Vintage UK Sweets & Snack Adverts (Vol.1)

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  • @nelsonclub7722
    @nelsonclub7722 2 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    My Dad directed two of the best Flake ads - along with many others - thanks for the memories

    • @bensmith1689
      @bensmith1689 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Those adverts were art, pure and simple.

    • @chilly6470
      @chilly6470 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Cool.

    • @truthjunkie2325
      @truthjunkie2325 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      A very nice and classic way to have a claim to fame...kudos to your dad...

    • @noelht1
      @noelht1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      ‘Spect

    • @nez9751
      @nez9751 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wow respect

  • @lisamorris7491
    @lisamorris7491 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The adverts were entertaining in the 80s I enjoyed watching them as a kid 🤩 happy days

  • @HuntersMoon78
    @HuntersMoon78 2 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    Back when adverts advertised more than bloody life insurance and gambling.

    • @lilme7052
      @lilme7052 ปีที่แล้ว

      Think it's cause you can't advertise sweets and fags anymore.

    • @lilme7052
      @lilme7052 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@yolomorgannwg7713 excellent

    • @saturn1returns
      @saturn1returns ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Aye, gambling, booze, repeat, energy drinks, junk food, just eat, junk, poisons, depression inducing non sense.

    • @joannefalkinder393
      @joannefalkinder393 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Don't forget bloody mattress

    • @wizzwamf
      @wizzwamf ปีที่แล้ว

      @@saturn1returns panty pads , huge arses being a skater ,dont want to see women talking about periods , in the 80s it was a bit of ink squirted on it ,and tombola whats that about people doing things that arent online talking about being online bingo its like the online version of why dont you ,why dont you go to a bingo hall and do something less boring instead , casinos wtf i went years ago it was full of scruffy people and chinese not at all like thunderbirds or james bond livid livid i was

  • @stephenjerome4135
    @stephenjerome4135 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Great memories. Back in the days when chocolate bars were a decent size, the adverts on TV were entertaining and funny and they weren't all about the same 3 things, holidays, gambling and life insurance. Oh how things have changed.

    • @gamingtonight1526
      @gamingtonight1526 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Some bars you can get at the same size, but they are called "giant" or somesuch, and cost twice as much as the regular, smaller bar!

    • @maccagrabme
      @maccagrabme 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@gamingtonight1526 Packed in twice as much sugar.

    • @richhughes7450
      @richhughes7450 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's it exactly. And feck me they was cheaper.

    • @eddiejones.redvees
      @eddiejones.redvees ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don’t buy any chocolate or sweets now because of the rip off price and reduce size the big benefits I have lost a lot of weight and can now swim 30 lengths of the pool with out stopping

    • @stihlextreme9357
      @stihlextreme9357 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hell yeah!!!!
      Loved them days!
      Now, pot noodles don’t taste the same!!!!
      I’m upping arms!!! 😂

  • @jonk6834
    @jonk6834 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Spearmint Polos, Danny John-Jules! Fantastic!

  • @cblack1green
    @cblack1green ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My mum would buy me these in the 70s , sadly those days have gone and so has my old mum.

  • @MediaDestroyer
    @MediaDestroyer ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wow, they got Cab Calloway for Hula Hoops. Very impressive!

    • @herbert9241
      @herbert9241 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, I thought that. A touch of class.

  • @ya00007
    @ya00007 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    14p for a KitKat. Amazing value compared to today. I remember crisps used to be 12p in the 80s. And golden wonder was the brand of choice. Have you seen how small the twirl and whisper bars are in the 4 pack costing £1.25? Any smaller, they'll be nothing there! Why did the government ever allow Cadburys to be sold to Craft, I'll never know.

    • @RetroSteveUK
      @RetroSteveUK  ปีที่แล้ว

      The only specific price memory I have is 9 1/2p for a slim can of pop.

    • @gamerboyethanwalker1528
      @gamerboyethanwalker1528 ปีที่แล้ว

      People's salary have went up costs more people to make it duh .

    • @MrDirkles
      @MrDirkles ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@RetroSteveUK I can remember paying 7p for a bag of skips from the school tuck shop. Not sure of the exact year but I'm guessing 78 / 79 as we still got a little bottle of milk after the morning break :)

    • @RetroSteveUK
      @RetroSteveUK  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@MrDirkles I remember the break time milk. 1/4 pint bottle with a straw. They weren't refrigerated though, so the milk always had a slight sour taste to it. I remember hating it for that reason.

    • @MrDirkles
      @MrDirkles ปีที่แล้ว

      @@RetroSteveUK haha I used to refuse to drink the milk that wasn't cold because it had been left in the sun after being delivered, much to the annoyance of the teacher.

  • @FishpondsLady
    @FishpondsLady 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I'll always remember when I was on University Challenge and the starter question was "who lost the final of the 1994 snooker world championship to Stephen Henry?" I pressed the buzzer, said "Um, was it Jimmy White?" and Jeremy Paxman said "Yes, yes it was". For some reason the other contestants (who were very nice) thought that was the coolest question to get right. And it made my mum laugh.

  • @mistofoles
    @mistofoles 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    One of the voices in the Penguin ad is definitely Bernard Bresslaw.

    • @derekporter7658
      @derekporter7658 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Christopher Biggins voice-over sandwiches Bernard Bresslaw's voice-over segment.

  • @gorillachilla
    @gorillachilla ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Good old happy days

  • @jaidbanana2215
    @jaidbanana2215 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Applause sounds nice

    • @RetroSteveUK
      @RetroSteveUK  ปีที่แล้ว

      I remember eating a couple of those & being gutted when they stopped selling them. They were lovely.

  • @FunDiplomat
    @FunDiplomat 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I rembember when some companies really did put real money inside their crisps, snacks and drinks. I won a few quids from couple of Walkers and won 10 pounds was inside the Ovaltine can. This was way back in 1988. The note was folded so small into a square shape and was placed inside a simple plastic.
    You won't ever find anything like that anymore without giving up your personal info and doesn't even guarantee you could get any prizes

    • @RetroSteveUK
      @RetroSteveUK  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I do remember that. I've always wondered what happened to any cash in packets that might have ended up being disposed of in some way.

    • @herbert9241
      @herbert9241 ปีที่แล้ว

      I remember as late as the early '90s, cash-in-hand promotions inside crisp packets. A workmate landed a tenner; I found maybe a couple of free packet vouchers. Not complaining.
      Agreed about the loss of that type of promotion. I don't know if they still put 'gifts' (plastic effigy tat) inside boxes of breakfast cereal because I don't buy breakfast cereal - but what happened to the good old 'send (as in write and post) name and address' / 'answer a simple question' / 'coin a catchphrase' / 'collect vouchers' type of promotion?
      I think the unfortunate truth is that the entities which run those companies now have carved up a crony monopoly which corrupts our governments and spies on us through electrical gadgets. They're pushers, not dealers.

  • @justathought7221
    @justathought7221 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Thank you so much for taking me back to my childhood. This is how you go back in time 🙏🏼

  • @hannalee5756
    @hannalee5756 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice to see the old Smarties colours again however fleetingly.

  • @CSSummer24
    @CSSummer24 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The 80s was the best decade when life was so care free ❤️ 😊😊

  • @geordiewishart1683
    @geordiewishart1683 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    0.58 Harry the spider's coming out party!!! Cripes!!

  • @mistofoles
    @mistofoles 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I don't remember Relays or Applause !

  • @jonathanwilkins6071
    @jonathanwilkins6071 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love these 70's adverts...they are iconic.
    I grew up in the 70's, remember every advert...loved Relays..
    Bought one or two Applause, they were nice from memory.
    All the chocolate bars ect were so much bigger then...thanks to the EU we now have smaller confectionary..
    🇬🇧👍

    • @RetroSteveUK
      @RetroSteveUK  2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I used to like Applause bars. As for the smaller sizes, I'd put that down to companies maximising profits without increasing prices. 'Shrinkflation' I think they call it.

    • @maccagrabme
      @maccagrabme 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I cant eat any of them, not worth having as they are too small, far too sweet and barely any chocolate on them, they cant go any smaller. I would rather pay for a more expensive bar from one of the better chocolate bar makers. As for these ads, they are funny, far less irritating and non woke, unlike the insanity of today, in fact its a shock hearing the near extinct cockney accent in these ads, not heard that for decades.

    • @arthurvasey
      @arthurvasey 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Who’s the girl in the Applause ad? Can’t remember seeing either the ad or the product! She’s kinda cute!

  • @happyfeet4506
    @happyfeet4506 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    These videos are brilliant. This is like re living part of your childhood. Thank you for all your hard work 👍

  • @unalunar7362
    @unalunar7362 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    10 them creme eggs used to be. And my son thought he got a bargain yesterday at 2 for £1.50 lol.

  • @BABYWOLF--1966
    @BABYWOLF--1966 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    What I would like to do is to go back to this time bring back a creme egg and then buy one in 2020 and compare the SIZE 🤔🤔😂😂

    • @RetroSteveUK
      @RetroSteveUK  2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I remember them being more runny, too. Those creme centres are like cake icing in some I've had in recent years.

    • @maccagrabme
      @maccagrabme 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cant eat them since that disgusting ad.

  • @fusedale
    @fusedale 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    They new, how to make adverts in those days.

  • @FishpondsLady
    @FishpondsLady 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This is a terrible thing to say, but Bounty bars make me sick. My Dad used to love them, and when we went out on a Saturday afternoon to search out model aeroplane engines, he always kept a few in the glove compartment. He especially liked the red ones - the dark chocolate. Anyway one afternoon we ran out of petrol in Bearwood of all places, Dad had to go to a phone box to call his friend to bring some, and I was very hungry and wanted my tea. As we sat, very cold, in the car, Dad said "you can have my Bounty bar if you like". So I did. And then I was violently sick. So I don't think coconut agrees with me. X

    • @RetroSteveUK
      @RetroSteveUK  2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I'm with your dad on that one - I love the dark chocolate Bounties.

    • @hannalee5756
      @hannalee5756 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      My mother liked Bounty but I don't think any of the rest of us did. I know I can't stand coconut - not so much the taste as the bitty bits that get between your teeth.

  • @noka1979
    @noka1979 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Harry the spiders coming out party 😆😆😆😁

  • @Naughtybaz
    @Naughtybaz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I miss those times before the
    Nanny state. I'm pushing 50 and physically still feel 20+ years younger, not over weight still have all my teeth, and still eat tons of chocolate crisps and biscuits, my choice
    I lived in that time when we had a lot less obesity and tons more variety and twice the size, of the tiny fun size bars and bags of mainly air we get today.
    Makes me laugh that now these ads are up for banning before water shed time.
    By younger unhealthier people than me 🤣
    Lovley video 👍

  • @johnludlam3905
    @johnludlam3905 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The Galaxy advert, "why have cotton when you can have silk", introduced me to my favourite piece of music - Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin. The follow up advert also used a Gershwin piece - an excerpt from the Ballet sequence in An American in Paris.

  • @bigchewdb
    @bigchewdb 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    14p for a 4 finger KitKat lol

  • @hedwig0101
    @hedwig0101 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    10% bigger KitKat. You don't see things like that these days. The modern trend is to make things smaller and try to hide it.

    • @mistofoles
      @mistofoles 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Story of my life, mate..

    • @patriciaoreilly8907
      @patriciaoreilly8907 ปีที่แล้ว

      Also the taste is horrible these days. The same with rollos yuk .

  • @chazzlebazzle69
    @chazzlebazzle69 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Cabana bar....a definite favourite of mine

    • @RetroSteveUK
      @RetroSteveUK  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I was quite partial to a Caramac, myself.

  • @wizzwamf
    @wizzwamf ปีที่แล้ว +2

    brilliant better then todays boring adverts

  • @truthjunkie2325
    @truthjunkie2325 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I wonder if the Hula Hoops advert would be allowed these days?...and I just realised it was the Kat from Red Dwarf on the Polo advert...

    • @sjadarkest
      @sjadarkest 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yup, Danny John Jules. Delivering a mint performance as always 😁

  • @mgthestrange9098
    @mgthestrange9098 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I don’t remember Relays but they sound bloody nice! 😋

  • @Goonerette75
    @Goonerette75 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The 20th century. When we really did get our money's worth. It'd be great if they brought all of the deleted snacks back. On the other side, these ads are memorable. Today's ads are truly forgettable.

  • @garethbramley1
    @garethbramley1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Bounty was definitely paradise! Great chocolate and great ads!!!
    That's Katrina Skepper in the Flake ad - check her out - she also appeared in one of the James Bond main title sequences. Great jingle by the late Ronnie Bond who did endless jingles for ads.
    'Smarties Place' jingle written AND sung by Mike Batt!
    In the 80s those Milk Tray ads got shorter and shorter. The original actor Gary Myers played him for years (1968-1984). James Coombes took over the role in 1987.
    The late, great Roy Kinnear in the Kit Kat ad - his co-star is Su Pollard.

  • @darrensmall5548
    @darrensmall5548 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    10% bigger Kit Kat !? OMG everything is 50% smaller now the sugar police are on the case.

  • @makara80
    @makara80 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Unlike the majority of ‘Wizard of Oz parodies in advertising that _Jacob’s Club_ effort is impressively accurate (visually) to the classic 1939 film. Very accurate in fact. Must’ve cost them a fair bit!!

    • @RetroSteveUK
      @RetroSteveUK  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I had the same thought. It is impressive.

    • @MT-rc7mv
      @MT-rc7mv 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Why would it cost anymore than any other advert, the cast, the duration, the screen set, I fail to see why you come to that conclusion.

    • @makara80
      @makara80 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@MT-rc7mv These are clearly bespoke-tailored costumes meticulously designed to closely resemble the originals. That’s assuredly a more expensive prospect compared to most other Oz-themed adverts of which typically feature loose, probably hired in approximations of said costumes…
      Regardless, if ‘must’ve cost them a fair bit’ still bemuses you then by all means swap it out for ‘superb attention to detail!’ or similar!

    • @MT-rc7mv
      @MT-rc7mv 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@makara80
      I can see the attention to detail is definitely a step up compared to the bog standard advert, though actual cost would depend upon timeslot of the advert for the captive audience

    • @patriciaoreilly8907
      @patriciaoreilly8907 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MT-rc7mv It's plain obvious to most people why?

  • @mistofoles
    @mistofoles 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I can't believe nobody has mentioned "Bitz" chocolate bar on here !

  • @safirahmed
    @safirahmed 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The vintage adverts are just the Cadbury's Ticket for a tea break with McVities Fruit Jaspers.

  • @borusa32
    @borusa32 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The Jacob's Club Wizard of Oz ad was brilliant

    • @RetroSteveUK
      @RetroSteveUK  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Surprisingly good at the time, and still holds up today.

  • @chilly6470
    @chilly6470 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great stuff. Every ad is familiar here.
    A personal stereo.. 😂😀😂
    I've been known to say that still.

  • @Inaflap
    @Inaflap 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Last time I bought Club biscuits (c. 2015) the chocolate looked a micron thin.

  • @kurtsoderberg
    @kurtsoderberg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Bounti is the taste horrible in my mouth, coconut doosent agree with my taste buds, and have nott changeged. for 52 years, still cant handle the (fiber) bits, but open to anny other things....discusting... and holding lolipop sticks (wooden) icecram sticks givs me the chills, its the texture, fine otherwisewith wood,, no problem, weird.

    • @RetroSteveUK
      @RetroSteveUK  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It is strange. I generally don't like coconut, but a Bounty I really enjoy. 🤷🏽

  • @garrywitcomb2334
    @garrywitcomb2334 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Crackin ! Thanks for posting
    Great days 😆😆 The KitKat add is genius ! Remember it well 👍👍👍👍👍

  • @alanwilkinson9487
    @alanwilkinson9487 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Have u seen the size of those creme eggs....didn't realise just how small they'd got......we've been robbed...

  • @Mudge07
    @Mudge07 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Applause and Relays didn’t hit my demographic area, it would be nice to see an Opal Fruits (made to make your mouth water) or Marathon advert before they were rebranded by their conglomerate owners. A trick of all the adverts, never mention the price, in fact make it seem as if they magically appear for free! Also some of the stranger purchase points like saying Cadbury’s Bourneville dark chocolate was “for adults only” , ah, simpler times.

    • @RetroSteveUK
      @RetroSteveUK  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There's an Opal Fruits ad on one of the other Sweets compilations, and I have some Marathon ads in storage for the next Sweets collection. Watch this space.

  • @johncronin3105
    @johncronin3105 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Ah the creme egg ad - when creme eggs were a decent size!

    • @L1am21
      @L1am21 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And tasted nice

  • @OhioticketswithRobert
    @OhioticketswithRobert 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Polo Spearmint sounded like the Cat on Red Dwarf. Also the last kit kat on didn't she play on Hi De Hi

    • @RetroSteveUK
      @RetroSteveUK  2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yeah, both spot on. Danny John Jules & Sue Pollard.

  • @Scott-M1
    @Scott-M1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Always used to laugh at the way they opened kitkats in the ads lol. Foil flaking off on to the fingers. And if you've got fillings... Watch out!

  • @FishpondsLady
    @FishpondsLady 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Jimmy White was always my favourite snooker player. Still is!

  • @derekporter7658
    @derekporter7658 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wish kitkat's were still 14p!!😁👍 Danny Joules voice of the polo mint ad?

    • @RetroSteveUK
      @RetroSteveUK  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes, using his 'Cat from Red Dwarf' voice.

    • @derekporter7658
      @derekporter7658 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@RetroSteveUK Thanks!! I thought so! , getting good at voice-over guessing!!

  • @FromtheHerts81
    @FromtheHerts81 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I recognised Gavin Richards from Eastenders and Allo Allo as the music producer at 1:42.

  • @soylentgreennewdealtimeshare
    @soylentgreennewdealtimeshare 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Do you remember the Golden Egg hunt across England?

    • @RetroSteveUK
      @RetroSteveUK  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I cannot remember that.

    • @soylentgreennewdealtimeshare
      @soylentgreennewdealtimeshare 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@RetroSteveUK Creme Egg eaters collected wrappers and sent off for books of clues, then hunted all over England for one of seven (or maybe nine) solid gold eggs hidden in things, up things or under things (presumably).
      You are right about the change of size, thickness of chocolate, and yolk consistency. Proper Creme Eggs had a smooth, heavy and thick filling, but that was before Cadbury's stopped being Cadbury's.

  • @mistofoles
    @mistofoles 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    What's the difference between a Scouse bird and a Kitkat ? - You only get three fing....Actually, never mind

  • @hopebgood
    @hopebgood 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I don't remember Applause at all.

  • @BenG1874
    @BenG1874 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Cab Calloway doing the Hoops was genius! Must’ve cost em a few quid!!

    • @RetroSteveUK
      @RetroSteveUK  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I bet. Memorable ad, though. They probably made it back in sales boosts, big time.

    • @sjadarkest
      @sjadarkest 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That was Cab Calloway? God, he looks so different than I remember

    • @aw-h3875
      @aw-h3875 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It should have been Betty Boop doing the hula dance though.

    • @lilme7052
      @lilme7052 ปีที่แล้ว

      god I'd forgotten that one

  • @joannefalkinder393
    @joannefalkinder393 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love the kit kat ones. Forgot how funny they were

  • @bob-sb2zu
    @bob-sb2zu ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Whatever happened to plain chocolate Bounty bars ? in the red & white wrappers. Were they ever advertised on TV ?

    • @RetroSteveUK
      @RetroSteveUK  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I know I've had one in recent years, but I've been off chocolate bars for a while so not sure if they're still out there.

    • @djrichylaurence8991
      @djrichylaurence8991 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They're my favourite and not so easy to find.

  • @gordonemery6949
    @gordonemery6949 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Five boys and fry's bliss were my favs...plus ,you can't have a box of chocolates for sixpence but you can have a bag of Revels...

  • @jamestravis7340
    @jamestravis7340 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Desmond Askew from Grange Hill was the Harry the spider boy I think.

  • @mistofoles
    @mistofoles 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Does anybody else remember the limited edition Mint Creme Egg ? It can't just be me !

    • @RetroSteveUK
      @RetroSteveUK  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I remember mint eggs, but I remember it as a different product rather than a variation on the Cadbury Creme Egg. I might have to look that up.

  • @marygaywood3731
    @marygaywood3731 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I agree, gambling adverts should be banned, they banned cigarette adverts, you don't always win.

    • @lilme7052
      @lilme7052 ปีที่แล้ว

      Definitely all addiction should be banned.

  • @thomasmorin749
    @thomasmorin749 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Only turned the telly on to watch the adverts back then.

    • @lilme7052
      @lilme7052 ปีที่แล้ว

      now I mute them

  • @orcams15lf71
    @orcams15lf71 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    One moment when I was watching this video, I reached out to my TV screen to turn up the volume and then I found out the TV volume knob doesn’t work.

    • @RetroSteveUK
      @RetroSteveUK  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'll have to get on that. I'll call the Grandada man out. 😉👍

  • @mistofoles
    @mistofoles 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Roy Kinnear and Sue Pollard in the Kit Kat ad.

  • @shanditta1018
    @shanditta1018 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    When chocolate tasted like chocolate 🍫

    • @joyceowen6495
      @joyceowen6495 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I agree I couldn't eat a whole bar of chocolate thesedays.

  • @charlotteosman7328
    @charlotteosman7328 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    BRILLIANT STUFF STEVE thanks for this i absolutely love this sort of thing the memories are unbelievable the thing that gets me is at the time you don't realise how Good it is please keep them coming X CHARLOTTE 👌🙏🎅

    • @RetroSteveUK
      @RetroSteveUK  2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Will do. Collecting these old ads has become quite the obsession, (in a good way.) 👍

    • @stephenchecksfield632
      @stephenchecksfield632 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Brilliant memories Steve of the classic ads 👍

  • @rachaelghostcat8584
    @rachaelghostcat8584 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    They should do a rerun on tv, everyone would love it!

  • @mistofoles
    @mistofoles 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "A birfday in thee arse?" Does that kid mean "A birthday in the house" ?

    • @RetroSteveUK
      @RetroSteveUK  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I do love a good colloquialism! 🤣

  • @kevphillips02
    @kevphillips02 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Would be nice to go back in time .

    • @RetroSteveUK
      @RetroSteveUK  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If you've got a spare 1.22GW .. 🙂

  • @jasonstation
    @jasonstation 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Lol - Cadbury's Cream Eggs now half the size #bastards

    • @RetroSteveUK
      @RetroSteveUK  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I still can't work out of it's the eggs that are smaller or my hands that are bigger. 🥚✋🏽

  • @deejay5224
    @deejay5224 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Of all the great ads, the KitKat rock band advert is the one that stayed with me the most. If only we knew how awful modern music would really become.

  • @Agnethatheredhairkid
    @Agnethatheredhairkid 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I vaguely remember Relays. I miss Fuse bars.

    • @herbert9241
      @herbert9241 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah, Fuses were genius. How did they mess up with those??

  • @LFCliid
    @LFCliid ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I’d love to see the years these were on tv it would be so much better. I was born in 84 and feel like I would have seen some of these when I was a little toddler. My son now will probably be watching a TH-cam video like this when he’s older wondering exactly the same 😂

    • @RetroSteveUK
      @RetroSteveUK  ปีที่แล้ว

      I originally intended to include the years of broadcast on the TV display, but the research was taking way too long (time I just don't have to spare), so I decided to go with presenting them as-is.

  • @Seasider70
    @Seasider70 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    9:00 is that danny John jules?

    • @RetroSteveUK
      @RetroSteveUK  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes

    • @Seasider70
      @Seasider70 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@RetroSteveUK well he must have been young!

    • @RetroSteveUK
      @RetroSteveUK  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Seasider70 I think he's just old now. Same thing, I suppose. 😂

  • @bongofury3176
    @bongofury3176 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    no mention of Diabetes ?

    • @RetroSteveUK
      @RetroSteveUK  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nah .. it would adversely affect profits.

  • @Sjmby95
    @Sjmby95 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The flake advert is a classic advert

  • @barbaratg5230
    @barbaratg5230 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Britain has changed and not for the better as are present day commercials show.

  • @shanditta1018
    @shanditta1018 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great ads a great era

  • @slobodanreka1088
    @slobodanreka1088 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm guessing the Walkers quiz involves the name 'David'.
    Anyone know where to find the quiz?

    • @RetroSteveUK
      @RetroSteveUK  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not a clue. Might show up in a distant corner of a Google search somewhere, maybe.

    • @slobodanreka1088
      @slobodanreka1088 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@RetroSteveUK Maybe on page 984 once I've scrolled past all the Walking Dead quiz/Walkers Crisp holiday competition controversy results....

  • @johnrider3749
    @johnrider3749 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Back in the days when chocolate bars were still a decent size,

  • @version736ha2
    @version736ha2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I wonder what the Flake bint is up to now

    • @RetroSteveUK
      @RetroSteveUK  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      www.leaderscouncil.co.uk/news/i-d-always-wanted-to-be-a-writer-but-modelling-and-acting-seduced-me-for-a-while-the-story-of-janis-levy-the-most-famous-face-on-tv-whose-name-you-didn-t-know

    • @tyarsenal
      @tyarsenal ปีที่แล้ว

      Rumour is that she died because someone raped her with a flake bar it was a mess

  • @meatswede1
    @meatswede1 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    fingers advert scary

  • @alexispaterson814
    @alexispaterson814 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Watching this video is the first time I'm the adverts in colour. I grew up with a black and white TV. My Grandad refused too pay the licence fee for a colour TV

    • @RetroSteveUK
      @RetroSteveUK  ปีที่แล้ว

      Our first home TV was color, but we did have a portable B&W set that my sister used in her bedroom, and my Grandma's living room TV was always a B&W, for the same reasons you mentioned - cheaper license.

    • @herbert9241
      @herbert9241 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think we got our first colour telly when I was about 16. The rented b & w throughout my entire childhood was a constant source of ignominy as well as being irksome to my faculty of football nut. Ironically, always having been an aficionado of b-movies, the majority of my favourite films are b & w, and I don't think I've ever ventured to try the 'colorized' option in DVD extras. The one I'd like to see colourised is Arthur Ripley's 'Thunder Road' (1958 - starring Bob Mitchum, of course) but it's not available on the DVD edition I have.

  • @mistofoles
    @mistofoles 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Is that Peter Duncan in the Mars ad ?

    • @RetroSteveUK
      @RetroSteveUK  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I don't think so. Looks like him though.

  • @cmdfarsight
    @cmdfarsight 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Is that Polo advert voiced by Danny John Jules?

    • @RetroSteveUK
      @RetroSteveUK  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes, it's definitely him. No doubt. 🐱

  • @unalunar7362
    @unalunar7362 ปีที่แล้ว

    Walkers just made up fake comps now. A few crisps in a huge bag. Rip off.

  • @johnbailey5616
    @johnbailey5616 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Another great video all the sweets and chocolates got smaller apart from my stomach 😋

    • @RetroSteveUK
      @RetroSteveUK  2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Chocs get smaller .. belly gets bigger. Tell me about it! 🙄

  • @plasteckfly
    @plasteckfly ปีที่แล้ว

    If you like a lot of chocolate on your biscuit join our club. 🎶

  • @davawilson5226
    @davawilson5226 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is that Sam fox in bounty advert

    • @RetroSteveUK
      @RetroSteveUK  ปีที่แล้ว

      Nah .. well before her time. Looks like her a bit though.

  • @davebayliss3142
    @davebayliss3142 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Harry the spider is gay? 🙀

    • @RetroSteveUK
      @RetroSteveUK  ปีที่แล้ว

      Nah .. He was thinking outside the box.

  • @baconsandwich2007
    @baconsandwich2007 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Is that Danny John Jules doing the Polo advert?

    • @RetroSteveUK
      @RetroSteveUK  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes. Same voice as Cat from Red Dwarf.

  • @elizabethmcdermott3853
    @elizabethmcdermott3853 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm sure they tasted better then as well.

  • @downeastboy84
    @downeastboy84 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I forgot about penguins not being from the uk they are not readily available (but luckily a lot of sweets/chocolate are available from the uk where I live) but not penguins I had wished had picked some up when I was in London

    • @RetroSteveUK
      @RetroSteveUK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I reckon a Penguin is just a big Bourbon biscuit covered in chocolate.

  • @KerrisonA
    @KerrisonA ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can you tell me the advert where the man says to the boy "It's Not for Kids"...It's puzzling me. Thanks.

    • @RetroSteveUK
      @RetroSteveUK  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Puzzlng me too. I remember that but can't remember the product.

    • @herbert9241
      @herbert9241 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't recall the advert but that was a cast iron edict in our household, for much of my childhood, concerning anything other than black jacks and pink prawns - i.e. penny sweets. It was a proud day for me when, aged 35, I walked into a newsagent and purchased my first Milky Way.
      Muter und Fuhrer would scoff Mars bars and tell us they were 'grown-up sweets'.

  • @Mozza107
    @Mozza107 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    David .......

  • @stephenderbyshire7849
    @stephenderbyshire7849 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Is 'Texan' bar mentioned in any of these volumes?

    • @RetroSteveUK
      @RetroSteveUK  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes. One of the Sweets compilations has it. If you're on a computer rather than a phone, the search function on the channel page will bring up the video that has it if you search for the word. I don't know why that doesn't work on phones. TH-cam need to update that.

    • @stephenderbyshire7849
      @stephenderbyshire7849 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@RetroSteveUK OK, Thank you.

  • @raphaelandrews3617
    @raphaelandrews3617 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love flake only it was very messy and the bits of chocolates gave away you have been eating it. My favour was Penguin, chocolate biscuit and you do not make a mess.

    • @RetroSteveUK
      @RetroSteveUK  ปีที่แล้ว

      I always use to make it a challenge to eat a flake without dropping any bits.

  • @version736ha2
    @version736ha2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Not sure that Hula Hoop advert would work these days lol

  • @mark-anthonyconti684
    @mark-anthonyconti684 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Bounty ads . . . Soft porn?