I remember sitting on my Dad's lap bawling my eyes out when Louie died & the family laughing at me. When it was redone in the 80s all heads would turn to me when it came on LOL
This commercial was produced in 1962 and aired right up until the last day of black and white TV transmission in Australia, February 28,1975. The "Louis The Fly" ad campaign was conceived by the late Bryce Courtenay who was also responsible for The Milky Bar Kid, Mr sheen among others. Louis was voiced by the late Ross Higgins.
remember when we'd all know the words to all the commercials, vegemite, sorbent, Mr Sheen etc, we're all in our 50's and sixties now and still remember them. I'd say great advertising.
I grew up in Melbourne in the 60's and recall this advertisement fondly. I remember the many flies in the summertime. We had a hand held fly sprayer into which my mum poured Mortein. Great story and great advert.
Lyrics: louie the fly im louie the fly straight from rubbish tip to you spreading disease with the greatest of ease straight from rubbish tip to you im bad and mean and mighty unclean afraid of no one except the man with a can of mortein hate that word mortein
I remember this commercial from the 1960s when I was living in Sydney. 50 years later, I remembered nearly every word--that has to be the sign of a good commercial!
One thing I can't work out is, if Louie the Fly is "afraid of no one except the man with the can of Mortein", then why is it always a woman spraying it?
So now I know who to sue, that ad made some of my primary and all of my high school years unbearable, with my name Louis, my nickname ended up being "FLY" for most of that time, and was so glad it dissappeared of screen for a while, only to resurface years later in my adult life, my grand kids made me a T-Shirt that said kill Louie the fly.
@quizmaster85 there putting it to a vote on louiethefly (dot) com (dot) au which goes to facebook page and the vote vote to stay and enjoy for more generations
Mortein is the safest surest way to kill filthy disease carrying flies this is why four out of five Australian homes are protected by Mortein. Spray safe... Spray only Mortein.
LYRICS I´m Louie the Fly, i´m Louie the Fly, straight from rubbish, tip to you. Spreading disease with the greatest for ease, straight from rubbish, tip to you. You embed me and mighty unclean, AFRAID OF NO ONE EXCEPT THE CAN OF MORTEIN! One spray and Louie the Fly... More Smart. More Safe. Mortein.
Spreding dieses wit da gratest of ease strate from rubish tipp to u I badd an meaan and mity unclean afraid off no one exept da man wit da can off Moretien hat dat word Moretien
I remember sitting on my Dad's lap bawling my eyes out when Louie died & the family laughing at me. When it was redone in the 80s all heads would turn to me when it came on LOL
Hello funny story!
ngl it actually did make me kinda sad
Out of fear or sympathy for Louie?
did they do the same thing with louie's commercials in the late 90's? those ads he didn't actually die in lmfao
My 96 yo mum and I were singing this jingle half an hour ago over the phone. We both remember all the words.
This commercial was produced in 1962 and aired right up until the last day of black and white TV transmission in Australia, February 28,1975. The "Louis The Fly" ad campaign was conceived by the late Bryce Courtenay who was also responsible for The Milky Bar Kid, Mr sheen among others. Louis was voiced by the late Ross Higgins.
February 28, 1975, the day I think Colour TV went to Australia
@@IotaWasN0tHereWe bought a colour telly that year and it was delivered just before Easter. We were thrilled! Now, we take it for granted.
remember when we'd all know the words to all the commercials, vegemite, sorbent, Mr Sheen etc, we're all in our 50's and sixties now and still remember them. I'd say great advertising.
Was barely any primary school kids in the 60's that couldnt sing this song.. Brilliant stuff.
The words "bad and mean and mighty unclean" were used in the AC/DC song "TNT".
Yep not many people know that. Not amongst non-Aussies anyway.
I still sing this more than 30 yrs later and it still makes me smile... I remeber it from when I lived in Aus.. thanks for putting it up
Well, I actually find it sad when Louie the fly dies. 🙁
LOVE THIS TRACK, WISH THE SCHOOL BAND WOULD DO THIS!
My dad loves this sing he always yells it out
R.I.p Ross Higgins voice of louie the fly.
Rip raid sprayed by morein
Oof.
Good song
@@W4lmartbag yes
Thank you
Probably the first ad i watched in Oz 1967 never forgot the lyrics either 😂😂
I grew up in Melbourne in the 60's and recall this advertisement fondly. I remember the many flies in the summertime. We had a hand held fly sprayer into which my mum poured Mortein. Great story and great advert.
pov your here from the norrisnuts:
Yep
great old ad brings back some good old memories.
I sing this song once in a while to my daughter and she thinks its funny. Its a precious memory of my childhood.
Who’s here from the Norris nuts 😂
Me!!! 😂
Me
MEE
Me
Meee
Classic Louie the fly, can't believe they're killing such a legendary fly!! D':
I bet the Mortein of that era was full of very unsafe DDT
I showed the clip to my kids and now they now the words too !
O vídeo que eu assistia no TH-cam em 2016
what the frick one of my teachers knows all the words to this because she started singing it because there was a fly in our classroom
lmao 😂😂😂😂😂
Lyrics: louie the fly im louie the fly straight from rubbish tip to you spreading disease with the greatest of ease straight from rubbish tip to you im bad and mean and mighty unclean afraid of no one except the man with a can of mortein hate that word mortein
0:07 the starting music
Here bc of the norris nuts lol
Louie is like 50 years old if anything that means the spray sucks.
the mario king In the time of the ad it did
No, it's cartoon logic
Nope same as to day except water based not diesel
He’s the 1% that never gets killed
No it means the spray is great because it still works to this day
thumbs up if u've seen the add where it says "kill or save loui"
If Louie died, we'll all sing this verse:
_Poor dead Louie. Louie the Fly, a victim of Mortein._
Originally seen in 1962. Standing by Paul. Mc Carrie.
I can't believe that Mr Bullpitt from Kingswood Country voice of louie the fly!
***** wow, you never seen Kingswood Country!?
Nah it's on a public Facebook page. I voted save, totally!!! -3 love Louie
Hi there i was 7 years old, when i first saw this add in Australia, it was in 1974.
Clássico comercial das antigas. Legal mesmo!!
I just think it's really interesting that one of Australia's favourite Authors, Bryce Courtney, had a hand in creating Louie.
That's very interesting having read the power of one and April fools Day seeing such a goofy ad
0:24 0:27
My mum is the baby that's fast asleep in the background. True story. I was actually quite shocked when she told me
Wait really?
@@SleepyPlushy Yep
It's a boy
rrip ross higgins aka ted bullpit who was the voice of louie the fly
bon scott used some word from it on TNT
I know your comment is 3yrs ago but I've always wondered if it was written into TNT intentionally.
For Mortein!
R.I.P.
1957-2011
This ad was made in 1962
Watched this in English class today. Anyone here from 8A?
They don't make ads like that any more.
Grace Gorman true that
Time has changed. It's time to try something new.
@@durece100 Those ads were the best though!
I sing this to my friend Luis, he cracks it
Why the number 14 here?
R.I.P😰
works well on people too !
I wonder what made them decide to change his accent to a New York accent
Pure dead brilliant
my granddad watched this when he was young
Tell me why isn't mortein in the US?
Rotten Raspberry Mortein Originally Started In Australia And THATS Because In U.S. There’s Already A Famous Bug Spray, Raid.
@@SuperJohn2005 chemicals?
@@DHAdArchivez Some of the ingredients in Mortein is illegal in USA
@@ali13462 say what?
@@DHAdArchivez well i know that its banned but not the every of them that is banned
I remember this commercial from the 1960s when I was living in Sydney. 50 years later, I remembered nearly every word--that has to be the sign of a good commercial!
How dare the makers of Mortein get rid of Louie the Fly this year :(
If Louie died, we'll all sing this verse:
_Poor dead Louie. Louie the Fly, a victim of Mortein._
Both of you should see recent mortein comercials
One thing I can't work out is, if Louie the Fly is "afraid of no one except the man with the can of Mortein", then why is it always a woman spraying it?
Let's just say Louie fears "the *hand* with the can of Mortein".
Why did they put the 1957 logo on the mortein logo??? 😯🤌
Idk
Oh. My. God
*in hale*
AUGHHHHHHHHH
THIS IS AMAZINGGGGGGG
Banger that
Nostalgic.
1959 commercial only
The ad everyone knew the words too
Loui, where'd ya go!
So now I know who to sue, that ad made some of my primary and all of my high school years unbearable, with my name Louis, my nickname ended up being "FLY" for most of that time, and was so glad it dissappeared of screen for a while, only to resurface years later in my adult life, my grand kids made me a T-Shirt that said kill Louie the fly.
Your grand kids are savage
Don't kill someone like luie the fly! (Louie)
@Voskid - I remember it from the 70's, looks older though
@ShantiOoom Yeah my mum used to sing this to me when I was a child, and I thought it was funny :P I need to show this to her.
Mortein ads normally say “more smart”, more safe, mortein” at the end of it.
it makes me wanna live in the 50's now
ok justin
Loie da fli I loue deh fli strate from rubish tipp to u
Good ad
save louie!!
Bruh. Louie Fly is evil.
This Comes From U Matic Tape
lol my stepdad told me about this
save the fly!
Don't save the fly.
when was this even created?
this ad was made in 1962.
im pretty sure my grandfather had a lot to do with the writing of this song....
@14ParkWayDrive14...... dude. i went on the facebook page, i voted.
@quizmaster85 there putting it to a vote on louiethefly (dot) com (dot) au which goes to facebook page and the vote vote to stay and enjoy for more generations
If Louie died, we'll all sing this verse:
_Poor dead Louie. Louie the Fly, a victim of Mortein._
MOOOOOORTEEEEIN!
Mortein is the safest surest way to kill filthy disease carrying flies
this is why four out of five
Australian homes are protected by
Mortein.
Spray safe... Spray only Mortein.
💓💓❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Marcellus Hinds-Meyer is the most sexiest man alive and the smartest too.
Louie eez Black!! Surly Louie is French or Italian??
@Voskid in the '60s, if I know well
0:29
1962
@SerenadePumkin Mate go on the mortein website, you will see.
One spray an loue da fli aple off his old mothers ey
was loue
0:08 0:02
zap on guys
thats an old mortein ad
@time4sleeping awwwwww
LYRICS
I´m Louie the Fly, i´m Louie the Fly, straight from rubbish, tip to you.
Spreading disease with the greatest for ease, straight from rubbish, tip to you.
You embed me and mighty unclean,
AFRAID OF NO ONE EXCEPT THE CAN OF MORTEIN!
One spray and Louie the Fly...
More Smart. More Safe. Mortein.
It's: I'm bad and mean and mighty unclean
I'm afraid of no one, except the man with the can of Mortein
"Hate that word Mortein" - Louie the fly
Apple of his old mother's eye was Louie.
Poor dead Louie. Louie the Fly, a victim of Mortein.
MOOOORTIEN
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
A Victim Of Mortein!😢🐝⚰️
Godamnit
MORE🎚EEN!💯
0:22 Mortein Is Safe Spray To Kill Louie The Fly!
@SerenadePumkin They arnt mate, i went on the website, Its a Hoax.
Spreding dieses wit da gratest of ease strate from rubish tipp to u I badd an meaan and mity unclean afraid off no one exept da man wit da can off Moretien hat dat word Moretien
Nice english
🧚🏻♂️🌌🦅🙈
😶😅😅😅😅😅😙
Por ded loue loue da fli off victim off Moretien Moretien
Shit
Why is it call M.O.R.T.E.I.N.?
French and German word for "dead one".