My colleague Pete just posted the Chewits advert to Facebook, which reminded me I hadn’t yet finished this post. So in the style of quite a few websites, not naming any names, here is a list of YouTube videos, constituting my favourite TV ads from when I were a boy.
Please read on:
10 - Kia-Ora
Too orangey for crows! What isn’t?
9 - Heineken (1985)
The water in Majorca… Back when Heineken felt the utter shite they used to sell in the UK was acceptable. You know, the nasty stuff we used to get before they decided to grace us with the rather decent export stuff.
8 - Scotch Video Tapes (1986)
A skeleton describes the benefits of a Scotch video tape purchase. A life time guarantee? He’s fucking dead, what does he care? Don’t see much of Scotch video tapes these days, do you? Hopefully their bold claims bankrupted them.
7 - Trebor Softmints
Mr Soft. Get the man a Viagra, I say.
6 - Milky Way Advert
The red car and a blue car had a race. The blue car won, obviously - because the red car was a fat bastard. That’s the message I took from it, anyway.
5 - PG Tips - A Question of Taste Advert (1994)
This advert was a lot like a Sunday afternoon in my family home when I was a child.
4 - Umbongo
It’s taken me a while, but I’ve begun to accept that maybe they don’t drink Umbongo in the Congo after all. I thought they weren’t allowed to lie in adverts? Someone contact the ASA, prompty.
3 - Monster Munch (1986)
Quality advert. Watch out for the new Monster Munch packets that have original packaging and old sized Monster Munch crisps.
2 - Chewits (1986)
If this doesn’t make you go out and buy some Chewits now, you are an idiot.
1 - Charley Says Always Tell Your Mummy…
The classic public information film sampled by The Prodigy in their classic hit… Charley. The Alley Cat Mix is obviously being the best mix. The stranger one is better though. The matches one is probably better as well. Charley was clearly the brains of the operation.