the photographer waits ages and then as soon as he turns round they start roller skating. It often gets mentioned as a point of reference in our family.

SabbatWheel · 08/09/2023 23:34

Definitely the Specsavers shepherd one for me - perfection in all ways - the music, the squinty shepherd and the dog at the end. Simply brilliant.

Walesagogo · 08/09/2023 23:35

Ones advertising cars used to be really clever but not so much these days.

Walesagogo · 08/09/2023 23:37

Just thought of another. The one where the oarcels gets delivered to the wrong house and the older lady comes to the door wearing orange trainers. I just love her expression just before she closes the door!

determinedtomakethiswork · 08/09/2023 23:38

Anyone old enough to remember this Levi's advert?

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MariePaperRoses · 08/09/2023 23:40

Lots!
Cadbury's flake -

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Harmony hairspray

Smash

PG Tips

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Milk tray

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But the best advert ever was this one -

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Walesagogo · 08/09/2023 23:40

determinedtomakethiswork · 08/09/2023 23:38

Anyone old enough to remember this Levi's advert?

e_

Yes! Think that's where the coke ad inspiration must have come from, where the girls working in an office watch from the window.

AMuser · 08/09/2023 23:41

determinedtomakethiswork · 08/09/2023 23:38

Anyone old enough to remember this Levi's advert?

e_

er yes! That’s anyone 45 plus … 🤪

amazing ads! Introduced lots of great 60s Motown to teens. Plus Nick Kamen 🥰

SamAndEIIa · 08/09/2023 23:49

“Even though I used to be a mannnn”

“let’s call her fanny”

Also, the old weetabix ones to the tune of “I will survive” - one with a vet doing an eye test on a colourblind bull, an alligator with the flu, and someone doing a driving test? I was pretty young when those came out, probably early to mid 90s.

YouOnlyCameToSeeEboue · 08/09/2023 23:49

[[//These ones ...

Nike - The Cage

The whole tournament from the cage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TXPI7Vur1Y

YouOnlyCameToSeeEboue · 08/09/2023 23:52

Bloody editing is useless...

SamAndEIIa · 08/09/2023 23:52

Durex condom tour.

come!

come, cum

cue men in sperm costumes walking in a giant condom.

AutumnMistletoe · 08/09/2023 23:55

Spottydressinggowngirl · 08/09/2023 22:45

So many good ones already mentioned! Adverts were such a thing “back in the day”

I give you mr soft / softmints a true fave of mine 🙂

Whenever I think of TV ads I always think of this! I vaguely remember it from my childhood when I was really young (1990 I was born)
I always thought about it but never remembered what it advised!
You have just provided me a huge bucket of nostalgia 😂

GasDrivenNun · 08/09/2023 23:57

Cadbury's Smash and the aliens

GasDrivenNun · 08/09/2023 23:58

Cadbury's Flake

stickybear · 09/09/2023 00:00

The Pot Noodle one with the Welsh noodle miners, I think of it every time I use the word noodle Grin

mummybongo · 09/09/2023 00:24

Papa?
Nicole!
Grin

ThelmaBorden · 09/09/2023 00:31

Walesagogo · 08/09/2023 23:37

Just thought of another. The one where the oarcels gets delivered to the wrong house and the older lady comes to the door wearing orange trainers. I just love her expression just before she closes the door!

Benji !

Deadringer · 09/09/2023 00:39

There was a kit kat one years ago, a devil and an angel meet in what looks like a hotel lobby and enjoy a kit kat together, then the angel says, 'no rest for the wicked' and they part, the angel goes up in a lift, the devil down. I swear it's the inspiration for Good Omens.

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