I love the dog on the Flash adverts, plus the fake dog on the AA ad. There was a lovely boxer dog on another advert, never actually noticed what the ad was for though, so they wasted their money there! OH often leaves the tv on in the background while we have breakfast ( we are both usually reading stuff on our iPads ) but evidently daytime tv viewers must spend all their time lying on their new mattresses while planning their funerals or cremations.
Thanks @AnniD. Got it. Plus = more than etc. As Yorkshire Gold is my favourite tea brand I am now glad the company is not associated with an ad I dislike.
Whose idea was it to use sharp toothed African rodents(?) with dodgy Russian accents to advertise something? - I’m still not clear what.
A commercial genius @Ergates. The profile, and with it the stock price, of Compare the Market has soared as a consequence of the campaign. I remember once reading that the price charged by the likes of FaceBook for them to use the words ‘compare’ and ‘market’ was astronomical compared to the cost of using ‘meerkat’ and thus the campaign was born.
Simples has now entered the dictionary and common vernacular. It is very rare for an advert to have such an impact. ‘Should have gone to Specsavers’ is on a par with it.
Can anyone remember an advertisement, possibly for a brand of glue, in which a leggy blonde stumbles and snaps the high heel of her shoe? “I know what you’re thinking,” says an old dear to a paper boy as they watched it happen and completely missing the thought processes of 14 year old lads, “cheap shoes”. I loved that ad.
Another ad series fondly in my memory is Cadbury’s “Everyone’s a fruit and nut case”. Sticking in my mind is a group of American tourists being shown round an art gallery and, seeing a bucket on the floor, a heavily made-up woman asks the docent in a thick Texan drawl “Is this the modern art room?” ”No, Madam, it’s a fire bucket.”
Shake 'n vac used to drive me insane. The Hamlet one with the guy in the photo booth. Another classic. https://youtu.be/FvNdhriwGuM Of course, those were the days when you couldn't fast forward, so maybe we are missing some modern day ones. PS Agree with you about the AA dog @Ergates
Can anyone remember an advertisement, possibly for a brand of glue, in which a leggy blonde stumbles and snaps the high heel of her shoe? “I know what you’re thinking,” says an old dear to a paper boy as they watched it happen and completely missing the thought processes of 14 year old lads, “cheap shoes”. I loved that ad
I’ve just googled it. The ad was for Nescafé coffee and featured Denise van Outen
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OH often leaves the tv on in the background while we have breakfast ( we are both usually reading stuff on our iPads ) but evidently daytime tv viewers must spend all their time lying on their new mattresses while planning their funerals or cremations.
A commercial genius @Ergates. The profile, and with it the stock price, of Compare the Market has soared as a consequence of the campaign. I remember once reading that the price charged by the likes of FaceBook for them to use the words ‘compare’ and ‘market’ was astronomical compared to the cost of using ‘meerkat’ and thus the campaign was born.
Simples has now entered the dictionary and common vernacular. It is very rare for an advert to have such an impact. ‘Should have gone to Specsavers’ is on a par with it.
Another ad series fondly in my memory is Cadbury’s “Everyone’s a fruit and nut case”. Sticking in my mind is a group of American tourists being shown round an art gallery and, seeing a bucket on the floor, a heavily made-up woman asks the docent in a thick Texan drawl
“Is this the modern art room?”
”No, Madam, it’s a fire bucket.”
https://youtu.be/RCblmgWUC3c
Shake 'n vac used to drive me insane. The Hamlet one with the guy in the photo booth. Another classic.
https://youtu.be/FvNdhriwGuM
Of course, those were the days when you couldn't fast forward, so maybe we are missing some modern day ones.
PS Agree with you about the AA dog @Ergates
Battersea Rescue is our Favourite Breed - Bing video
You have to watch it right to the very end.
And I still love this one, too
Unlikely Animal Friends! 'Friends Furever' Commercial - Google Android - Bing video
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”