This last couple of days, I can't get memories of a couple of old TV advertisements out of my mind. In my case, as a teenager, they go far back, virtually to the start of Commercial Television in the mid-1950's. They have been tormenting me, so I thought "It's about time the other SF Members suffered as well!":hihi:

I am very "kind" like that sometimes.:)

So, regardless of your age, what Adverts stick in your mind from your early TV viewing days?

Mine are...mid 1950's...

Pepsodent Toothpaste.. "You'll wonder where the yellow went when you brush your teeth with Pepsodent!" was the jingle.

The other jingle was "Rael Brook Toplin Top Man's Shirt!"

I remember the Humphry's who used to steal peoples milk and that one about road safety, narrated I think, by Captain Peacock from Are You Being Served where some bloke gets run over on the way to work.

And of course the "Charlie says don't go into the woods to look at strange mens puppies" ones.

I remember the Humphry's who used to steal peoples milk

Watch out there's a Humphrey about!

The ones that stick out from my childhood right now are the RWhites Lemonade - 'I'm a secret lemonade drinker'

and the 'No, we're with the Woolwich' advert, which became a sort of national catchphrase for a while.

i remember the one with "ah mash get smashed" or words to that extent with the metal men from outer space or something. also remember the charlie adverts too also the green man crossing advert.

I remember the peanut butter adverts (with joe absolom of eastenders fame) playing baseball or summat.

I always enojoyed the Milky Way adverts, 'the red car and the blue car had a race...etc' Think they were early nineties, my sister and I used to sing them...I've said too much!

1st one with a jingle i can remember is the shake n vac one, sad i know!and more recently the washing machines live longer with calgon!

I remember the peanut butter adverts (with joe absolom of eastenders fame) playing baseball or summat.

Yeah! 'Our son Pat' for Sunpat. Never made me want it tho.:gag:

I remember the Hovis ads - probably due to the 'Two Ronnies' take-off of it, rather than it being directed by Ridley Scott. Could you imagine an alien leaping out from a granary loaf and devouring the kid with the bike? :)

There was an advert for 'Davenport Beers' which I associate with staying at my Aunt's house. She was in the ATV catchment area, rather than Yorkshire, and so perhaps it was a more Midlands advert, but it had a song with the line 'Beer at home means Davenports', complete with bouncy ball sing-along.... Whilst on beer - Freddie Truman advertising Webster's Pennine Bitter.

Not quite the same but I remember the 'tag lines' of a couple of TV series that were on late at night. As a child I'd fall asleep on the couch and my mum would wake me to go to bed. Something that stuck with me for ages was the line 'There are 8 million stories in the naked city, this has been one of them' - it's from a cop show called 'The Naked City' that must have aired sometime in the early to mid 1960s when I was a pre-schooler.

Milky Bar adverts.....the songs tended to get re-written by adolescent boys though. 'The milky bar kid is strong and tough' usually became 'The milk bar kid is a great big puff'. Children are charming... :)

Howabout "Refreshers, thruppence - they fizz!"
The PG Tips ads with the chimps " Can you ride tandem" and "You hum it son, I'll play it" And the original Milky Bar Kid when it was still Nestles and not Nestlay!

Here are some I remember
It's Grrrreat !' Kellogg's Sugar Frosties !
'Don't Forget the Fruit Gums Mum !
'A Mars a day helps you work rest and play !
BO ! Lifebuoy Soap.
Katie and her Oxo cubes what was her husbands name ?
'Do 'ave a Dubonnet' !
Who could forget the Brooke Bond Chimps...they kept cropping up for many a year.
We are the ovaltinies happy girls & boys
Murray mints Murray mints the too good to hurry mints
The milky bar kid
Hands that do dishes can be as soft as your face with mild green fairy liquid
boom boom boom esso blue

Not an ad but have you seen Will Young's new video? It's a take off of Blue Peter in the 70's. Made me chuckle. :hihi:

"She flies like a bird in the sky i i
"She flies like a bird and I wish that she were mine"

Was that for some slimming bread or something ?:huh: Youve got me going now Shoeshine, and we are showing our ages of course !:hihi:

"She flies like a bird in the sky i i
"She flies like a bird and I wish that she were mine"

Was that for some slimming bread or something ?:huh: Youve got me going now Shoeshine, and we are showing our ages of course !:hihi:
remember that 1 wasn't it Honeybus I can't let maggie go great song

Virtually all of the singin halifax adverts :hihi:
The john west salmon one (where the guy fights the bear) "we endure the worst, to bring you the best"

Oh nightmare, does anyone remember the Mum adverts, roll on or spray anti perspirants and deoderants....'My Mum's better than your Mum, no my Mum's better than yours' ..... tragically I still hold that one with me.
And I don't recall the product but an advert which showed a baby sat on a sofa, then showed the baby growing through life, with own kids, then grandkids etc. I'd love to know the product.

Not an early memory, shoeshine - but do you remember the ads when british gas floated on the stock market?

"Don't forget to tell Sid"

My most hated ad of all time Grrrrrrrr. :suspect:

I remember the Hoover Vacuum ad- All the dirt all the grit Hoover gets at every bit- Hoover beats as it sweeps as it cleans. What a memor I must get a life!!!:rolleyes:

I remember the Hoover Vacuum ad- All the dirt all the grit Hoover gets at every bit- Hoover beats as it sweeps as it cleans. What a memory I must get a life!!!:rolleyes:

Omo adds bright, bright brightness.

We are the Ovaltinies little girls and boys.

The man from the Prudential.

"She flies like a bird in the sky i i
"She flies like a bird and I wish that she were mine"

Was that for some slimming bread or something ?:huh: Youve got me going now Shoeshine, and we are showing our ages of course !:hihi:

Wasn't that one for Nimble Bread?

I started this thread with only two problems with recurring adverts in my brain.........thanks to you lot I've now got about 32........:o

Anyone remember "Your never alone with a Strand"....cigarette

Oh dear that's 33 now......:confused:

Keep 'em coming folks...........you can send me to the nuthouse in no time at this rate.......:help:

I really quite liked the Gold Blend ads from the 80s, the ones in which the bloke from Buffy appeared.

Trebor mints are a minty bit stronger,
Shove em up your bum and they last a bit longer!

Erm, looking at some of the replies has brought some memories flooding back. I remember the Smash martians pretty well as well as the Um-Bongo ad.

Here are a few that might irritate a few peeps:

Do the shake and vac, put the freshness back (however it went). Hideous ad!

Finger of fudge is just enough to give child a treat. Another annoying ad that has stayed with me.

Oh, not forgetting the public safety ads with Darth Vader " Stop, Look and Listen" and Charlie "Charlie says don't stroke stranger's puppies" or something to that effect lol.

Remember the Old Spice ads ? wicked music (Orf something).

The other one that sticks out is the Vauxhall ads where a bloke is after a woman because he wants the car!

Z

ah, ah, Bisto gravy is best by far, ah, ah,ah Bisto.

Persil washes whiter. That means cleaner.

Hiltone for that shade lighter look

This one is going to get you all

Can any of you remember the ice cream by those italian brothers

'Gino oh Gino Ginelli'??

You could get Tutti Fruiti Flavour..... Can any one remember?

Dora! don't forget the kiora.

OMG has anyone noticed that Aquafresh have used a very old ad of theres from like 15 years ago? I saw it on Channel 4 at the weekend.

Accrington who?

Exactly!

Six lovely flavours,
Robinade, Robinade....

and the Esso "Blee Dooler"

A Mars A Day Helps You Work, Rest And Play.

PAL meat for dogs:
Prolongs
Active
Life

Spangles - double wrapped to keep all the flavour in.....
(did it say "and all the dirt out" or am I imagining that?)

Maltesers, the sweet you can eat between meals......


(I must try and get out more.....)

Dora! don't forget the kiora.

Haha what's that an ad for? I'd be interested to know!!

OK here goes with my (sometimes fuzzy) memories

*Martini ads featuring Leonard Rossiter and Joan Collins
*Tyne brand stuffed pork roll featuring Jack Douglas
*Big One (sticks out a mile) nougat bar
*Beanz meanz Heinz (a million housewives every day etc)
*Hamlet cigars (various)
*The original super glue ad with the guy sitting on the huge rubber band thing (always wanted the damn thing to snap)

Kiora was a brand of fruit cordial type drinks.I think that the add was about a little girl pushing past a whole row of people at the pictures to buy some sweets ( The add pre-dates popcorn ) and her friend shouts the phrase to her. :D

Maltesers, the sweet you can eat between meals......




That was Milky Way

A finger of Fudge is just enough to give your kids a treat

Kiora was a brand of fruit cordial type drinks.I think that the add was about a little girl pushing past a whole row of people at the pictures to buy some sweets ( The add pre-dates popcorn ) and her friend shouts the phrase to her. :D

Ah right, thanks.

And

'Don't push me, push a push-pop!!'

" when can we go and see the tigers grandad????
"soon lad when rain stops"
cup of soup...(batchelors i think)


if your reading this boroughgal you'll be laughing

We had to dress up as grandad and grandson and act out the advert for a school play in hillsborough junior school for the school play many years ago!!!

The Stardrops ad, where little cartoon drops came out of the disenfectant bottle. I cant remember the song to it though, but I do remember emptying a few bottles of the stuff down the sink looking for the Stardrops. (Showing my age now) :)

Can you remember that Heinz Tomato sauce advert, with Mat Le Blanc.(joey from friends)
He placed the bottle on top of the building and ran down loads of stairs, bought a hot dog n put his arm out and it poured all the way along.

:hihi: :hihi: :hihi:

Opal Fruits made to make your mouth water.

What about the Trio biscuit ad with that girl called Susie or summat.

was it carling lager that swept into the bar in a flood or something like that and what about air on a g string with hamlet cigars