Category: Adverts
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If You See Ads, Tell Him
In 1986, the British government deliberately, and massively undervalued the price of a public utility, convincing people to buy these cheap shares in order to sell them on for a small profit, so that a load of rich people could take ownership of British Gas for much less than it’s true market value. In order…
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That’s The Beauty Of Ads
Every time, without fail, when I revisit adverts from the late 1970s and 1980s, they terrify me. The audio is always so ominous, the lighting is always so stark, and the voice overs are always so menacing. And yet, some of the slogans are enduring. Cook, cook, cookability, that’s the beauty of gas. The jingle…
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Double Deckers Used To Have Raisins
There are a lot of consipracy theories surrounding chocolate bars. Dairy Milks aren’t as good as they used to be because of the new recipe. Mars Bars are softer since they wanted to expand their market to women. Star Bars shot JFK. I don’t know about any of that, but yesterday I found out that…
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Spit The Ads
Apparently the people at Cash Generator are nice people, and Bob Carolgees tried to pawn his dog. Here he is, strangely Spitless, in a more famous ad. He brings Charlie The Monkey along with Faye from Grange Hill, to teach us the Green Cross Code. Finally, Bob lends his voice to this TISWAS themed ad…
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Rod Hull And Emu Flogging Stuff
In 1982, Rod Hull threatened his puppet bird with being roasted in the oven, by making Emu appear in an advert for aluminium foil. Stick around for the one after about Scotland too. By 1987, they’d spread their wings a little wider, and were on a Qantas flight to Australia, sat next to a talking…
