American reacts to 1990 Australian Ads [part 1]
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The guy in the Fosters advert is Bob Shearer and was an Australian professional golfer at this time. BTW no-one in Australia drinks Fosters.
yep only people overseas drink Fosters.. Where we Ship our Crap :P
They used to...drink fosters that is
Yeah yuk. Its what was sell the yanks to keep em away from our good beer
@@vivianhull3317the mexicans did, qld never even kneq about it till the castelmayne strike. Then thats all we could get until the end of the strike.
O yes they do!
Target started in Australia in the 1920's and is not affiliated with Target in the USA.
Although not affiliated, they do use near identical branding.
It wasn't called Target until 1973. Myer obtained the rights to the Target name and logo in the late 60s. You're right though, no affiliation with Target Corp of America.
I remember Cole’s with hair dresser and lunch time cafeteria
Nooooo… don’t try Fosters! There’s a reason why we export it and it’s not readily available locally.
He's not kidding. Australians don't drink it. We did, a very long time ago. We don't now.
"Fosters: Not Even Fit For The S-Bend."
Extremely popular in the 90s. The version you get now tastes entirely different I had it in the States. Once we stopped brewing it - it got bad.
@@dougcox3990we dont even export it. Its made in England 🇬🇧
I work in a pub, and we don't even sell it 😂
Just to reinforce, No Fosters Ryan. We collectively, don't drink it.
Robert Alan Shearer OAM (25 May 1948 - 9 January 2022) was an Australian professional golfer and golf course architect.
The 80's was the party. The 90's was waking up with a hangover and a big mess. The 2000's is the bill for the damages.
And now we're trying D.I.Y to fix the f**k ups...
😢😂
The 90s hit me with a Samboy chip. Hit me. Hit me...
Then I needed a Big M because when the river runs dry we will return to the scene of the crime.
@@musicalneptunian
Extreme salt and vinegar 😋👍🏼
Ryan's shock that we have K-Mart and Target reminds me of when I saw a Maccas in an American movie as a kid and it just blew my mind. 😂
i was in my 20's in the 90's it was wild, and yes we partied like there was no millennium and no phone cameras! so no need to worry about internet pics, polaroids were fantastic
So glad for no camera phones back in the day...
No incriminating photos out there. 🎉💪🏼😁
Only memories... 🤔😉
Lol. Me too 😁
Me too, good times 😂🍺
70s, 80s were the best of times
Same!
Everybody hates Fosters beer, unless you like the taste of piss.
My stepfather use to drink Foster's Lager it in the early 80's, then he tasted VB and never turned back. Lol
Quite sweet piss think that’s why Americans like it
VB is the Fosters of today 😂
@@dylanking1895VB is Australia's number 1 selling beer .
@@macman1469 yeah, no doubt mate, I meant the tastes like piss part of it
You need to watch 90’s Australian beer adds.
Best way to see the true Australian culture and a good laugh.
I always thought that "S" that the boys drew was for Stussy (surfwear)
Yes. That was my 90’s school days memory. A very popular brand at the time.
The travel ads are to say , Why go over seas when you have an awesome country of your own to see
You want to do 1970s ads for the really crazy stuff.
70's Oz was the shit...I miss the 70's sssoooo much, n Ryan, not everything here comes from the US lovey dear xxx
Back then $1 AU was worth $2 US, now $1 AU is worth $0.68 US. A low $ is good for exporting and a high $ is good for importing.
Bomaderry
You are very confused, in 1992, 1 AUD was worth 73c USD, by the end of the nineties 1 AUD was worth 65c USD and now it’s 66c USD. The only time it has reached parity was in 2011/12. 1 AUD has never been worth 2 USD.
Roseanne was a US TV show in the era when gritty 'real' family life was a novelty on the screen. It was compelling viewing at the time and hugely popular.
Hard to believe now but Simpsons was part of that too.
The 'S' all the teenage boys draw all over their stuff was/is a world wide phenomena, not just the US, kids did it here too
People do it because 100 monkey effect
The S is from the Stussy brand. Not Suzuki. And not just boys. My high school books are full of them 🤣
I didn't realise that the S was a gendered issue now.
Me (f) and my female friends were drawing the S 30 years ago 😆
It was the universal “S”
The add with the comets is when Haley's comet went past earth
The guy in the Foster's ad is Bob Shearer, a former successful Australian professional golfer.
Don't think many people drink Foster's here in Australia these days.
She-devil was an American movie
Remake of a British one
Used to borrow it on video all the time
He's the one who started using the "broomstick" putter
Australian TV was risqué long before the 90s. We had a TV series in the early 70s called Number 96, set in a block of flats, that could still not be shown on US prime time TV today.
I remember seeing old clips of no.96 very naughty lol. I’m not 100% sure about this but I think it was the first time showing a topless female in a scene. Hahaha and I just remembered Alvin purple, don’t know which came first but I think Aussies took a lot of the humour and risqué ishness from British tv shows which I remember were on all the time
@@Danielle-vs-thedead and both male and female full body nudes from behind. There was a range of characters not seen in tv shows before a prostitute, a gay couple, a couple who called each other Mummy and Daddy, a peeping Tom, a snowdropper. And there was rape, abortion, drugs, and goodness knows what else. Carlotta was in the show playing a transgender character.
Yes we still have Target. I have one in my local shopping centre.
Target Australia and Kmart Australia are not associated with the American entities. They are separate companies who just have the same names and logos. Both companies started many years ago before copyright was pushed so hard.
The rights to the names and logos were obtained in the 1960s. There's no copyright infringement 😂
70’s 80’s and 90’s lived through it all, Target was around in the late 70’s
Ah yes the "cool s", we've been drawing it in Australia for decades also.
Hey Wazza, don't worry about the 12.5 % math, you haven't conquered English yet " i should have paid better close attention"🤣
Is that necessary? Round it to 10% that's close enough, they'll sort it all out at the register anyway, with no sales tax! 👍
@@jenniferharrison8915 Also, before GST was introduced!
@@sigmaoctantis1892 Of course, I hadn't considered that, real bargains then! 😄
I think it's because it's half of 25% and Target didn't feel particularly generous that year.
Australia. An exclusive club, where everything is an inside joke. 🤣
Oh yes!😂
I had a Google and I think he's Bob Shearer. He won 20 tournaments in Australia and New Zealand and secured the Order of Merit four times.
Yep we have Kmart 24 hours stores and Target which some people pronounce Tarjay as if it's french.
... to sound
"fancy" 👸🏽👰🏼♀️👰💃💃
@@mika72.-Bois my snob aunty always called it Tarjay. I only call it that if I am taking the mickey.
I have a Kmart near me open 24/7
There are currently 124 Target department stores located throughout Australia that stock the full range of Target's products. Peace out.
Imagine that travel ads aren't that common any more because everyone books their own travel - agents are just not a thing (except for corporate travel)
1990's lol, we had ladies fuffly bits and beans & franks on TV in the mid 70's ...... Number 96 and The Box, 2 Australian TV shows and the government owened TV station SBS would show what could be called Euro softcore porn late at night
Who could ever forget Abigail it was so WOKE, it solved LGBTQI and multi culture issues before we even knew what they were a thing. What a good time to be Australian our tv and film industries didn’t seem to give a flying fu*k.
@@petrichor3947 lol, it's Abigail's fluffy bits I'm talking about, I'm 62 now and I still remember it like it was yesterday, my first view of fluffy bits.
12½% is one eighth, a nice, round fraction. Makes as much sense as 25% off, but doesn't cost the company as much.
Now here's a question for you: why are/were prices on the US commodities exchanges bid in eighths of a dollar, and why is a US quarter called "two bits"?
If you like watching ads , try a theme. Beer ads, gambling ads, public service announcement ads.
I think it’s because we tend to travel overseas more than we do,our own country. Still do.
I just saw "Mr Sullivan" in a paint commercial! 😂iykyk!
Now work out what that means, Ry!
Paul Cronin was a great Aussie actor!
10.53 I didn’t see Alice to Nowhere, but John Waters was a BIG star in Oz at the time. It didn’t matter who else was in the show, people would watch it.
I'm going to see him on stage again soon! Loved him when I was a teenager, my first crush 😅 and watched him on playschool when I was a kid.
Ooh, me too! “Rush”!
“The Woman in Black”? Looks good.
Despite the same name and very similar logo, the Australian Target is not the same company as the American Target, the Aussie one sells homewares, clothing, cosmetics, electronics and books
Our Target is more posh because we refer to it as "Tarz-yay" rather than "Tar-get" lol It makes it sound a little more upmarket
The logo is from Suzuki motorbikes and trailbikes
Roseanne Barr had her own show in the US and aired here too - called 'Roseanne'. Very popular at the time.
That was a movie ad, not an Aussie TV ad. You didn’t even notice the American accent! LOL!
The calendar may have ticked over to the 90s, but these ads have a late 80s aesthetic
Hey Ryan - not sure if you've seen it - but you should check out the Australian tv series from the 90's called "Round the Twist" - growing up as an Australian kid in the 90's - was so oddball haha.
Why the wow ? Name recognition of the world class golfer he's just bought a beer for.
She Devil was a movie with Meryl Street and Roseanne Barr. You didn't recognise Meryl from 1989
This 66 year old loves watching you and I have grandchildren born in the 90s. And yes, we have Target. Love Target. Bob Shearer was a very famous professional golfer, and was awarded an Order of Australia Medal (OAM), he died at 73 two years ago.
Don't overthink 12.5 percent off.. all you need to know is that it's better than 12 percent off 🍻
Well the opposition was doing 10% and this was their "Ill raise ya 2%" reaction.
i dont remember any of these ads as anything worth reliving 20-something years later
Fosters lager is a formerly Australian beer that got to be hip in London UK in the early Seventies, because of a satirical comic strip called _The Adventures of Barry Mackenzie_ The Poms thought it was popular in Australia because of an advertising campaign, and licensed the brand in 1981, Now it belongs to a Japanese company, and is brewed under license in New Zealand by Lion, in Europe and Latin America by Heineken, and in the USA and Canada by Molson Coors.
Try it if you want, but don't expect Australians to be interested when you do. It's a nondescript lager that was never popular here.
I graduated high school in 1996. Good times😊
Young Australians dont realise that we used to drink fosters in Australia
Yup. When it was exported to America its recipe changed and that was that. VB took over as the National beer.
Let's do some math. 6 people in a small factory making 15 ensemble in a day on 22 dollars an hour
The guy in the fosters add was a famous golfer …
i can't be the only person that thought the dudes in the fosters add were about to join the mike high club!
Came from the intro to part 2. I didn’t realise I’d missed one. 0:38 90’s? Ooh sh*t’s about to get weird 🍿😂 5:00 The Fosters guys are flirting, at least the one guy is flirting & the straight man hasn’t realised. We’re so far away from everyone else on the planet so we have to entertain ourselves on holidays. What do you want us to do? Go to New Zealand?!
I haven't watched She Devil since 1990, lol
Stop making us feel old with that opening statement Ryan lol 😅😅
One Aussie dollar in 1995 had the same purchasing power as $2.06 in 2023 (last year calculation is available)
Kylie Minogue. Love our Aussies 😊
I was alive in the 1990s and it was the best decade for cars and we had a Suzuki Cino Swift it was a four door hatchback fwd with a 1.3 litre carburatored engine and it is the most fun car l have driven and handled like it was on rails but so much fun to drive you didn't have to slow down for corners
A Target store opened in my home town in Victoria in the 1960s
We don't use fractions, it's all decimal. We will say half full and quarter full etc. I remember my childhood, many many many years ago (Yes I am old), that a pound was a half a kilogram, but it is easier to say 500 grams, you don't even say grams usually, just I'll have 200 of bacon ! 🙃
It's all relative, mate! When you were reacting to the 1981 videos, I remembered most of them from when I was a kid and thought, "OMG, Ryan wasn't even alive in 1981 " 😅 And yes, we still have Target, but it's Australian-owned. P.S. Roseanne Barr is American. She had a successful self-titled sitcom in the 90s but fell from grace, has mental health issues and is a MAGAT. I'm surprised you haven't heard of her.
The S was made slightly different to the suzuki S.
But we all did it here too.
Gold coast 🇦🇺
12.5% sounds better than 1/8 off, and yes we have Target, K-Mart, and Big W. K-mart and Target are both operated by Westfarmers and many Target stores are actually becoming K-mart
Wesfarmers, no t .😊
@@gusdrivinginaustralia6168 My bad, typo, lol, I am starting to really feel like I am getting old now with this type of error, lol
Yes we have target but a lot of them like my local is now a Kmart
Hamilton Island is still a popular holiday destination with accomodation for all price ranges.
I went there during this time and the guy with the little motorised cart thingy played Jimmy Buffett loudly and sold ice cream 😂 It wasn't cheap though or at least where I was but it was gorgeous .
2:23 who knows. The 90s were wild
Yes we have both Kmart and Target. Have had for as long as I can remember. 😊
We have had Target & Kmart since the late 60s
Risqué? She's facing away from the camera, so you see some bare... back? What?
Oh, right. I keep forgetting that the US was settled by people who felt that 17th century England wasn't prudish enough for their tastes.
Also, nobody here drinks Fosters. I can't recall ever seeing it for sale.
12.5% is 1/8. Target and KMart in Australia are owned by the company Wesfarmers. They recently also owned Coles but decided to separate it off (as it was years ago before they purchased it).
Oh just saw later you knew the 1/8 thing.
Being honest 90s Aussie TV was a bit tame compared to the 70s . Number 96 and The Box changed everything. It was off with the gloves and everything else .
Depending on manufacturer the average double bed mattress would be about $300
5.00. The guy’s look is a “What? BOB Shearer? I’m boasting about my golf to BOB SHEARER?”
Now, I’m not a golfer so, without having seen the explaining comment, I would have been as bemused as you, although I may have known of him back then. I think I’d have guessed he must be a pro, though.
I could name maybe Aussie 4 golfers now. Probably not even all playing these days.
5.20. I’ve always said you’re a clever young man.
Just a quick note Kmart Australia separated from US Kmart in the 1980's.
A one-day Target sale, good luck grabbing anything first! No idea who that is, I don't drink beer! Merryl Steep, look out for the Dingos! Water Beds? Alice Springs to Nowhere that makes sense, John Waters was a great actor! I've been to the Sheraton Mirage! A sleeping bag couch, no thanks! Agh Hamilton Island, very expensive now! Cheers Ryan! 🙋
You want a really good Australian ad from the 80's look at New Zealand insurance where's the cockatoo in it it's one of my favourite ads of all time
Target is an Australian company that started in my city of Geelong, Victoria, Australia way back in 1926 😀Craig
Suzuki motorcycles logo as well
Target used to have a one day sale for 15% off the whole store. The thing is when they did a catalogue sale it was a 20% reduction on items.
A number of points:
1: target and Kmart have no connection to the USA brands it was purely opportunistic branding by west farmers the owners Coles, target, Kmart
2: in the 90’s the Aussie dollar was worth more than the USD
3: you cause me to scream at you constantly when you convert our dollar to 50% of the USD now, it is more like 70%
Apart from you lack of Aussie knowledge I enjoy your presentations
4. 12 1/2% discount was common as it is half 25% off. AU then followed USA style discounting and went for round numbers 50, 20 and 10%
OMG I know right! He seems like a good bloke but I scream at the telly too. It’s not his fault though. Imagine if our country had educated us like the American edu system. Thank god our curriculum was more or less like a British education system with some diversions towards more Australian things like swimming and lifesaving courses and our geographic location leant towards learning about asian countries and beyond. By the time my daughter started school the system had been jiggled about and I wasn’t too impressed but at least we keep trying to improve it not like the American education system. I saw a show interviewing college graduates and they couldn’t even tell the guy what countries border America or how many states they have. Shudder to think
The prices, i.e., $19.95, is all about staying below tax brackets. For example if you had something for $20.00 the retailer would pay a higher tax.
There is no debate as Australians don't really drink Fosters, it was cat piss in a can sold to overseas markets.
It's funny watching Ryan try to think. I know it's painful for most americans. Good on him for trying. Lol
Ryan, don't make me send an AC/DC T-Shirt that actually says "AD/DH". ;)
It should be in the Australian Citizen test that if you don't hate Fosters, and don't dumb 5hi+ on the brand, you can never be an Aussie. 🤣
Another series of TV adverts where Ryan is completely clueless.
He's not the sharpest tool in the shed.
Ryan's not the sharpest tool in the box. Or he's 2 tiles short of a roof
How rude
@@davidmalarkey1302you are rude
@@imagik2446you are rude
Hey Ryan, air mattresses are the most inflated, lol
Target started in Australia in 1068
Goddamn, that's older than Beretta, and they started in the 1500's!
The Aussie dollar was worth around $ 1.2 to the us $1 in the early 90s
Hi Sweetie,
You should also check out the South Australian road safety commercials, they telling how it is.😂
So the “S” isn’t meant to be Suzuki. But just a universal graffiti S. Been around since the 70’s and kids are still doing it in school today
There is NO debate between Fosters and VB. No one drinks Fosters here. It was popular in the '70's, but not anymore.
Target & Kmart here isn't exactly like yours. They're both mainly clothes, shoes, kitchen/laundry,/bathroom/bedding/makeup/pet/party gear sections.... But we don't have groceries etc like Americans do.
She Devil is an American movie.... Nothing to do with Australia.
They're not dirty mattresses..... That's the pattern! Yes mattresses have inflated that much because now they ain't cheap at all.
I made a video doing a cool trick on my euc and all the Americans were just like "you have K mart?"
Target and Kmart in Australia have/had zero affiliation to the US Target and Kmart, even though their logos are pretty much the same.
Australians don't drink Foster's any more. Shearer is a professional golf player. A successful, good one!
We still have Target and Kmart but my husbands and my Target is BigW.