Adverts that have stuck with you

[Tillow4ever]

We currently have a free trial of a streaming service, so are stuck with adverts for the first time in a long time. It got me thinking - what adverts have really stuck with you over the years? I remember saying how awful the 118 and GoCompare adverts were, and my Dad said to me “well they did their job then, didn’t they?” Because they got me remembering their brand and what the service was!

I’m sure this has been done before - but humour me pleases and share with me adverts that stuck with you. I wonder if there’s a theme of particular adverts being truly memorable for all, or any that random people remember that jog a memory in someone else.

Here’s mine:

Milkyway - Red car & blue car race (I still remember all the words to the song)
Tango - You know, when you’ve been Tango’d
118 118 - Got your number
Go Compare - stupid opera man
Yellow Pages - JR Hartley and the other one where the lad had the party and cleans his house to find the scratch in the table
Dolmio puppets - Whensa your Dolmio Day?

There was one about a breakfast cereal where they were on holiday or done thing singing a song - some of the lyrics were “I think there’s a rack by your toes. But what about the BRAND NAME that’s a different matter, here’s what they all reply. They’re tasty, tasty, very very tasty. They’re very tasty” I’m thinking All Bran or something like that? If anyone remembers please help me!

Another one - “there’s a moose, loose about this hoose” - some sort of sweet think?

Looking forward to seeing some others!

Yes - there was a song playing with a woman’s name (Hello Mary-Lou maybe?) He got a tattoo of the name, went back and showed it to her - she showed him a different name on her name tag and he wiped the “tattoo” off!

I saw a new Fairy Liquid advert this weekend and I commented to my husband that they’ve gone back to a similar style to the 80’s/90’s - big stacks of clean dishes, the cartoon baby, the comment about how long the bubbles last, etc.

This just reminded me of the Tunes advert - the Wigan who keeps spraying her perfume because she can’t smell it, then her boyfriend/date arrives, who’s had a Tune to clear his blocked nose, passes out when he’s overwhelmed with the smell. “Helps you breathe more easily”

A very, very nice man!

Can’t edit for some reason! Woman not Wigan. Fat fingers and blurry eyesight at 5am are a bad combo.

🎶 Gino oh Gino Ginellli!

Tutti Frutti what a cutie…. Take a Gino home with you! 🎵

They've been mentioned but the public information ones warning us 70's/8O's kids not to play in a disused quarry or by a power station. The distinctive, deep male voice accompaniment was so sinister.

Yes im still very wary whilst on escalators

An advert about paint i think
I think it mentioned different areas in the UK
All I remember was it will cover well in motherwell.

Opph yes. I'd forgotten the Tunes advert.

Mister Soft - soft mints advert
The old Bisto adverts
Waffly versatile!
Daddy or Chips?
Cadbury Flake advert

So many replies so not sure if mentioned already.
I forget why I walk into a room but know all the words to the Um Bongo advert

How do you want your eggs? Fried or boiled?

Vicks sinex and ‘course you can Malcolm’.

Shake and Vac.

Kiaora. It's too orangy for crows - it's just for me and my dog"

Windowlene. I have you sussed new windowlene plus. It cut through grease and dirt and dust if you want to clean your windows.

Oh and Cillit bang where the man had an erection and we all sniggered here about it, Barry Scott! 🤣

Love that! I’ll be your dog! Woof woof woof woof woof woof!

There’s a really old Perrier one that showed a bar and a man or woman and ended up messy and smashed, sort of like a Matrix scenario. My mum who used to work in advertising liked that one. Only saw it in cinemas.

Stealth boast, my mum’s best friend and family friend, David Bernstein, thought up the Esso tiger 🐯 in your tank advert. He wrote books on advertising as well as having his own agency. Very clever man.

An unbelievably awful one from WAY back. A 60-ish woman washing her hair over a washbasin, and saying with a beaming smile, ‘The sooner I get this over with, the better! There’s Prince’s salmon for tea!’ 😂

And the poster ads for cream cakes - ‘Naughty but nice!’ -actually dreamt up by an old schoolfriend of dh.

Your DH was friends with Salman Rushdie?

Oh he was in advertising, which agency? My mum worked for McCanns, Pritchard Wood (sp?) and friend detailed below had The Creative Business in Soho. Mum was copy writer and production assistant production secretary. Was an extra in a tv Carling black label ad (60s) under mistletoe in a pub gazing up at it with man next to her 🤣 and in an editorial for Corn Silk powder. Cheaper to use good looking women rather than models! And they hired beautiful people for their looks then. I’ll try and find pics if anyone interested. Her lunches were spent (long lunches) at open air swimming pool the Oasis near Neal Street, lots of booze!

I wonder if that increased sales of salmon! They could’ve done a 241 and advertised shampoo at the same time!

Yes, he was in advertising, but I wouldn’t have a clue which company. It was a very long time ago!

Could you ask him via your DH if he’s still in touch?