Category: British
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Quality Street
Hey remember when the green triangle used to be the size of a fridge? Remember when the purple one had a car inside it? Remember when the tin was spring-loaded? You can see the prop gag in this one. Then they started with the sweater man. Before trying to get away from the Christmas motif…
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I’m Awake
Well, this is stuck in my head today, so now it’s stuck in yours.
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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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Smashie And Nicey At The Brits ’93
I always like seeing Harry Enfield corpse, he does it a lot as Kevin (watch him hide it when he flings his arms about), but not often as other characters.
