SAME AS ME.... MARATHON and not sniggers, OPRAL FRUITS and not Starburst , think they changed the DIME bar to daime 🤔 JIFF and not ciff ULAY and not olay and IMMAC and whatever its called now so changing it for the Americans sayings or foreign who can't pronounce it so it is what it is simples 🙄😬😡😤🤬...😏🤗
I’m exactly the same too! Snickers?! What sort of name is that?! It’s Marathon and always will be Marathon! Same goes for Opal Fruits - not Starburst! I love and remember the slogan too “ Opal Fruits, made to make your mouth water”.
I went into somewhere hot and sweaty a few months ago, the staff member who knew me, asked if I'd just run a marathon. I replied no, but I've eaten a few.
@@debbierichens3910 The original name of the American bar was actually Snickers. When it was released in the UK it was changed to Marathon. It just reverted back to its original name...
Back then a sweet shop smelt like a sweet shop...I loved that smell. A bakers smelt like a bakers....wish I could have bottled that smell honestly. I miss the Mallow Eggs, Texan Bars ....& Bird's Eye Lovely mousses...they were amazing.👍👍👍 Does anyone else remember them?
Harry Enfield doing the Patrick Moore impression for the Smarties advert. But his Dime ads were the classics, *especially* the armadillos one. To this day I still occasionally find myself saying, "Oi prefer armadillos. Smooth on the inside, crunchy on the outside. Armadillos!" I wish I could pretend it was ever even prompted by anything... 🤣
Some wagon wheels happens to fall in my shopping basket recently.While scoffing one with my brew, I mentioned to my wife that I am sure they had got a lot smaller than when I was a lad. She said ‘no, your gob has just got bigger! ‘ 🤣enjoying the videos Steve, cheers!
Oh, the Flake adverts! I remember the joke Flake advert we sang in school - "Only the crumbliest, flakiest Y-fronts, taste like Y-fronts never tasted before"! Once sung, never forgotten!
@6:41 "Wagon Wheels are still as big and wholesome as ever". They were having to state they were just as big back in the gold wrapper days. As for calling them "as wholesome as ever", I guess it's not lying. Adding "as ever" could be taken to mean, they were never wholesome.
A *very* nice selection here. I remember the Cadbury's Creme Eggs ads - voiced / sung by Frank Muir - this one was from 1981/2. The same ad also features 'Diddy' David Hamilton. Keith 'Cheggers' Chegwin in the Marathon ad (now called Snickers for many years) - used to love these. Milky Way (Red Car, Blue Car) ad is called 'American Excess' and is from 1990. That's the very first Yorkie ad which is a 'classic' ('Coast to Coast') from 1976 - the year all the trucking started and we had hits like 'Convoy'. A superb advert with actor Martin Fisk - the music was written by library man Graham De Wilde who produced a commercial version (vocal and instrumental) released under the name of 'Cirrus' - it only spent a week in the charts at No.68! Wagon Wheels aired in 1979/80 - Nobody has the Wagon Wheels ad from the 70s with Don Collier - yet it used to be on all the time. That Flake ad ('Hotel' - 1987/8) is monster! The music was by ace jingle-writer Ronnie Bond who sadly died some years ago. A commercial version was also released from this series of ads by Graham Stokes and called 'Only The Love' (1990). again a vocal and instrumental. Sadly, it never charted. The actress here is Deborah Leng (check her out!) and the full ad and jingle - shown in cinema ran for a full 60 seconds. You don't get much better than the Flake ads. Dime was 1988/9 - I love those Fry's Chocolate Creme when the centre was runny - do you remember 'Five Centres'? They ended many year ago sadly after changing from liquid centres to fondant. That Dairy Milk ad (A Glass and a Half) is an early one from 1980. Penguin commercial was from 1979/80 and the voiceover was by Derek Nimmo. I found both versions of Treets irresistible.
I vividly remember Texans. Very firm and chewy, but tasted lovely. They were hard work. Used to get one in my selection packs every Christmas as a kid. It was the bar I always used to leave 'til last. 🤣
Creme Eggs- back in the days when they were nearly twice the size they are now, were made using dairy milk chocolate and they were fully filled with gooey, drippy fondant, not the dry smidgen you get now!
Yup - Salt and Shake. You can still get them now, though nowadays they're branded Walkers instead of Smiths. As a kid I loved the novelty of them, as an adult I find myself thinking, "why am I doing this work for them?" Especially when you end up with one third over-salted crisps, and two-thirds that no salt seemed to stick to at all 😄
There's a very similar product in the US to a Wagon Wheel. They're called "Moon Pies". They come in banana, chocolate covered, or, I think, vanilla flavored now. The commercial makes the Wagon Wheel look much moister than a Moon Pie, though.
I heard of a Moon Pie from watching The Green Mile, where one of the prisoners spits one out into a guard's face. Wagon Wheels are biscuit and marshmallow, covered in chocolate. They only do that one variety. Nice, though. I like the sound of those Moon Pie flavours!
@@RetroSteveUK - Good thinking Steve but not quite the same as the Mallow Eggs had quite a bit of toffee in them which gave them a firmer texture than the tea cakes. When it comes to Tunnock’s I’m a Caramel Wafers man!
My personal favourite was during my childhood was Rainbow 🌈 Drops coloured flavoured rice Drops which I recall was made by Swizzles Matlow in Derbyshire but I also remember another sweet called Rainbow Drops chocolate buttons with hundreds and thousands on them 😉
The chocolate drops are called jazzies and the white ones are snowies nowadays but can’t remember what I used to call them. I love the puffed rice ones, not had them in ages. Always wondered what it’d be like having them with milk like cereal.
Why has the lorry driver in that Yorkie ad been labelled ‘creepy’? Despite a fondness for a chocolate bar likely to break all his teeth he seems pretty normal really!
A young cheggers in the Marathon extra advert lol..and loved the Cadbury Roses ad too..they didn't actually sing the song but it had the classic tune so.....🎶🎶Thank you very much for making these videos🎵🎵 thank you very much thank you very very very much!👌
@@RetroSteveUK It's the second time this week that I've spotted him. I was looking at the cover of a 1980s computer game called 'Barbarian - The Ultimate Warrior', and he was the sword wielding barbarian. At least he was on the cassette sleeve.
I miss Ice Breaker bars and Mint Cracknel the most. Usually ended up with a cut tongue from Mint Cracknel though becausee the green stuff inside was razor sharp!.
Definitely! If you love Mint Cracknell you can get merchandise these days with the branding on it. A Google Shopping search brings up stuff like fridge magnets and such.
@@andreaelliott7117 People also ask What was the ice breaker chocolate?  Ice Breaker It was a dark chocolate bar created by Cadbury with mint pieces in it. Amazing.
Snickers voiceover by Stephen Fry. OpalFruits became Starburst, just like Marathon became Snickers. Because it was too much bother for a multibillion-dollar American company like M&M Mars to have separate brand-names for England. 🙄
These days, they let the brands bought by American companies keep the names, when it's legal and not a copyright issue, but they share the same appearance and logo shape and colors.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 the flake advert is so fãkke, ain’t nobody looking s£xy eating it, the flakes go everywhere!!! The only s£xy thing about eating flake is trying to pick up the flakes in between the cl£avage 😏🙃🙃
They are Marathons. I remember as a child really wanting a Yorkie "Easter Egg" because the bar came in cool cardboard wrapping like a truck. But I only ever got Chocolate Buttons! 🙄
Yes it was him! He did a few adverts for various companies including another for Cadbury's mini eggs with a version of Mr Slater's Parrot re-title Mr Cadbury's Parrot, and an ad for Ruddles beer which he actually appeared in.
When did the name change from marathon to snickers. We always had snickers in the states and we also had a marathon bar that was 8 inches of braided caramel covered in milk chocolate.
The other commenter is right. The UK and Ireland had the name changed to Snickers in 1990. I still wish the US would allow other Cadbury products directly in the US, but I doubt they ever will now.
"Braided caramel covered in milk chocolate" - fantastically poetic and romantic 💖 👏👏 I'm trying to imagine Terry Scott saying it, but it's just not working!
Interesting compilation. Plenty of Marathon adverts. Very dated hairstyles and sung jingles. "Comes up peanuts, slice after slice." Hmm, right....did anyone actually slice Marathon bars? I don't get it! That Roses advert I remembered the music as soon as I heard it, even thought the last time I heard it was 30+ years ago. My mind is weird like that! I remembered the words to the Milky Way advert with the red and blue cars. I loved the Yorkie ad with the masculine lorry driver ogling women and chomping on his "milk chocolate brick." loooool! Absolutely hated Wagon Wheels as well as the naff adverts for them. Remember the phallic Flake advert with that lizard on the telephone! I remember the Pepperami ad too. "It's the meaty snack that drives you barmy," erm no it isn't, it just makes you throw up with that vile stench emanating from the packet! Hated Dime bars. Might as well have tried eating a kitchen tile. Asfor the Clorets ad, Hale & Pace were about as funny as genital herpes. I remember that Monster Munch advert. I used to love Monster Munch, especially the roast beef / pickled onion flavours. I bet they've made the packets ridiculously small now. Never heard of "Treets," but they look boring. Way before my time!
I remember in the late 80s watching 'That's Life' with Esther Rantzen about how someone wrote in complaining how the chocolate on Mars Bars was getting thinner so 'shrinkflation' as it's now known isn't new.
I always found it funny that it was only called a "Marathon" bar in the UK and Ireland. Every other market calls it Snickers from the start. Did the UK ever get the other flavors of Snickers?
No other flavours. I'm going to presume the marketing people thought Marathon in the UK would make it sound like it lasts a long time. The London Marathon is a massive yearly event here.
I still call them Marathons, and always will!
SAME AS ME.... MARATHON and not sniggers, OPRAL FRUITS and not Starburst , think they changed the DIME bar to daime 🤔 JIFF and not ciff ULAY and not olay and IMMAC and whatever its called now so changing it for the Americans sayings or foreign who can't pronounce it so it is what it is simples 🙄😬😡😤🤬...😏🤗
I’m exactly the same too! Snickers?! What sort of name is that?! It’s Marathon and always will be Marathon! Same goes for Opal Fruits - not Starburst! I love and remember the slogan too “ Opal Fruits, made to make your mouth water”.
I went into somewhere hot and sweaty a few months ago, the staff member who knew me, asked if I'd just run a marathon. I replied no, but I've eaten a few.
Ha ha, me too!
@@debbierichens3910 The original name of the American bar was actually Snickers. When it was released in the UK it was changed to Marathon. It just reverted back to its original name...
Can't beat nostalgic sweet adverts
This took right back to my childhood. I remember every single confectionary and every advert shown, I think I watched too much TV 😃
Likewise. 👍
When the sweets and chocolates had the right names!!! And the right sizes!!!
As always excellent upload young man 🤘
Thanks! And yes, you're right about the sizes. 🙄
And had the right taste.
@@mgthestrange9098 yeah totally agree 💯👌
So true, yea have to buy the kingsize now
Memories of happier days ❤️
the texan bar was brilliant it came back for a while but was never the same as it always happens
I’m old enough to remember nearly everyone of these adverts ,oh take me back to the good old days of being a kid, thanks for sharing this.👍🏻
Back then a sweet shop smelt like a sweet shop...I loved that smell.
A bakers smelt like a bakers....wish I could have bottled that smell honestly.
I miss the Mallow Eggs, Texan Bars ....& Bird's Eye Lovely mousses...they were amazing.👍👍👍
Does anyone else remember them?
Ohhh I so wish I could go back to that time and never leave.
Thanks for bringing back these memories of better times.
Harry Enfield doing the Patrick Moore impression for the Smarties advert. But his Dime ads were the classics, *especially* the armadillos one. To this day I still occasionally find myself saying, "Oi prefer armadillos. Smooth on the inside, crunchy on the outside. Armadillos!" I wish I could pretend it was ever even prompted by anything... 🤣
That bloke's a nutter!
@@RetroSteveUK Oi, nutter!
Some wagon wheels happens to fall in my shopping basket recently.While scoffing one with my brew, I mentioned to my wife that I am sure they had got a lot smaller than when I was a lad. She said ‘no, your gob has just got bigger! ‘ 🤣enjoying the videos Steve, cheers!
I could watch these all day, happy times 😁
There was a Marathon bar here in the states around the mid 70s, but it was basically a Cadbury Curly-Wurly.
More trips down memory lane and reading the comments ,where people add bits of information just makes it all the better 😊
Thanks for watching, Mick. 👍
Dime bars were like eating chocolate covered glass.
Ah that would have been Cadbury’s Icebreaker.
🤣🤣
Mint cracknel.
There was a 2nd Treets variety in a blue bag. These had caramel between the nut and the chocolate layer and were bloody fantastic.
They do sound good.
They were nice, but the introduction of American M&M's was the death of them, a bit like the introduction of the American grey squirrel !
Who else used to take a Wagon Wheel or Taxi or Blue Riband or Breakaway to school for morning break?
I can remember most of these adverts, interesting seeing them again
Oh, the Flake adverts! I remember the joke Flake advert we sang in school - "Only the crumbliest, flakiest Y-fronts, taste like Y-fronts never tasted before"! Once sung, never forgotten!
Eww! 🤣
Ha ! The Texan Bar ! Now those I'd forgotten about,brilliant
Tasted lovely but hell on the teeth, as I remember. 🤪
5p from all good confectioners! 👍
Jeez that Texan bar ad really took me right back
I only ever remember eating a Texan bar at Christmas, when they were included in selection packs.
@@RetroSteveUK our corner shop had them but when we moved to a different area I never saw them again
Strangely enough, Texan bars were never sold in the US at all.
Just imagine all the complaints there would be if that flake advert was shown. What a bloody country!
I love the way the chocolate bars are held to make them look bigger. 😆
I remember the Extra Strong Mints one as a kid and have only realised now after seeing it again after all this time that that's Stephen Fry. lol
@6:41 "Wagon Wheels are still as big and wholesome as ever". They were having to state they were just as big back in the gold wrapper days. As for calling them "as wholesome as ever", I guess it's not lying. Adding "as ever" could be taken to mean, they were never wholesome.
Remember just about all of these! Creme eggs are somewhat blaaaagh though! Too sweet.
Came out for Easter then disappeared til the following year.
Creme Eggs: the most revolting sweet ever.
Definitely changed over the years.
I hate creme eggs
Texan bars lol loved em 😋
Always Happy memories on this channel 🤘
A *very* nice selection here.
I remember the Cadbury's Creme Eggs ads - voiced / sung by Frank Muir - this one was from 1981/2. The same ad also features 'Diddy' David Hamilton.
Keith 'Cheggers' Chegwin in the Marathon ad (now called Snickers for many years) - used to love these.
Milky Way (Red Car, Blue Car) ad is called 'American Excess' and is from 1990.
That's the very first Yorkie ad which is a 'classic' ('Coast to Coast') from 1976 - the year all the trucking started and we had hits like 'Convoy'. A superb advert with actor Martin Fisk - the music was written by library man Graham De Wilde who produced a commercial version (vocal and instrumental) released under the name of 'Cirrus' - it only spent a week in the charts at No.68!
Wagon Wheels aired in 1979/80 - Nobody has the Wagon Wheels ad from the 70s with Don Collier - yet it used to be on all the time.
That Flake ad ('Hotel' - 1987/8) is monster! The music was by ace jingle-writer Ronnie Bond who sadly died some years ago. A commercial version was also released from this series of ads by Graham Stokes and called 'Only The Love' (1990). again a vocal and instrumental. Sadly, it never charted. The actress here is Deborah Leng (check her out!) and the full ad and jingle - shown in cinema ran for a full 60 seconds. You don't get much better than the Flake ads.
Dime was 1988/9 - I love those Fry's Chocolate Creme when the centre was runny - do you remember 'Five Centres'? They ended many year ago sadly after changing from liquid centres to fondant.
That Dairy Milk ad (A Glass and a Half) is an early one from 1980.
Penguin commercial was from 1979/80 and the voiceover was by Derek Nimmo.
I found both versions of Treets irresistible.
As always, a fount of rare knowledge - nice one!
Texan's were an amazing chocy bar, nobody seems to remember them 😂 so great to see the old add thank you brother 😃😋😋😋
I vividly remember Texans. Very firm and chewy, but tasted lovely. They were hard work. Used to get one in my selection packs every Christmas as a kid. It was the bar I always used to leave 'til last. 🤣
Keith Chegwin in the Marathon advert.
Creme Eggs- back in the days when they were nearly twice the size they are now, were made using dairy milk chocolate and they were fully filled with gooey, drippy fondant, not the dry smidgen you get now!
They're definitely drier inside now.
Useless trivia: The woman in the Flake ad was Queen drummer Roger Taylor’s model girlfriend, who dumped him for two-timing her.
Who remembers Cabana Bars, coconut and cherry.
They were lovely. I have a Cabana advert saved up for a future compilation.
yes, it's Marathon and Opal Fruits, not bloody Snickers and Starburst
Who remembers smiths crisps with the little blue salt bags?
Yup - Salt and Shake. You can still get them now, though nowadays they're branded Walkers instead of Smiths. As a kid I loved the novelty of them, as an adult I find myself thinking, "why am I doing this work for them?" Especially when you end up with one third over-salted crisps, and two-thirds that no salt seemed to stick to at all 😄
Flake - one in an ice cream cone off the ice cream van = a 99!
There's a very similar product in the US to a Wagon Wheel. They're called "Moon Pies". They come in banana, chocolate covered, or, I think, vanilla flavored now. The commercial makes the Wagon Wheel look much moister than a Moon Pie, though.
I heard of a Moon Pie from watching The Green Mile, where one of the prisoners spits one out into a guard's face.
Wagon Wheels are biscuit and marshmallow, covered in chocolate. They only do that one variety. Nice, though. I like the sound of those Moon Pie flavours!
,Au contraire Steve, you get jammie with jam between the mallows. You also get orange, the sane but with orange jelly.
Keith chegwin marathon I feel old ,those were the days sweets tasted nice
I’ve never liked Cadbury’s Cream eggs, finding them too sickly. As a kid in the seventies I preferred a thing called a Mallow egg.
Vaguely remember that. That's something I'd definitely go for now.
@@RetroSteveUK - My nostalgic curiosity was piqued, so I googled them. Called ‘Toffee & Mallow eggs’, they were made by Mackintosh’s.
Thinking about it, those Tunnocks Tea Cakes with the marshmallow fluff filling might be similar to Mallow Eggs.
@@RetroSteveUK - Good thinking Steve but not quite the same as the Mallow Eggs had quite a bit of toffee in them which gave them a firmer texture than the tea cakes. When it comes to Tunnock’s I’m a Caramel Wafers man!
I wish I didn’t like Cadbury’s Crème eggs! Unfortunately I could easily eat at least three…but try not to(!)
🎵Thank you very much for uploading this, thank you very much, thank you very very much!🎵 Really enjoyed this!
You're very very very very welcome! 🎶
Wagon wheels now should be called mini wheels
Small Choc bars used to be called fun size. Now the full size bars are not far off the fun sized. Where's the fun in that? 😒😂
@@RetroSteveUK very true!
Before Dime bars were available, we had the same chocolate bar - only it was called Buttersnap! I remember it well, with its buttery taste.
Sounds lush!
Treets were so good
I always hit the ''LIKE'' button, to know I've been here.
Nice! 👍
Harry Enfield for Dime.
Hale & Pace for Clorets.
Stephen Fry as Claude, for Extra Strong Mints.
..Cheggers marathon ad
I used to love Clorets. Shame they were discontinued here as you can still get them in NA.
Pickled onion monster munch the memory makes my tongue tingle 😅😅😅😅😅 Paula x
I once ate three packets in a row. Wrecked my tongue!
The only Marathon i ever finished ..or started
Memories 🥲
My personal favourite was during my childhood was Rainbow 🌈 Drops coloured flavoured rice Drops which I recall was made by Swizzles Matlow in Derbyshire but I also remember another sweet called Rainbow Drops chocolate buttons with hundreds and thousands on them 😉
Yeah, I'd forgotten those. Rainbow Drops were lush
@Marc Carran yes I remember them also If I recall correctly they were in milk and white chocolate too
I used to get those at the pictures. That or a bag of pink and white sugar coated popcorn. Anyone remember those?
The chocolate drops are called jazzies and the white ones are snowies nowadays but can’t remember what I used to call them. I love the puffed rice ones, not had them in ages. Always wondered what it’d be like having them with milk like cereal.
A time when chocolate bars were getting bigger ..
Perish the thought these days
I also had the misfortune of getting a peanut stuck in my ear when I was a small boy.The doctor poured in some melted chocolate…..it came out a Treet😬
Groan! 🤣
Why has the lorry driver in that Yorkie ad been labelled ‘creepy’? Despite a fondness for a chocolate bar likely to break all his teeth he seems pretty normal really!
Something to do with the way he's leering at the woman. A bit uncomfortable to watch.
Sweets were nicer years ago
A young cheggers in the Marathon extra advert lol..and loved the Cadbury Roses ad too..they didn't actually sing the song but it had the classic tune so.....🎶🎶Thank you very much for making these videos🎵🎵 thank you very much thank you very very very much!👌
@8:48 I think that muscleman is Michael Van Wijk, before he became better known as Wolf on Gladiators.
I think you're right! Well spotted!
@@RetroSteveUK It's the second time this week that I've spotted him. I was looking at the cover of a 1980s computer game called 'Barbarian - The Ultimate Warrior', and he was the sword wielding barbarian. At least he was on the cassette sleeve.
Good spot 👍
He also featured in the home gym sections of Argos catalogues 👍🏻
did anyone call opal fruits by their flavour, red ones were quality!
I always like the citrussy flavours best when it came to fruity sweets.
I miss Ice Breaker bars and Mint Cracknel the most.
Usually ended up with a cut tongue from Mint Cracknel though becausee the green stuff inside was razor sharp!.
Definitely! If you love Mint Cracknell you can get merchandise these days with the branding on it. A Google Shopping search brings up stuff like fridge magnets and such.
@@andreaelliott7117 People also ask
What was the ice breaker chocolate?

Ice Breaker
It was a dark chocolate bar created by Cadbury with mint pieces in it.
Amazing.
I think they should change the name back to opal fruits and bring back marathon bars
I saw an old Opal Fruits wrapper on the pavement the other day. I know Marathon was brought back briefly recently .. maybe Starburst did the same ??
Cheggers @ 1:43. Bless him.
Packed with nuts and so big you gotta grin to get it in. The 1980s.
😳🤭
Snickers voiceover by Stephen Fry.
OpalFruits became Starburst, just like Marathon became Snickers. Because it was too much bother for a multibillion-dollar American company like M&M Mars to have separate brand-names for England. 🙄
These days, they let the brands bought by American companies keep the names, when it's legal and not a copyright issue, but they share the same appearance and logo shape and colors.
Peanut Treets became peanut M&Ms
Does anyone remember Nicholas Lyndhurst (Rodney in Only Fools) in an advert for Curly Wurly ? Think he was about 11-12.
Rings a bell. I might have seen that one on one of those top 100 countdown TV shows.
One box of " Wagon Wheels " please...........
All the actors seem 'normal' compared to today's advertising.
Do you mean like, the people in the old ads are everyday common people rather than actors?
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 the flake advert is so fãkke, ain’t nobody looking s£xy eating it, the flakes go everywhere!!!
The only s£xy thing about eating flake is trying to pick up the flakes in between the cl£avage 😏🙃🙃
Facts
They are Marathons. I remember as a child really wanting a Yorkie "Easter Egg" because the bar came in cool cardboard wrapping like a truck. But I only ever got Chocolate Buttons! 🙄
The cardboard truck is a really fond memory for me. It was the one I got every year.
What gone wrong with the uk. Groan
Where do I start .. 🤣
Back then thick chocolate now it,s rubbish.
The Cadbury's Cream Egg ad at 2.05 is based on a Bonzo Dog Band song, but was that actually Vivian Stanshall doing the voice over?
It’s hard to tell but if it’s someone impersonating him, they’re doing a great job! The song is called The Intro Outro song.
Yes it was him! He did a few adverts for various companies including another for Cadbury's mini eggs with a version of Mr Slater's Parrot re-title Mr Cadbury's Parrot, and an ad for Ruddles beer which he actually appeared in.
We had Texan bars in Australia when I was a kid, do they still exist?
No .. long gone.
Open fruits have been renamed
Long ago. Starburst, right?
Cheggars in the Marathon advert!
When did the name change from marathon to snickers. We always had snickers in the states and we also had a marathon bar that was 8 inches of braided caramel covered in milk chocolate.
The other commenter is right. The UK and Ireland had the name changed to Snickers in 1990. I still wish the US would allow other Cadbury products directly in the US, but I doubt they ever will now.
"Braided caramel covered in milk chocolate" - fantastically poetic and romantic 💖 👏👏 I'm trying to imagine Terry Scott saying it, but it's just not working!
Apparently Texan bars were revived for while but have been discontinued again
I'd give 'em a shot if they made a comeback.
@@RetroSteveUK also Fruity Family bars!
Chocolate orange don’t taste as nice 1990
The guy on the Texan advert basically bottled it and ran off.
Haha! Yep. I had a similar thought.
Interesting compilation. Plenty of Marathon adverts. Very dated hairstyles and sung jingles. "Comes up peanuts, slice after slice." Hmm, right....did anyone actually slice Marathon bars? I don't get it! That Roses advert I remembered the music as soon as I heard it, even thought the last time I heard it was 30+ years ago. My mind is weird like that! I remembered the words to the Milky Way advert with the red and blue cars. I loved the Yorkie ad with the masculine lorry driver ogling women and chomping on his "milk chocolate brick." loooool! Absolutely hated Wagon Wheels as well as the naff adverts for them. Remember the phallic Flake advert with that lizard on the telephone! I remember the Pepperami ad too. "It's the meaty snack that drives you barmy," erm no it isn't, it just makes you throw up with that vile stench emanating from the packet! Hated Dime bars. Might as well have tried eating a kitchen tile. Asfor the Clorets ad, Hale & Pace were about as funny as genital herpes. I remember that Monster Munch advert. I used to love Monster Munch, especially the roast beef / pickled onion flavours. I bet they've made the packets ridiculously small now. Never heard of "Treets," but they look boring. Way before my time!
There is so much greed these days.
In those days confectionery tasted so much nicer.......& Not so much of a rip off, like it is these days.
See if you can find the ad for Jelly-Mallo sung like the Beatles
I'll keep an eye out. 👍
Yes I remember this advert also
Is it me or were Waggon Wheels bigger back then than now? I'm bigger now, so that may be the problem.
It's not just you. Most choccy bars are smaller now. I don't think we're supposed to notice.
I remember in the late 80s watching 'That's Life' with Esther Rantzen about how someone wrote in complaining how the chocolate on Mars Bars was getting thinner so 'shrinkflation' as it's now known isn't new.
Wagon wheels WERE bigger in the 1950's, and they came in a paper envelope packet !
I miss Peanut Treets. Peanut M&M's just aren't as nice.
Absolutely.
Not a charity advert in sight
No .. they're in next week's compilation. 😉
I always found it funny that it was only called a "Marathon" bar in the UK and Ireland. Every other market calls it Snickers from the start. Did the UK ever get the other flavors of Snickers?
No other flavours. I'm going to presume the marketing people thought Marathon in the UK would make it sound like it lasts a long time. The London Marathon is a massive yearly event here.
Funny how thing are getting small now
80s
Indeed
It's weird the effort publicity of that era made to try to look and feel americanised
Lol cheggers