Category: Adverts
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It’s Slightly Rippled With A Flat Underside
I was slightly amazed to learn that the Cadbury’s Boost bar is older than I thought. I had a feeling it was launched in the 1990s, with the famous Vic & Bob advertising campaign. (As an aside, here’s the slightly less famous (possibly forgotten) Gladiators one they did). But in actuality, the Boost was first…
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Why Doctor Who VHS Tapes Weren’t Released Until 1983
At the risk of descending into uncritical nostalgia, there was a trailer that ran at the start of every single CiC Star Trek VHS tape that was so good, I would always watch it. This is mostly an irrelevant aside, but a fun one, I hope you agree. Let’s have a look at what BBC…
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Ooh, They’re Floaty Light
Today’s earworm is the strapline from this 1990s Quavers advert. Which is a much better advert than this one from 1994. But I do like this one, the animation in particular, and the voice work from Lenny Henry. It’s from back when crisp packets had windows in the bag so you could see inside.
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Is This The Movie Trailer That Changed Movie Trailers?
This trailer for the first Mission: Impossible film has really stuck with me through the years. It felt different from other trailers around that time, and was of course aided by the music. This is how many other trailers were around that time – with the voice-over guy that is still referenced in spoof trailers…
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Smith, Jones And Philips
In 1982 VisionHire once again teamed with Philips to bring new models of their TVs and VCRs to rental and retail stores throughout the UK. And they enlisted the help of Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones to do so. Here’s one of the TV spots. And here’s a remarkable curio (from the excellent Neil…
