Adverts
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TangoA series of adverts featuring strange orange happenings being captured on video and replayed in slow motion. Perhaps the best remembered ad was the one where a bald man wearing just a loin cloth and painted orange from head to ...
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Tell SidWhen British Gas floated in 1986, its Tell Sid advertising campaign gave it one of the highest profiles of any privatisation in the 80s. Since then, npower ads have stolen Sid as a brand icon. It features Sid, a British ...
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Tetley BitterThe one I'm thinking of was on in the early 70s. It featured a man at the bar drinking a pint of Tetley bitter. He spots a good-looking lady heading towards him - bit of eye contact - but, as ...
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Texan Chocolate BarI can just about remember the dialogue from the whole advert. An animation of a cowboy who has been tied to a shooting post by Mexican militia. It went: (Mexican): "A last request, Gringo?" (Gringo): "Guess I'll just finish this here ...
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The Green Cross Code ManThe Green Cross Code Man appeared to British children in the late 70s when road safety was a popular topic. With a uniform consisting of a tight white hero suit, with a green cross and large Gary Glitter-esque shoulder pads, ...
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The Honey Monster...
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Topic Chocolate Bar AdvertWho could forget Toby, the little creature who advertised Topic caramel nutty bars in the late '70s / early '80s? Toby was a little brown creature, not QUITE human, with a pear-shaped body, a round button nose and a topknot of ...
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Tri-ac spot treatmentZit treatment was big buisness in the 1980s, with several creams and lotions being highly advertised on TV. 'Tri-ac' was a first in that it was a LIQUID treatment rather than a cream, and so named because it worked by triple ...
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Trio Advert"# TRIIII-O, TRIIIII-IIIII-O" Some strange little cartoon girl with an enormous mouth belted out this advert, trying to get us to buy strangely chemical-tasting "toffee" flavour chocolate Trio biscuits. Hmmmmm. ...
