Who remembers..
Scotch and his skeleton parrot?
"Re-Record, Not Fade Away!.."

The Holsten Pils ad, with that bloke from Jurrasic Park, features anagrams of Holsten ie. 'Stops In Hell' where he's on a road and all the traffic lights are stuck on red.

What was the advert, where everything was played backwards?

Love the new Magners ad, with the undefeated cricket team.

The ads that I really don't like, are the ads with Michael Winner in them, especially the one where the bird bumps into the back of his. Very annoying.
(danniekavanagh did nothing constructive on, Tue 20 Apr 2010, 21:39, 10 replies)

I remember the singing skeleton. Ah, the early days of VHS! That was probably my first exposure to the Rolling Stones as well, though I didn't know it at the time.

Re-record, not fade away. Re-record, not fade away. Funny, all these years I thought it was Memorex. Another example of the advert making a better impression than the product.
(Zachariah Pardon, pardon. J'AI UNE POUSSETTE, Tue 20 Apr 2010, 22:17, closed)

Nah, Memorex
was the one with the female singer shattering a glass, even though her voice had been recorded onto cassette tape.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 21 Apr 2010, 10:08, closed)

that bloke from Jurassic park?
you mean, from Annie Hall, Invasion of the body snatchers, the Fly, Earth Girls are easy, Mr. Frost, and the Tall guy? (rfom memory, no doubt lots more).

How can you even bear to recall the (and I quote) "big heap of shit" that was Jurassic Park, and yet overlook the Fly FFS?

(also, Mr Frost was awesome, overlooked classic)
(pounana Slept well, and dreamed of large women, on, Wed 21 Apr 2010, 0:29, closed)

^this
he's gorgeous, too
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Wed 21 Apr 2010, 17:30, closed)

He looks like a slow loris
and was one of the first Hollywood 'sex addicts', the witless spastic.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 0:12, closed)

Thank God
...they've scrapped 'Winner's Dinners' where he swanned around pretending to be Faye Mashler and slagging off beautifully prepared food, as if he wouldn't eat from Greggs if he thought no one was looking.

I think we should eat Winner. His flesh must be rich and tender after so much fine dining. Just shove an apple in his mouth and keep him rotating slowly over a nice, hot fire. Perhaps even see to it that he gets a Deliverance-style stuffing beforehand...
(Happybara The jungle came alive and took him, Wed 21 Apr 2010, 9:52, closed)

Those Scotch tapes
used to offer a "lifetime guarantee".
I wonder if anyone has tried claiming their money back in recent years? They cost about a fiver each from what I remember.

Ah well, I bet even if I found one lying around the loft they'd want a receipt.....
(greatoldone Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl f'tagn, Wed 21 Apr 2010, 12:00, closed)

I read that you can still get a replacement tape from them if yours goes a knacker. Lifetime Gurantee.
(kebabking - salad and garlic mayo pls, Wed 21 Apr 2010, 14:46, closed)

backwards
What was the advert, where everything was played backwards?

That wasn't an advert, it was an entire fucking episode of Red Dwarf.
(nordelius, Wed 21 Apr 2010, 12:09, closed)

trevda sdrawkcab
Czechoslovakian Yeast!
Tennants Pilsner if that means nothing to you...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNaAMQAbpP4
(meggles, Wed 21 Apr 2010, 21:28, closed)