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The Land Lord in that context means the guy who runs the pub rather than they guy who owns your apartment.
thank you for that distinction 👍
The people at Tango were off their heads in the 90's. Not just the adverts
They don't make advert's like this anymore unfortunately 😂❤🇬🇧
back in the days when the world had a sense of humour
When we were allowed to have a sense of humour! I think we all still do, we are expected to suppress it.
Love when John doesn't get the subtle British cultural reference but I'm sat laughing my head off 😂😂😂😂
I think you need to be British or french for the tango boxing one but as a brit it's honestly so funny 😂
Way back when..........when we were allowed to have humour and laugh at ourselves, I miss those days.
The Happiness Is A Cigar Named Hamlet ads are classics. The two that spring to mind are the photo booth one with Gregor Fisher and the golf sand bunker one, which is just about a perfect ad.
"the photo booth one with Gregor Fisher" was indeed priceless and classic tv. some of the ads were the best part of tv. ads were more of a mini piece of entertainment with a shoutout to the product at the end, but they changed to serious 'buy our product and it will change your life' BS.
i just spotted that ad in a thumnail so thats my next watch. no point linking it but the title is American Reacts to the BEST UK Adverts of All Time - if youre interested.
They were a long running series. Since at least in the early 80s. I think that football one was one of the last ones?
The best one was the one that was, sort of not show, not banned, but questioned about :)
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I remember someone asked Jack Dee if he actually liked John Smiths beer 🍺.
He said I look at my house, and I'll let you know. I really liked that beer.
Really enjoyed that one John! took me back to the days were noone got upset at original ads! Thank You!
Hi John, there was a whole series of those credit card ads with Rowan Atkinson, and were the inspiration for the Johnny English films. Scalextric is the generic brand name for what the US would term slot car racing. The Red Rock Cider ads, starring Hollywood actor Leslie Neilson, was a parody of his role in the "Naked Gun" film series, which was a spin-off of his "Police Squad" tv series.
I'm afraid you'll not get the humour of many of these adverts because they are dependant on understanding British cultural references of the 90s.
Scalextric was a electric racing car game around a track which people controlled with hard wired hand controllers. If you look at the last clip the Yellow Pages was under a scalextric track, i never ever could get the car to stay on the track and spent more time collecting the car which had flown off than i did actually racing.
Same
Not was a slot car racing set STILL IS.
As to staying on the track it's the same as driving a car you got to slow down for the corners. 😂
A lot of those ads need context, they're very British popular culture and wouldn't fly abroad. The Leslie Neilsen one of course would work anywhere.
A ‘public house’ is a kind of bar in the UK that originated as a ‘house’ that was ‘public’. In other words, it was a house (long ago!) where the owner had his friends round for drinks and food, and ended up turning it into a business.
These were the original 'taverns’ - houses where you could stop for food and drink, often while travelling, and so they would be adjacent to the newly made straight Roman roads which first connected parts of the UK, way back when. Some of roads still exist in the original location, like one called 'Stone Street' not very far from me, which had a pub called 'The Donkey' - locally - which was owned by my godmother. She was always well well off. It was literally ‘someone’s house’ - where you could stop - and they gave you food - so you could continue your journey (without dropping dead of starvation!)
As well as meaning ‘someone who runs a pub’, a ‘landlord’ in England is also someone who owns the title to land, houses and property. It also refers to someone who rents out such property. You do not, any longer, need to be an actual ‘lord’ or titled person of any kind, to do this.
In 1393 legislation was passed requiring signs to be displayed outside such ‘public houses’ so they could be recognized easily (and taxed). This would be the beginning of legislation to control and tax ‘pubs’ and oversee the quality of ale, etc.
The ‘landlord’ back then, would be the person owning the land on which the public house sits. Way back, this may indeed have been a ‘lord’ but these days, most usually a ‘landlord’ is any person who owns the title to property. It also refers to a person who owns property that one rents.
That person’s permission would have been needed, to run the ‘pub’ on their property. Or they themselves might have been running it. So they would legally be ‘the landlord’ of the pub, and the building it’s running in. The boss, the person in control. "Can we stay late? - you’ll have to ask the landlord, mate - he’s over there!".
The name ‘landlord’ has stuck, as the name of the person owning and/or running a pub. In that case he or she may nowadays just be a tenant of the property, or be an employee of a food and beverage company or chain, though some people do still own their own pubs independently.
Britain had no tv commercials before late 1955, though broadcast tv had started twenty years earlier. I still consider the best series of humorous British tv advertising to be those by Irn Brew, the pop; and Marmite, the comestible. For overall best, the annual John Lewis stores' Christmas ads must win gold. (Ps: I used to coach my kids' lacrosse team too. With 15 grandsons, today I could create a full Association Football team!).
The advert for Alka-Seltzer always reminds me of a famous legal case that I had to study. It also covered a term, the custom of the sea.
It revolved around the custom that if you were lost at sea and were likely to die because of dehydration or starvation, that it was acceptable to turn to cannibalism and even murder if needs be. It was acceptable that so long as everyone drew lots and that it was a completely fair lottery, then it wasn't considered murder. If lots weren't drawn or the draw was rigged, then it was considered murder. It wasn't until 1884 when a case was heard, R v Dudley and Stephens, that the practice was officially outlawed, at least in England and Wales.
There were four men in a boat and one of them had passed out, he was likely to die soon as he had been drinking seawater. Two of the others killed him, consumed the body and claimed necessity as their defence. They stated that if they didn't do it then they would all die. The third man took no part in the murder or consumption of the body.
The case was only saught as they had not drawn lots and violated the the custom of the sea. The judge ruled that you could not use necessity as a defence for murder in any circumstance, regardless if lots were drawn or not. The two accused were sentenced to death although this was later reduced to a short prison sentence. Thus ended the custom of the sea. It also leads back to American culture as the whaling ship Essex was the inspiration for Moby Dick and the crew that survived had to resort to the custom of the sea.
On a lighter note the Leslie Nielsen ads were my favourite out of those. I'm sure he did a few different ones and he was certainly a gifted actor.
the tango adds were some of the best ever ads allthough the tango orange add where a bald guy that is bright orange runs around slapping people got banned because all the kids at school started doing it lol.
A landlord is the pub owner, comes from the pub being a public house
Our ads have to be in distinct breaks between programmes ( just right for a visit to the loo or making a cuppa) so they need to be inventive to catch attention . The beer and tobacco ads had to use humour as they weren't allowed to promote the actual product . Hamlet were always funny and some of the beer ones were good . Loved Police squad , better on tv than the films , such a shame they only made six , Leslie Nielson was just right for my sense of humour . Some of the Christmas ads are big scale productions and charming . I remember most of these from the 90's with fondness so they must have done their job , nowadays with all the tech stuff I don't even understand what half of them are about .
I loved watching these. From back in the day when people weren't so mentally feeble they were allowed to laugh and take a joke! These days the ads are very differrent. So crushingly woke they have no humour and just tick those "inclusive to be safe from the angry at everything lefts reaction" boxes.
Very nostalgic! I loved seeing the dog eating the noodles again, my favourite. Ads don't seem to be nearly as funny these days. The Hamlet cigar ads were brilliant, also Heineken.
Comb Over Man..with the collapsing stool at the photo booth.
Is the actor in the super noodles one the actor who went on to play Max Branning in Eastenders
I remember the ad that started as an Andrex toilet paper ad with a puppy playing with a toilet roll but it turned into a Hamlet ad when a man in a small shack lit up as consolation for the fact that the puppy had made off with his cleaning material.
Yeah the noodle one is hilarious.😂
the guy in the pot nooble add wasnt he the CBBC actor who did the art show who committed suicide.
The 'widget' in the beer ad is a little bit of hollow plastic, intended to allow you to pour a better head from the can, especially where the beer isn't carbonated, like stouts, bitter of heavy.
Most Draught = Pub Beer had a frothy head and so widgets created a head from the can. People complained if the head wasn't big enough at the bar. EEC/EU insisted that the Pint had to Exclude the Head and so pubs needed bigger glasses OR smaller/none existent heads on the beer, a flat beer.
And the penguins are a pee take of the Guinness ads at the time which featured penguins
"It's a skincare commercial"
xD
Yeah those Boddingtons ones were amazing - an entire set. Guinness also are renowned for some truly incredible ads, you could do a vid on those alone. Rutger Hauer in several of them...
Melanie Sykes in those Boddingtons ads. Amazing. ;)
The Red Rock Cider advert was done in the very village where I lived as my Uncle worked in the Cider factory this was done at.
Leslie Nielsen was an awesome dude, very friendly and funny to be around.
Loved the older humourous adverts. They were worth watching 😂❤
Adverts used to be watchable back then. A landlord in that sense is a pub landlord (al murrays character)
You should see some of the ones from the 70’s. The ‘odour eaters’ adverts spring to mind.
The series of Carling black label lager adverts were superb. They had a different advert with 2 main characters that would pop up ever 4 or 5 months. They kept that up for about a couple of years, and then they did an advert that finished, then the next advert would start ( and you'd think that something else was being advertised by a different company - nope, they two characters from Carling black label would pop up in the second advert, that would finish, then they'd hit you with a third advert and I think it went to a fourth adverts. ( It was really one long 2 minutes advert disguised and 3 or 4 ).
There was a brilliant show called "Carrots commercial breakdown", which had a comedian who basically showed all of the hilarious ads on TV. Similar to how you do
Jasper Carrot was so funny!
Ahhh classic ads. Not from an (intentionally) funny ad but who knows these 4 words from a cult (pre-viral) ad: 'Course you can, Malcolm'.
The very last one, call Spotless Cleaners.
3:23 "As served by the Landlord". The owner/manager of a pub is called a "landlord", ie the person that pulls your pint.
Scalextrix is a car-race game with small electric ‘slot-cars’ propelled by the electric current around a track. We had scalextrix, you had hot wheels. Guaranteed heaven if you had both.
I just wish the still made them like this LOL
😂 couldn’t they?
Sad that the John west tuna ad, with a bear, isn't on the list.
I remember people talking about that advert at the time, I never got to see it tho
Remember most of them, but they still gave me a good laugh. 😂
That last one was epic. 😂
Miller GD
"When I told the folks back home I was going to Auchtermuchty, they said "Wear the fox-hat"
The track & car propped up by the Yellow Pages was a Scalextric.
The widget in john smiths and several other stout type beers is a small container of pressurized CO2 inside the can which is released Into the beer when you break the seal this makes the beer as close to daft as possible which makes a huge difference in the taste and texture of a stout.
Look up the Emva Cream ads with Hinge and Bracket or the Cinzano ads.
I could be wrong but i think that pepperami advert was Huge Laurie (Dr House) as they were normally Ade Edmunson
yeah i'm also pretty sure it was him. in fact i would put good money on it. sounds exactly like his char(s) in Blackadder.
Hugh Laurie
Oh, I’d completely forgotten the Red Rock Cider adverts! They were brilliant. Also truth in advertising - “It’s not red, and it’s not got rocks in it!”
Johnny english before the movies, i grew up on those. The one where he ends up buying a turkish rug, is hilarious.
I remember all of them exept for the VW advert. Its quite sad seeing what things used to be like compared to these days.
Our Ads are better than 99% of our programmes!
At 10.54 you have your answer about Scalextric. The car on the track.
The Sebastian Exchange Student is very British humour. Hard to explain it really.
Missed the best . Dambusters/Carling Black Label.
The barclay card ad with Rowan Atkinson was before Johnny English. There were a few of these ads
passat was on a different level
You have to admit we in some of THEE BEST ADVERTS IN THE WORLD
You need to check out more 90's tango adverts. I miss the 90's
Johnny english was a spin-off from rowan Atkinson's Barclay bank card adverts
Brightened up my morning. 😂
In the UK I pay c.£10 a month for a prescrption pre-payment certificate which covers limitless medications. Even though they're only £9 per script, it can add up. It's amazing and we must protect the NHS at all cost!
The ballpoint pen was invented by Mr. Biro.
The pub landlord or publican manages and runs the pubic house. Traditionally they were either free house meaning they could purchase their wines and spirits from wherever they chose. Or, they were allied to a particular brewery such as Whitbreads, Charringtons
How to tell these are sailing over the heads of a Seppo
(Russell Howard weirdest adverts) is really funny
Have you ever considered watching UK PIFs (Public Information Films) - few are humourous - but as a divergence in the Halloween month, mix it up a little.
as a 90s kid in UK/Wales, I haven't seen these before
As an Adult in 90's Wales, I have.
@@Lazmanarus I am glad you did
Beans astronaut advert is my all time favourite. Just type that in.
Scalextric, race car track Epic!
Max branning selling the super noodles
My favourite was the alka selzer ad....lol
The slut racing car set that was using the Yellow Pages as a bridge in the last advert is Scalextric (A portnameau of scale & electric).
Slut?
I knew someone would get in with that before me. Never heard it described quite that way before though.
Scale ex tric is a car racing thing for kids,very nice thing too.
The yanks call it slot car
Skalelectric was above yellow pages in last add
Tango one you need to know the location and the song to really get the ad.
I dont know why but, I only remember one, that last one, so funny.
The Barclays card adds came about 15 or 20 years before Johny English.Though Johny English was supposed to be the same character as the Adverts.
The yellow pages ad.
The yellow pages book was pulled from under an electric toy racetrack,,,,,, in the uk those racetrack are built by,,,,,, Scaletrix.
Yes adverts were definitely better in the ninetys !
Those were the days when ads could push the boundaries it’s all gone a bit tame now with sensitivities and easily offended groups of arseholes.
Belgian techno anthem loved by Cunk
You should look out for the banned Tango commercials.
Americans like visual comedy.
The guy who sat next to Kissenger looks alot like Kenneth Clarke who was a leading UK politician of the time. Odd coincidence.
Yellow pages was great
Scalectrix. Oh, I had fun with mine. Wish I still had it. Share with daughter. And son.
I liked plosten hills!
yellow pages is a 10
Scalectrix = slotcar
I think this id probably from the 80s: the Audi ad. An Audi car is driven through plate glass (spun sugar), and goes on from there . . .
Also, the ads for Dubonnet with Joan Collins and Leonard Rossiter - same format every time, so predictable, but that is part of the humour.
Try the John Smith ads👍
TANGO, but you have to know the adverts they do :)
Humour directly related to a more homogeneous society. Not allowed now.
The days when we had decent adverts on the TV unlike today’s boring diversity bullshit, they put on to day where we never ever see a white couple anymore
The 1970s ads were the best
After seeing Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, the record shop example seems misplaced.
If you really want a WTF moment go seek out the Tennent's Pilsner (1993) adverts.
Notice anything unusual?
Mostly i enjoyed commenters explanations on stuff i had never heard before, i came here because i wouldnt be 'thrilled' a polotician sat by me in a plane....
10:53-10:54 thats a scalextric set
British adverts used to be legendary for their humour. The art has been totally lost now. The advertising companies either just want to show off their swanky effects or else promote and portray a cultural demographic that doesn’t exist.
I can see how an American can miss the funniness of some of these as you can't understand the context of the joke....
Jack Dee in the armchair
You really need to do the john smith adverts they are hilarious tthere is 3 batches, the really old ones wirh the two old comedians then jack dee did some hilaripusbwidget videos for john smiths, then peter kay did the most well known onesm but john smiths beer aleays used comedians for adverts well worth checkong them out all generations of the adverts
pepperami you have to watch the series of AD's to find them funny
that was funny and their some