TOP 10 British TV Adverts 1980s

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  • @OGDuffy
    @OGDuffy  3 роки тому +3

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  • @rafiqadarr6217
    @rafiqadarr6217 9 місяців тому +19

    The Cadbury’s Flake ad and the Milk Tray ad were classic ads, almost with a story-line!! They don’t make ads like that today.

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  9 місяців тому +2

      Very true matey

    • @maureenm8462
      @maureenm8462 6 місяців тому +1

      Today's ads r very annoying

  • @NOTODIVERSITY123
    @NOTODIVERSITY123 Рік тому +20

    Anyone remember lilt with the totaly tropical taste🎶🎵..or hello tosh got a Toshiba..or nothing sparkles like a babycham🎶🎵

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  Рік тому +5

      Remember all of those 😉

    • @dorianharris8753
      @dorianharris8753 7 місяців тому +3

      I always remember, Toshiba: "Your TV, well bless my soul, reflects the light like a goldfish bowl."

    • @v8mooowder354
      @v8mooowder354 6 місяців тому +1

      Or... re-record not fade away....re-record not fade away etc...

    • @MCMikey69691
      @MCMikey69691 2 місяці тому

      Or "Get Bizzy with the fizzy...schps schps...Soda Stream!"

  • @danielrafferty421
    @danielrafferty421 8 місяців тому +15

    Lovely trip back to a fab decade - cheers!

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  8 місяців тому +2

      Glad you enjoyed it 😎

  • @MichelleGordon-p9r
    @MichelleGordon-p9r 4 місяці тому +9

    Oh my goodness, these ads are better than today's tv programs, thank you so much for posting

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  4 місяці тому

      Classic ads matey

  • @kerryh3833
    @kerryh3833 Рік тому +17

    And now i understand what my granny meant when she kept saying she wanted a visit from the Milktray man 😅

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  Рік тому +5

      🤣 that’s funny 😉🍺

  • @pearljam619
    @pearljam619 6 місяців тому +23

    When adverts were worth watching. Now we do everything possible to avoid them.

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  6 місяців тому +2

      So true !

  • @OsamaMulqi
    @OsamaMulqi 8 місяців тому +11

    I believe that everyone in east or west wishes to go back to those lovely decades,70s and 80s.

  • @shaz2761
    @shaz2761 6 місяців тому +7

    A couple of those ads could be on TV today and you would never know they were 80s .... Apart from the fact they were actually good!

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  6 місяців тому +1

      Agreed

  • @lukebarwick7307
    @lukebarwick7307 2 роки тому +35

    When adverts were art, not this pap we have now

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  2 роки тому +5

      Liked the Hofmeister bear 🐻

    • @lukebarwick7307
      @lukebarwick7307 2 роки тому +2

      @@OGDuffy yeah I heard he got canned quite literally because he had become an icon for lad culture in the 80’s, shame that

    • @johnmc3862
      @johnmc3862 10 місяців тому +1

      😂😂

    • @StudiosNYC54-tl9pt
      @StudiosNYC54-tl9pt Місяць тому

      Especially the classy Martini ads.

  • @joannefalkinder393
    @joannefalkinder393 6 місяців тому +5

    Absolute classics all of them, and thanks I will be singing um bongo all night now

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  6 місяців тому

      They drink it in the jungle 😀

    • @AtheistOrphan
      @AtheistOrphan 5 місяців тому

      @@OGDuffy - They drink it in the CONGO!

  • @zakariyyayusuf6208
    @zakariyyayusuf6208 6 місяців тому +26

    As a 9 year old I used to get a weird feeling seeing the Flake woman. 37 years later I've finally figured out what it was

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  6 місяців тому +1

      😆😉

    • @gunsharck
      @gunsharck 4 місяці тому +2

      Took you that long did it??

    • @007heaven
      @007heaven Місяць тому +1

      Took that long 😂 most knew then lol

  • @brianhodgson9547
    @brianhodgson9547 8 місяців тому +2

    One of my favourites was the 'Camay' advert ... 'Soft as flowers, tender as Love' - but i can't find it shown anywhere

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  8 місяців тому

      Good shout

  • @JonnyChaos
    @JonnyChaos Місяць тому +1

    Caatrol GTX advert was number 1 for me. That sinister music while the drop of oil rolled around the engine. That song was incredible.

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  Місяць тому +1

      I remember those ads …. Quality 😎

  • @sock2070
    @sock2070 10 місяців тому +9

    When I die my wife has instructions to scatter my ashes whilst singing the shake and vac song

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  10 місяців тому +3

      Put the freshness back 😉

    • @lynnbarsby7356
      @lynnbarsby7356 7 місяців тому

      😅😅

    • @QuoPaperPlane
      @QuoPaperPlane 2 місяці тому

      The decade when most people had a VCR and we would pause these out the programme we were recording. Have to say that by this selection, I understand why. Absolute faff!

  • @bencoleman8350
    @bencoleman8350 26 днів тому +1

    We spend half our life on UA-cam skipping adverts yet we sit through these ones and watch them with no problem😂

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  24 дні тому

      I know matey... Crazy isnt it !

  • @ElliottSpencer-hn9qg
    @ElliottSpencer-hn9qg 6 місяців тому +3

    I remember these like they where yesterday. Dont forget the adverts for John Smiths beer with the dog and the Lambert and Butler cigarette adverts.

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  6 місяців тому

      Happy days

  • @garyjbaker
    @garyjbaker 3 роки тому +22

    2 you missed spring to my mind...
    "Will it be mushrooms.. fried onion rings? You'll have to wait and see. Hope it's chips, it's chips! We hope it's chips, it's chips!"
    And of course.... "Accrington Stanley? Who are they?" :-)

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  3 роки тому +4

      That McCains chips advert !!! I remember it now ! In the back of a works van ! Thanks for sharing matey 😎

    • @AndrewHalliwell
      @AndrewHalliwell Рік тому +4

      Only two?
      Heineken, the water in Majorca doesn't taste quite how it should...
      Kit Kat with the pandas or the crap pop group
      Castella classics, Russ Abbott fishing with Des O'Connor records.
      Hamlet
      Naw, Luton airport!
      Holsten Pills with Griff and a variety of black and white film stars including Bogart and Marilyn Monroe...
      There are dozens better than most in this list (apart from the black label ad)

    • @garyjbaker
      @garyjbaker Рік тому +2

      @@AndrewHalliwell Kia Ora "I'll be your dog"... :-)

    • @l228spn
      @l228spn Рік тому +2

      ​@OGDuffy it was for birdsveye beefsteaks wasnt it? Not chips

    • @AndrewHalliwell
      @AndrewHalliwell Рік тому +2

      @@l228spn Well, they were singing about what they’d be eating with the Birdseye Steakhouse grills...

  • @leewainwright3526
    @leewainwright3526 11 місяців тому +6

    Um bongo drank gallons of the stuff when i was a kid

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  11 місяців тому +1

      Happy days 😉🍺

  • @markpirie1986
    @markpirie1986 Рік тому +6

    Yeah. When the uk was the placevto live and be. Miss those day's.

  • @paulstir
    @paulstir Рік тому +7

    “Re-record not fade away “

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  Рік тому +1

      Classic 😉

    • @alannock1358
      @alannock1358 Рік тому +2

      Re-record, actually. Derek Guyler. Memories!

    • @paulstir
      @paulstir Рік тому

      @@alannock1358 that’s what I said

  • @wildsurfer12
    @wildsurfer12 5 місяців тому +2

    0:15 I wonder why we haven’t had any new TV adverts with George the Bear? As he’s been brought back on posters to advertise Hofmeister Hells.

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  5 місяців тому +1

      Good point

  • @Ell-k4x
    @Ell-k4x 11 місяців тому +18

    The woman are so feminine, the 80's 90's so sweet, men clean shaven, kind, caring, real gentlemen. Growing up back then was so much fun everyone go along, people could take a joke and people were not serious it was simple. You didn't need a lot of money to have a good time. Technology has destroyed us socially. Feels like a different world. People are so aggressive nowadays.

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  11 місяців тому +5

      Think you are very true in your statement there.... Happy days.

    • @deanbailey67
      @deanbailey67 11 місяців тому +2

      You’re SO correct…😢

  • @jamesgale2147
    @jamesgale2147 6 місяців тому +3

    Of course the last one, milk tray was the most iconic of all

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  6 місяців тому

      Oh yes 😎

  • @NorthEastTrailRunner
    @NorthEastTrailRunner 9 днів тому +1

    The adverts were actually worth watching during the 1980s.

  • @rogercantwell3622
    @rogercantwell3622 4 місяці тому +2

    Orson Welles directed some of the Hofmeister ads with George the bear. Hw was very unpicky about what he did for money by then.

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  4 місяці тому

      Never knew that !!!! Every day is a school day 😎

  • @Juliukas101
    @Juliukas101 11 місяців тому +3

    Shake N Vac was 1979 and that Mil Tray ad shown was from the 70s and not the 80s.

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  11 місяців тому +1

      They run for a while....

  • @dirk639
    @dirk639 3 місяці тому +1

    No7. Used to look forward to this one playing, and the Milk Tray adverts? Loved them. (Flake adverts? Loved them for a different reason as I grew older!)

  • @danielbyrne5402
    @danielbyrne5402 8 місяців тому +1

    OH A TUNDRED!! SEVER 1, SEVER 2

  • @boofuls
    @boofuls 9 місяців тому +2

    0:37 darts spectators Gary Olsen (2.4 children and prospects )and Phil Davis ..I reckon 😊

  • @sylvester-jb3lj
    @sylvester-jb3lj 5 місяців тому +1

    Cinzano Airline, Joan Collins & Leonard Rossiter.....classic Christmas add for Cointreau with the Frenchman and English lady, who meets by accident every Christmas, Christmas wasn't the same without there appearance

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  5 місяців тому

      All classics

  • @Juliukas101
    @Juliukas101 11 місяців тому +2

    How about Jif Lemon Day, with gormless woman with a yellow beady necklace and odd little piano jingle? How about Ferrero Rocher?

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  11 місяців тому

      So many ads from that era

  • @ianmorris5501
    @ianmorris5501 5 місяців тому +1

    I loved the ads in those days, mainly because they didn't take themselves so seriously. PS, gotta love that Bear, Quality.

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  5 місяців тому +1

      George the Hofmeister bear 🍺

  • @Babbleplay
    @Babbleplay 7 місяців тому +2

    The lack of the Country Life Buttermen in this list makes me a little sad, but, I cannot deny the others are memorable as well.

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  7 місяців тому +1

      Too many from that era

    • @Babbleplay
      @Babbleplay 7 місяців тому

      @@OGDuffy Too true. Almost sad how marketing managed to fill us with such levels of nostalgia for jingles and adverts.

  • @danielbyrne5402
    @danielbyrne5402 8 місяців тому +1

    Before giles met buffy...

  • @timberwolf5211
    @timberwolf5211 Рік тому +3

    Auntie Beaty with Maureen Lipman, for British Telecom, were funny.
    Mum's favourite was the one with a pre One Foot in the Grave actor Richard Wilson.
    Beaty was asking have you got it in this colour or that, what about this size or that? After giving him the run around she asks him if he's got all the colours? A frustrated Richard Wilson says that he's got All the colours in All the sizes! To which Beaty replies with, its not what you call the rage then is it?
    At which point you see RW in the shop about to beat up a manikin.
    There were quite a few of them, as well as a fair few Carling Black Label ones too.

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  Рік тому

      I remember that one matey 😀
      A lot more effort went into ads back then I feel.

    • @lynnbarsby7356
      @lynnbarsby7356 7 місяців тому

      Hes got an ology

  • @MCMikey69691
    @MCMikey69691 2 місяці тому +1

    The Hofmeister advert was genius. In fact most of them were. The Flake ad is pure porn. I remember the Milk Tray dude actually did that and nearly broke his neck. They only let him do one take. And literally every kid at school was singing the Um Bongo song. Proper earworms. The Barnes Wallace Carling ad won a boatload of awards.

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  2 місяці тому

      Good old days 😉

  • @EightbitAdam
    @EightbitAdam 3 місяці тому +1

    Did you know that a UA-camr (JT Reacts) recently reacted to this video? I’m subscribed to both of you and it was great to see!

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  3 місяці тому +1

      @@EightbitAdam yes was that the adverts one?

    • @EightbitAdam
      @EightbitAdam 3 місяці тому

      @@OGDuffyYeah it was. It was such a nice surprise to see your video pop-up. You’re taking over UA-cam, Rob! And it’s great to see. 👍

  • @LouiseAshton-zk4gv
    @LouiseAshton-zk4gv 6 місяців тому +2

    Great ads they all were.

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  6 місяців тому

      For sure

  • @TheCaptain64
    @TheCaptain64 10 місяців тому +1

    Carling Dambusters advert best advert ever in the history of adverts

  • @bigmatt1994
    @bigmatt1994 Рік тому +3

    Ah man i lobed chewits, can you still get them?

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  Рік тому

      Chewits were great… All Fruitella these days….

    • @mgthestrange9098
      @mgthestrange9098 7 місяців тому

      Yes, you can still get Chewits, places like B&M and Home Bargains sell them. My favourite cola is harder to find though.

  • @RichardMitchell-ut1uc
    @RichardMitchell-ut1uc 4 місяці тому +1

    In the Hofmeister ad, is the gent on the bear's right the actor Phil Davies?

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  4 місяці тому

      Could be ?

  • @vat6989
    @vat6989 Рік тому +4

    I would have put the dambusters first

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  Рік тому

      👍

    • @user-lk8bz7hg2b
      @user-lk8bz7hg2b Рік тому

      Is the Dambusters advert with the 'bouncing bomb', the British proving they don't mind being the butt of a joke and can laugh at themselves 😂As I'm guessing that Carling came up with this cracker of an idea, following one of many infamous defeats by Germany in a penalty shoot out during the World Cup. It is superb! 😂

  • @gregoryeze9329
    @gregoryeze9329 Місяць тому +1

    10. Was the music inspired by 'Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's' The Message?

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  Місяць тому

      Could have been...

  • @stickytapenrust6869
    @stickytapenrust6869 11 місяців тому +1

    You forgot the Do It All adverts.

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  11 місяців тому +1

      So many ads
      From that era

  • @fatles2008
    @fatles2008 Рік тому +1

    I'm still doing the shake an vac......can't help it, its ingrained.

  • @mcollins9676
    @mcollins9676 10 місяців тому +1

    I got annoyed when an advert came on then had to laugh at my hypocrisy 😄

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  10 місяців тому

      That is funny as matey 😆

  • @bertcert991
    @bertcert991 2 місяці тому +1

    Just fancy an Um Bongo 😂😂

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  2 місяці тому

      They drink it in the congo

  • @stevebloomer7027
    @stevebloomer7027 7 місяців тому +1

    I actually travelled to Zaire at one point. But, no, they didn't drink Um Bongo.

  • @gunsharck
    @gunsharck 4 місяці тому +1

    You’re missing the KP Discos ouch ad my son!

  • @FrontWing-EndPlate
    @FrontWing-EndPlate Рік тому +4

    You missed ariston and on and on and on...

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  Рік тому +1

      I remember that one 😀

  • @rafiqadarr6217
    @rafiqadarr6217 9 місяців тому +1

    By the way, can you still get Flake? I haven’t seen them for years.

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  9 місяців тому +2

      Yes matey and they still very, very nice indeed 😉🍺

  • @Nomoreeasy
    @Nomoreeasy 10 місяців тому +2

    Windows server 2003 - 2004

  • @alpol4554
    @alpol4554 Рік тому +1

    Great video. Sound was a bit off tho

  • @MarkGenner1991
    @MarkGenner1991 Рік тому +2

    What advert is this at 3:53?

  • @YesterdayMachine
    @YesterdayMachine 3 місяці тому +1

    No way should that late-80s Flake Ad or the Gold Blend Ad be higher than the Shake-N-Vac Ad. That's ridiculous.

  • @philoshaughnessy906
    @philoshaughnessy906 6 місяців тому +1

    It was only later, after he had risked his life on a daring mission to deliver the box of chocolates, that agent X found out that the recipient was actually a diabetic and the whole enterprise was a complete waste of time!

  • @seanwoodyatt7342
    @seanwoodyatt7342 3 місяці тому +1

    I can't remember the last time I saw the chewits advert. They need to bring back some of the old adverts.

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  3 місяці тому

      Agreed matey 😉

  • @petermccormick4872
    @petermccormick4872 6 місяців тому +1

    I am looking to identify an old 80s add .haven't much info but it was popular .it was of some kind of creature sitting at a table and began by saying fred is having some friends over for dinner . I think then he said something about showing some antiques .these.may have been knives and forks .I know there is one like this on smash potatoes with aliens .I'm not sure if this is smash to but it didn't have tin spacemen. I think the name was fred and it said he is entertaining for dinner.more like a meercat or something. I'd guess mid 80s and very popular regards times on

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  6 місяців тому

      Blimey... Sorry matey... Rings no bells with me im afraid.... Maybe someone else will know 😉

  • @mrburgess1698
    @mrburgess1698 Рік тому +4

    Even the worst 80’s adverts like MFI are infinitely more watchable than the trash that passes for adverts now. The NatWest Tick Tock advert is the worst I’ve ever witnessed.

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  Рік тому +1

      Happy memories from those ads right there 😀

    • @matskieden511
      @matskieden511 10 місяців тому +1

      There are no descent adverts to talk about nowadays... they are just easily forgettable.
      Back in the 80s we only had 4 channels so pretty much everyone was watching them and sometimes the ads were better than the TV programmes. Now we have a hundered plus channels on freeview (a lot of those ads cost 10 pence to make). Also very few of us are watching live TV nowadays anyway. We're all watching catch up or subscription TV. The golden age of ads are well and truly over.

  • @darrenkilhams8056
    @darrenkilhams8056 7 місяців тому +1

    Wheres the milky way red blue car ad

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  7 місяців тому

      It drove off 😉

  • @stevenmoran4060
    @stevenmoran4060 11 місяців тому +2

    Follow the bear! The seventies ads were better.

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  11 місяців тому

      Had a Hofmeister the other day

  • @GEricG
    @GEricG 10 місяців тому +21

    If people had UA-cam videos in the 80s, they'd be moaning that things were better in the 50s and 60s.

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  10 місяців тому +1

      True that !

    • @johnmc3862
      @johnmc3862 10 місяців тому +6

      Nostalgia, things were always better when people were younger. They didn’t see all the stress and clutter they see when they are older.

    • @oli1181
      @oli1181 6 місяців тому

      They were. People always have, YT or not

  • @chrisb4350
    @chrisb4350 Рік тому +2

    I want a softmint

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  Рік тому

      Me too 😎

    • @nicknak5257
      @nicknak5257 Рік тому +1

      I want some um bongo.

    • @kerryh3833
      @kerryh3833 Рік тому +2

      that advert looks like nightmares to me 😅

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  Рік тому

      @@nicknak5257 great tune 😉

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  Рік тому

      @@kerryh3833 it’s a weird one for sure 😉

  • @EricSmith-km1jb
    @EricSmith-km1jb Місяць тому +1

    great days.
    80’s production can’t be faulted.
    this was a time when talented creative people were making the ads.
    now we have morons at moneysupermarket and dominos….

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  Місяць тому

      Classic times

  • @richardhutchinson9270
    @richardhutchinson9270 28 днів тому +1

    The Carling Black label is the absolute best on here. I doubt very much, that in today's society a lot of these adverts could be shown on TV for fear of offending someone. Jeez......

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  27 днів тому

      I hear your point matey and yep can’t imagine the flake ads being allowed today…

  • @vikinghex
    @vikinghex Рік тому +1

    why are today's averts so depressing that you won't stand in a bucket of water with your fingers in the light socket?

  • @cagybabes
    @cagybabes 9 місяців тому +2

    The adverts are all begging or offering cheap cremations

  • @kennethlong9383
    @kennethlong9383 19 днів тому +1

    Adverts used to end with a sense of humour. These days the adverts are rubbish.

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  19 днів тому

      Very true 😉🍺😎

  • @gerrycoogan6544
    @gerrycoogan6544 Рік тому +3

    Hamlet cigars didn't make the cut? Unbelievable.
    The ones for Um Bongo and Milk Tray are memorable classics but the rest of them are mediocre at best.

  • @SurprisedBluebonnetFlowe-cc8fr
    @SurprisedBluebonnetFlowe-cc8fr 10 місяців тому +2

    when.women were women, now they drink from pont glasses,

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  10 місяців тому

      Can't go wrong with a decent pint !

  • @gezzaf6912
    @gezzaf6912 3 місяці тому +1

    Shake n vac woman yes please..........

  • @jamesshaw2465
    @jamesshaw2465 6 місяців тому +1

    Not my top 10

  • @KM-mv3qr
    @KM-mv3qr 7 місяців тому +2

    Where was all the black people? Totally unfair.

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  7 місяців тому

      1980s

    • @KM-mv3qr
      @KM-mv3qr 7 місяців тому

      @@OGDuffy say what?

    • @KM-mv3qr
      @KM-mv3qr 5 місяців тому

      No blacks involved...do wrong.

    • @KM-mv3qr
      @KM-mv3qr 5 місяців тому

      It's unfair. Not enough representation.

    • @MCMikey69691
      @MCMikey69691 2 місяці тому

      @@KM-mv3qr Give your head a wobble.

  • @Smellthecoffee100
    @Smellthecoffee100 7 місяців тому

    Portrays London as white

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  7 місяців тому

      Older times

  • @Hackett1066
    @Hackett1066 Рік тому +2

    I skip the adverts now thanks to prerecorded programming 😂 now I find that I can spend hours on UA-cam watching stuff from my early years

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  Рік тому

      Oh yes the joys of revisiting our past 😉 Glad you enjoyed the old ads video matey 😉

    • @Hackett1066
      @Hackett1066 Рік тому

      @@OGDuffy I have it’s cheered me up they certainly take you back 👍

  • @lachlanmacarthur6123
    @lachlanmacarthur6123 6 місяців тому +2

    Certain generation of british men have a real thing for the oxo mum , just saying

    • @OGDuffy
      @OGDuffy  6 місяців тому

      😎

    • @AtheistOrphan
      @AtheistOrphan 5 місяців тому

      I preferred the Shake n Vac milf.

  • @amyclarke41
    @amyclarke41 2 місяці тому +2

    long ago ax