Access - My Flexible Friend (1978 - 1995, UK)

Every (currently found) Advert for Access credit cards (the precursor to MasterCard) which star the dynamic, hilarious and potentially homosexual duo of flexible friend Access and his less efficient sidekick Money! Along with beloved side characters such as Fat Wallet and Chequebook, as well as roles from the likes of Chris Tarrant and Prunella “I knooow” Scales! Featuring all three eras of the two: 2D, decent stop motion, and SEXY stop motion, as well as some rare, incomplete Ads! ENJOY!

[@robtownsend3317]

Perhaps I can add to this. I worked on, what I believe, was the last Access spot featuring Peter Hawkins, the voice of money. Prior to the ad, the agency went through a day of auditions in an attempt to find a replacement voice for money, which had been voiced by Peter, who had retired. It lead to nothing. Eventually, they persuaded Peter to come out of retirement for one last time and voice the spot. I worked with Peter many times over the years and it was always a joy. The voice of Access came from Jim McManus.

[@DJ3lectrical]

Really great to hear! Was the spot in stop motion animation?

[@robtownsend3317]

I was involved in the sound but I would imagine it was, it's going back a few years. By the way, the endline was voiced by Enn Reitel@@DJ3lectrical

[@Club-Dreamiverse]

Did Clearwater Features or Aardman produce the stop-motion in the stop-motion ads?

[@johnanthony6092]

Years ago, my nickname at the dog track was Fat Wallet...now it's Max Credit 😞

[@itsjemmabond]

Hang on, why does Access sound different towards the end, in the last 90s ads?

[@DJ3lectrical]

Access is being played by a different guy

[@itsjemmabond]

@DJ3lectrical That makes sense, but of course, no one else could voice Money like Money.

Now I get that Mr. Bean joke where he uses his credit card to put butter on bread while making a sandwich in the park. ua-cam.com/video/jtqpuYvOfHY/v-deo.html

[@DJ3lectrical]

That clip makes a cameo at the end of this vid

[@braddeh]

Bring back fat wallet

[@DHAdArchivez]

These two are so amazing
But kinda confusing why Money bought lingerie for his niece

[@DJ3lectrical]

#Moneygate

[@eszus]

Isn’t that Mollie Sugden (aka Mrs Slocombe). Voicing “Store Card”

[@DJ3lectrical]

Old news, but a new Access Ad has been found since the upload of this video. An Ad I had no idea even existed as well!
ua-cam.com/video/fvwA_s3La_E/v-deo.htmlsi=uplh4l41iMTzf04R

[@DHAdArchivez]

tbh, I didn’t know it existed either

[@bigbigarchive]

Was money played by Peter Hawkins?

[@DJ3lectrical]

Yup