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Kandor
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It's a well known fact (or then again it may not be) that the first add ever shown on Commercial television was for 'Gibbs SR toothpaste..
I remember watching all those scratchy little adverts on our 405 lines black and white TV.
It's certainly moved on a bit since those days.
I love looking through those Douglas Alton books on Birmingham in the 30's, 40's 50's etc, mainly just to check out the innocence of the adds back then.
Most of them were really dire, sort of along the lines..'Buy Bloggs best beer or..er..umm..we'll cry if you dont'
The most famous add I can remember is, (here we go, ready?) 'When I was a Lad, I came with my Dad'...
Some television adds have of course stood the test of time, such as 'Beanz meanz Heinz' and 'Now hands that do dishes can feel soft as your face'...go on, finish it off, you know you want to.
Add to these the ones for Pears soap, Senior Service etc and of course the soap powder adds for Daz, Persil, Omo and Tide. all of which claimed to be the Acme of washing powders yet would without fail 6 months later launch a new improved version, the only thing being improved about it was the price.
And dirt eating Enzymes...that was a good one.
There was adds in the papers for Lesleys the jewellers (bottom of Union St) and their perpetual 'everything must go' closing down sale,
Wouldn't be allowed to get away with that these days..
Then there was the ultimate failed add..
'You are never alone with a Strand'
The problem was it portrayed the message you were some sort of sad lonely bleeder if you had to smoke them...(I smoke Strands and even my best friends hate me)
There is one I always loved and always will...
I can't remember how the original went so I've taken the trouble of making up my own...see if you can get it.
Have you ever gone out in the dead of night,
Looked around and there's no one near.
And then close by you hear a shout.
Running footsteps start to draw near.
You go into a panic..
You begin to run.... and you know the true meaning of fear.
Then a hand reaches out
And a voice starts to shout...
'Dont worry, I'm only here for the beer!'
Well...it IS Double Diamond!
Copyright and ALL royalties to go to the Home for unmarried babies. 8)
I remember watching all those scratchy little adverts on our 405 lines black and white TV.
It's certainly moved on a bit since those days.
I love looking through those Douglas Alton books on Birmingham in the 30's, 40's 50's etc, mainly just to check out the innocence of the adds back then.
Most of them were really dire, sort of along the lines..'Buy Bloggs best beer or..er..umm..we'll cry if you dont'
The most famous add I can remember is, (here we go, ready?) 'When I was a Lad, I came with my Dad'...
Some television adds have of course stood the test of time, such as 'Beanz meanz Heinz' and 'Now hands that do dishes can feel soft as your face'...go on, finish it off, you know you want to.
Add to these the ones for Pears soap, Senior Service etc and of course the soap powder adds for Daz, Persil, Omo and Tide. all of which claimed to be the Acme of washing powders yet would without fail 6 months later launch a new improved version, the only thing being improved about it was the price.
And dirt eating Enzymes...that was a good one.
There was adds in the papers for Lesleys the jewellers (bottom of Union St) and their perpetual 'everything must go' closing down sale,
Wouldn't be allowed to get away with that these days..
Then there was the ultimate failed add..
'You are never alone with a Strand'
The problem was it portrayed the message you were some sort of sad lonely bleeder if you had to smoke them...(I smoke Strands and even my best friends hate me)
There is one I always loved and always will...
I can't remember how the original went so I've taken the trouble of making up my own...see if you can get it.
Have you ever gone out in the dead of night,
Looked around and there's no one near.
And then close by you hear a shout.
Running footsteps start to draw near.
You go into a panic..
You begin to run.... and you know the true meaning of fear.
Then a hand reaches out
And a voice starts to shout...
'Dont worry, I'm only here for the beer!'
Well...it IS Double Diamond!
Copyright and ALL royalties to go to the Home for unmarried babies. 8)
