Just had our usual 'raucous' sunday family lunch. We got onto the subject of advertisements. I sang 'Opal Fruits, made to make your mouth water' (then the rest of it, lemon, lime, orange..... ) and 'Sorry mate, you're too late, the best peas went to Farrows'! My son sang the washing machine Calgon ad! We were in stitches remembering all the ads we grew up with. Any others?
When my two sons were about 10 and 12, I remember them once bursting into song as we walked down the supermarket aisle past the sanitary towels: Oh, Bodyform, Bodyform for you.
I remember Jimmy Young extolling the virtues of some washing poder and claiming it got your washing clean withought the boil wash . I used to love to listen to Jim on the radio every weekday morning. Thursday was food day with Tony De Angeli and Friday was legals with the legal eagle and the legal beagle.Sometimes he had antique specials and vet specials with Ben Fogle's dad and one day a week was the doctor with Dr. Mike Smith.
"What's the recipe today Jim" do you remember that? My two friends and I had babies within a few months of each other in 1965 and used to visit each other once a month and for a reason I forget we decided to do the recipes featured on Jimmy Young , we had some very good lunches. We are still friends 50 years later but widespread, and disabilities stop us getting together often.
One advert that I remember seeing was for Aspro, it may have been Anadin, the tag line was "For when you're feeling one degree under" For years I thought there was an illness called "wundergreeunder"
Changing the subject....my favourite present one is the beautiful ballerina who dances with her younger self thanks to No 7. The look on her face is enchanting.
My lot still sing 'I want a Trio and I want one now...'
I've heard that fans recently campaigned to have these choccy biscuits produced again after a gap of many years. I'm hoping to track some down and surprise the DCs at a family get-together in a few weeks time... and look forward to them all bursting into song!
Only just found this thread but it reminded me of a few other ads from the past, including: 'Whitbread Big-Head Trophy Bitter, The pint that thinks it's a quart!' Then there was 'Omo (washing powder) with WM7'; 'Super Shell (petrol) with ICA, stop for Super Shell and Go!' and the animated safety film that started with: 'Sir Isaac Newton told us why, An apple falls down from the sky!' Sadly, I remember the rest of the verse!
Does anyone remember the ads for, I believe 'Tuborg lager' in which the film was run backwards showing the 'Czechoslovakian yeast' (an apparent ingredient of the beer) as a cloud that returns to the barman's open palm? Or do I sound as though I've been sampling rather too much of the product?
The makers of shampoos Stayblond and Brunitex sponsored the top twenty on Radio Luxemburg. Horace Batchelor's winning football pools system was advertised in between tunes (so why did he need to sell it to others if he could make his fortune by it?)
I was going to put in my two penn'orth but when I reviewed the thread, found I'd already done so. I have just ended a meal with an apple - "Nature's toothbrush".
The Boddington's ad where the wife sits at the dressing-table putting froth on her face, and the husband (Nigel Havers?) says, "Ee you smell gorgeous, pet!