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  • @XombieLejon66
    @XombieLejon66 5 ปีที่แล้ว +526

    I'd like to see a Toy Story-style movie where all the weird/bootleg/poundland tat-quality toys interact with each other right before Stuart chucks them into the bin.

    • @troymacdonald6197
      @troymacdonald6197 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Like Foodfight, except somehow more horrific

    • @km7189
      @km7189 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Or when andys moms toys are alive too.

    • @trubb225
      @trubb225 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Toy story 4 had a scrapped scene where buzz actually teamed up with some bootleg buzz's

    • @Kazza_8240
      @Kazza_8240 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      There used to be a cartoon called 'Raggy Dolls' about wonky toys, that were meant to be binned from the factory because they weren't perfect, but escaped, and went on all sorts of adventures. I imagine an Ashens version being too dark for children 😂 it wouldn't get the PG rating.

    • @MediumRareOpinions
      @MediumRareOpinions 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Kazza_8240 the villain of the piece is the die of fate, who decrees that they must *Burn*

  • @artinyyk
    @artinyyk 5 ปีที่แล้ว +560

    ‘Weird toys from TV adverts’, might be the most Ashens topic ever. We’ve reached the peak of weird tat.

    • @tomkenning5482
      @tomkenning5482 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      The kind of video where you wouldn't expect him to release, but when he does you're not surprised

  • @LLWW
    @LLWW 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2105

    The tango doll looks like something saladfingers would play with.

    • @benpan7047
      @benpan7047 5 ปีที่แล้ว +123

      Looks like saladfingers

    • @ohnoitschris
      @ohnoitschris 5 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      That's exactly what face I was thinking of when I saw that

    • @user-xx6ir8rv7t
      @user-xx6ir8rv7t 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      YES. Exactly my thought.

    • @H0MY911
      @H0MY911 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ooooh i don't think you were expecting that

    • @RayVinyard
      @RayVinyard 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      maybe the doll was designed by David Firth

  • @BMarie774
    @BMarie774 5 ปีที่แล้ว +718

    Anyone remember the Staples "that was easy" button? Every kid in my class had one on their desk and they ended up banning them in my school.

    • @tomkenning5482
      @tomkenning5482 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      My politics teacher had one and used to press it after every test. This was about 2 years ago.

    • @Brainwave101
      @Brainwave101 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      I own it's successor: the NUT button.

    • @madibreland7853
      @madibreland7853 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Brianna Gordy getting to press the “that was easy” was a privilege

    • @s.r.a.d.p.l1571
      @s.r.a.d.p.l1571 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Brianna Gordy I had one back then

    • @5476Himself
      @5476Himself 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yep, I have one. No idea how I got it, though I do remember seeing them in stores.

  • @lsynno
    @lsynno 5 ปีที่แล้ว +502

    "I Can't remember what they replaced it with"
    Store closures.

  • @youraveragesocialist84
    @youraveragesocialist84 5 ปีที่แล้ว +147

    I feel deeply saddened by the lack of Peperami Man in this video. The nasty, sticky rubber doll things gather dust quite splendidly

    • @Xegethra
      @Xegethra 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I didn't know they made toys.....huh.

    • @loganmavity2805
      @loganmavity2805 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      THE ANIMAL

    • @rigidjellyfish
      @rigidjellyfish 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I have a pepparami mona lisa
      We dont know where it came from

    • @anthonybradley1555
      @anthonybradley1555 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      i remember the fanimal which was a rubber toy peperami with a scarf on that talked, i think that was released for a world cup maybe 2006, i think that is what your referring to.

  • @Fazeof1p
    @Fazeof1p 5 ปีที่แล้ว +308

    The Argos aliens have really gone downhill ever since they appeared in that Eiffel 65 video

    • @ca9ri498
      @ca9ri498 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Faze of 1337planet i have rufus

    • @yoymate6316
      @yoymate6316 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      yo listen up here’s a story

    • @planeslyville4645
      @planeslyville4645 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@yoymate6316
      About a little guy that lives in a blue world

    • @harryxyz2982
      @harryxyz2982 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      And all day and all night and everything he Sees is just blue like him inside and outside

    • @PokeMonica19
      @PokeMonica19 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Blue his house with a blue little window
      And a blue Corvette
      And everything is blue for him

  • @apriljones1013
    @apriljones1013 4 ปีที่แล้ว +260

    As an American this is like watching a video from a parallel universe

    • @westerling8436
      @westerling8436 ปีที่แล้ว

      Where people aren't stupid and fat

    • @rooty
      @rooty ปีที่แล้ว +15

      This is how we feel when we watch any american show, where they're constantly saying shit like got milk and where's the beef

    • @moxxiepeppino
      @moxxiepeppino 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yeah

    • @samholdsworth420
      @samholdsworth420 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@rootycoh blimey govnah

  • @FiddlesticksDraws
    @FiddlesticksDraws 5 ปีที่แล้ว +908

    When I saw the thumbnail, I thought Tango was Morph.

    • @TheRealBobHickman
      @TheRealBobHickman 5 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      He's let himself go a bit

    • @Torchyc
      @Torchyc 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      SAME

    • @mc.gemstone
      @mc.gemstone 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I was thinking the same thing too.

    • @kianhd9056
      @kianhd9056 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I know
      It looks just like him

    • @splo1nger909
      @splo1nger909 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      He took to drink when chaz got squished into the carpet

  • @pixelpenguin0732
    @pixelpenguin0732 5 ปีที่แล้ว +212

    My dad used to put the Tango Doll on the top of the Christmas tree so at least i now know what its from

    • @pryingeyes1551
      @pryingeyes1551 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      That's fantastic. Much better than an angel IMO.

    • @cobaltdev
      @cobaltdev 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      That’s horrifying

    • @thephonelad7887
      @thephonelad7887 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@cobaltdev poor tango

    • @cobaltdev
      @cobaltdev 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ThePhoneLad imagine his... skin flap getting pierced on the tree

    • @Drghost1235
      @Drghost1235 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@cobaltdev better than being watched always by some damn midget elf on the middle of the tree or on a shelf.

  • @culwin
    @culwin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +637

    In America, we had the "California Raisins" merchandise everywhere in the late 80's. Based solely on a series of ads for...raisins. Guessing people in the UK never saw them. They were mostly awful.

    • @RIXRADvidz
      @RIXRADvidz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      and would be considered incredibly racist by today's standards.

    • @culwin
      @culwin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +130

      @@RIXRADvidz Not really but whatever

    • @cyanidic3673
      @cyanidic3673 5 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      and we had the chevron cars with their disturbing eyeballs

    • @novaiscool1
      @novaiscool1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      A local Hardies/Carl's Jr has like 2 of the plush dolls of the raisins in a little kids area, and it's slightly terrifying.

    • @LeviathanRX
      @LeviathanRX 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I member

  • @ryanbissell9998
    @ryanbissell9998 5 ปีที่แล้ว +146

    One of the lesser-known brian voice lines for the toy is...
    "Find the gummy bear album in stores november 13th"

    • @JakeyAnimates
      @JakeyAnimates 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      For Videos, Games and Extraaas.

    • @samholdsworth420
      @samholdsworth420 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'll pass thank you

  • @deathsyth8888
    @deathsyth8888 5 ปีที่แล้ว +662

    (gets hit with tat on both sides of your head)
    You know when you've been Ashens'd

    • @jadeyxboox
      @jadeyxboox 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lmfao 😂😂😂

    • @unlokia
      @unlokia 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It's a hit for tat world.

    • @brianm6337
      @brianm6337 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Or walloped with 30 year old hot dogs with a hint of rot.

    • @syamantakguha3518
      @syamantakguha3518 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      hit strangers on both sides of the heads with two whole chickens (in cans)

    • @Prodawg
      @Prodawg 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      You can also tell you got ashens'd, when you take a bite out of what you thought was decent food only for it to be expired candy that kills you.

  • @PinkuPeachy
    @PinkuPeachy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Good God... The alien got more and more unnerving the longer she sat and stared through the camera directly into my soul

  • @timc3232
    @timc3232 5 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    Ah the classic Tango doll, I had a few of these back in the day.
    To get them you had to phone a very expensive phone number and listen to 5-10 minutes of screeching, shouting, and generally weird noises.
    I must of cost my poor old nan about £40 in phone calls getting them.
    Thanks for that bit of nostalgia Ashens 🖒

  • @InfernallyCapricious
    @InfernallyCapricious 5 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    "It says annoying things until you turn it off and throw it in the bin."
    I see you've talked to one of my exes.

  • @rsk47reviews59
    @rsk47reviews59 5 ปีที่แล้ว +203

    its something magical and amazing to see Ashens make a toy monkey deepthroat a Pirate Cove's cartridge at 5 in the morning...life changing experience this

  • @rouge1888
    @rouge1888 5 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    I met Monkey's puppeteer last year as part of a VFX class, and yep, the TV pilot thing is true! We saw a bunch of behind the scenes photos of it, and some clips.
    It is a really well designed toy (and puppet, actually) for I can't blame them for at least trying lmao

  • @Doom_Squid_Son
    @Doom_Squid_Son 5 ปีที่แล้ว +158

    My god, that alien in the background for the rest of the video is horrifying

  • @crazycraigy01
    @crazycraigy01 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I ordered the Tango Doll for my Collie Dog in 90's, he had it all his life and loved it...🐕🐶

  • @Phoenix2312
    @Phoenix2312 5 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    3:46 I can tell you why you Remember the 'Go-Tan' Doll - They were NOT sold in shops... They did a marketing Campaign where a clue was hidden in an advert and if you called a number - You would get a message (Obviously Premium Rate - These things were NOT free) and be sent your Free 'Go-Tan' Doll...
    I missed out on this one, BUT I did manage to get the Number off someones hand in the LEMON TANGO Adverts... And YES I did phone it! IT was actually Quite funny, and a few weeks later I got a Package through the post with some very random gubbins...
    The Adverts were DISCONTINUED after they tried to 'Up the Game' when they released TANGO STILL... A Non-Carbonated Tango later on... As the whole prank went WRONG and they were faced with Legal Issues from the ASA (Advertising Standards Authority) It was explained by the Marketing team 'People enjoyed the You've been tangoed Adverts so much, we hid clues in the adverts so they could actually be a part of the fun and be tangoed themselves in a way' - SO THERE YOU GO ASHENS!!! THERE IS YOUR ANSWER!!! (Don't take my word for it - I am sure you can find details on Google!!!)
    EDIT: No Joke... This is such a long story really - You and Larry Bundy Jr could actually do an Entire 'History of the Tango Ad Campaign that Fooled the UK' Video and get MASSIVE HITS!!! Its actually a really fascinating story!

    • @shellywoo
      @shellywoo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I had the tango doll from ringing the phone number, I remember it rambling the cult stuff down the phone at you to keep you on the line long enough to pay for the doll. And I did the lemon one too but I can't remember for the life of me what I was sent for that one...

    • @mgthestrange9098
      @mgthestrange9098 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I called the number and got a doll and a cult name which was flowering seed. Such crazy times! 🤩

    • @imrustyokay
      @imrustyokay 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Look up Bob the Fish productions on Vimeo.

    • @Kazza_8240
      @Kazza_8240 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I looked this up.....and went on a Tang-ent 🙈🤦🏼‍♀️

  • @elax4141
    @elax4141 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Yes, actually, they basically did replace the alien with a big sign saying "Come to Argos!" Also, the "Go Compaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrreeeeeeeeeeeeee!" guy was my uncle's best friend in secondary school. My uncle went on to cook food for prince william in the RAF. I'll let you decide which one had the better future.

  • @iamwords2d200
    @iamwords2d200 5 ปีที่แล้ว +316

    Good god, the blue toy looks like a Euclid class SCP.

    • @koenvandamme6901
      @koenvandamme6901 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I bet it's a Type Green.

    • @kordru
      @kordru 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Ok, here you go.
      SCP-9370
      "The Alien"
      CLASS-KETER
      "Its a fucking alien zombie, its dangerous."

    • @themothman7241
      @themothman7241 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      They could all be keters for all we know, remember they can be anyyyything

    • @foopthehoop3103
      @foopthehoop3103 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Kordru no SCP-51

  • @EsplodingBomb
    @EsplodingBomb 5 ปีที่แล้ว +147

    "Cast your mind back to 1992... Unless you weren't born before 1992, that might cause your brain to explode or something."
    *Born in 1997*
    OH SHI-
    *brain explodes*

    • @gochem3013
      @gochem3013 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      *Born in 1999*
      *brain exploded with Wilhelm Scream*

    • @Milamberinx
      @Milamberinx 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You kids better get back to your homework!

    • @patootie3529
      @patootie3529 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @-Nick- You 12 or 13?

    • @patootie3529
      @patootie3529 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @-Nick- That's spectacular

    • @robertnussberger2028
      @robertnussberger2028 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      NOOOOO YOU CASTED YOUR MIND TOO SOOOOON

  • @lovelyheiferdev
    @lovelyheiferdev 5 ปีที่แล้ว +219

    Astrid looks like the sickly daughter of Megamind.
    Also, lol uploading nearing Sunday morning in the UK.

  • @cuggyboysmith81
    @cuggyboysmith81 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I phoned up the 'tango hotline' to order one of these when i was a teenager. It was a very surreal experience. An automated voice said 'your new name is (pause....) Special Sheppard' lol.
    I also remember the doll smelling of tango when it was brand new out of the box

  • @guilhermemuratore5352
    @guilhermemuratore5352 5 ปีที่แล้ว +362

    This tango doll looks like something out of Salad Fingers

    • @bentramer682
      @bentramer682 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      So does that alien.

    • @Xegethra
      @Xegethra 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It also looks like Morph after a car accident.

  • @abemudokon9497
    @abemudokon9497 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    That yeti thing had a pretty funny advert
    "I will outlive de both of you!"

    • @EsmeMarion
      @EsmeMarion 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I love that one

  • @siliconebaby6270
    @siliconebaby6270 5 ปีที่แล้ว +154

    That blue alien thing which I am not at all familiar with is making me so uncomfortable

    • @nozoto
      @nozoto 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It's a test figure to tell who's been allegedly abducted by aliens. If it elicits a response, who may proceeds with hypnotherapy

    • @Mass-Deportation2024.
      @Mass-Deportation2024. 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Eraserhead

    • @kanna-san.
      @kanna-san. 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Mass-Deportation2024. wow you really are sick

    • @Mass-Deportation2024.
      @Mass-Deportation2024. 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      kanna -p thanks for noticing

    • @SkylorBeck
      @SkylorBeck 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh my god I hate it so much I had to scroll down while it plays. It's so horrible.

  • @hans-ann
    @hans-ann 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I remember when monkey became the pg mascot and my Nan ended up getting a load of free ones and gave them to me. I also distinctly remembering that one of the monkeys cane with a short documentary on tea.
    I watched that documentary a lot as kid ...

  • @WrecklessEating
    @WrecklessEating 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Those alien toys are so weird lol

  • @Jake-im2lv
    @Jake-im2lv 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    I remember in secondary school when those tango ads were playing there was a big thing of sneaking up to people and clapping both hands over someone's ears followed by shouting you've been tangoed.
    It was addressed several times at assembly due to apparent risk of eardrum damage

  • @xxxxfatcatxxxx
    @xxxxfatcatxxxx 5 ปีที่แล้ว +161

    My god, because of your toys tag my whole suggested videos catalog is now those weird toy channels with millions of views.

    • @SqualidsargeStudios
      @SqualidsargeStudios 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Isn't youtube fun like that

    • @OdaSwifteye
      @OdaSwifteye 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You too?

    • @Fazeof1p
      @Fazeof1p 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      The main difference here is that Ashens is actually entertaining and funny

  • @GmodPlusWoW
    @GmodPlusWoW 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Oh god, Monkeh brings back so much nostalgia for me. I can already visualize him pulling that cartridge out of his mouth later, and sighing "Yo ho..." as he goes off to make himself a cup of tea.
    Also, those Argos aliens look like they wouldn't be out of place in Bloodborne.

  • @adamoneal6476
    @adamoneal6476 5 ปีที่แล้ว +215

    What is up with Ashens and unintentionally creepy things?

    • @Doobie3010
      @Doobie3010 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Adam,Tat,"Tat and creepy things",to be exact!

    • @TommyDeonauthsArchives
      @TommyDeonauthsArchives 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Doobie3010 Crappy and Creepy things.

  • @AlisonBryen
    @AlisonBryen 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I thought the thumbnail was Morph after suffering a fairly catastrophic stroke

  • @FaolanHart
    @FaolanHart 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The Confused dotCom robot was such a desperate attempt to cash in on the Meerkat popularity.
    Amused me every time I saw it.
    Those Argos aliens however gave me bloody nightmares. My god I hated those things.
    It was mainly their eyes & movements.

    • @GreatSageSunWukong
      @GreatSageSunWukong 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Faolan Hart {Animal Above The Man} i liked it better it reminded me of telebots

    • @jonahabenhaim1223
      @jonahabenhaim1223 ปีที่แล้ว

      That Argos Alien looks like Megamind’s Daughter.

  • @Vaxonblue
    @Vaxonblue 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    As a Brit, I simultaneously thank you for giving me a nostalgia rush with these and hate you for reminding me that those bloody creepy argos aliens existed

  • @gferrol118
    @gferrol118 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Man, this is a trip down memory lane. I remember all of these, but the tango one since I wasn't born then

    • @IanC14
      @IanC14 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      If you remembered the Tango one despite it airing before you were born you need to see a doctor.

  • @245thegreat
    @245thegreat 5 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    My Dad has Brian in it's original box he refuses to take it out as it will "be worth loads of money one day". 🙈🙈

    • @RIXRADvidz
      @RIXRADvidz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      when your grandkids have grandkids THEN Brian the Robot will be worth nothing because by then values on objects will have been abolished decades ago because of run-away Capitalism

  • @BOYD1981
    @BOYD1981 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I'm so glad I've kept my Brian in his box. It's much less disappointing that way.

    • @favoritemustard3542
      @favoritemustard3542 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ...never, ever let BRI4N out of his box past midnight!!

  • @kayleighbrown459
    @kayleighbrown459 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I remember having the Tango Doll as a kid. I don't remember ever watching the advert, and I'm not sure were my parents got one. All I remember was that we called it the tango man and it was apparently kinda rare, because no other kid at school had one and always wanted me to bring it.

  • @stormkeepergu
    @stormkeepergu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    The Tango doll reminds me of a slightly wonky version of Morph...

    • @dicapriodelorean2888
      @dicapriodelorean2888 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      when i first saw it in the thumbnail i thought it was some weird ass version or bootleg Morph figure

    • @s4tchm0j0n3s
      @s4tchm0j0n3s 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thank you. I was thinking the same. It's like someone was tasked with making Morph from memory who hasn't seen him for 30 years.

  • @slaughterround643
    @slaughterround643 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    You know, I had one of those monkehs but mini with a PG Tips shirt

  • @novidsjustposts
    @novidsjustposts 5 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    idea for future video: shit cereal box prizes & box-tab mail-ins
    also does Gotan remind anyone else of Salad Fingers? ;-;

    • @MathewHaswell
      @MathewHaswell 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I hope he does the Walkers (crisps) Jar Jar Sticky Tongue Toy in that video, should it happen.

    • @MathewHaswell
      @MathewHaswell 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Monster Munch LCD games would also be interesting to see.

    • @MathewHaswell
      @MathewHaswell 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Sassy The Sasquatch
      I tjink that "Gotan" is what Morph's deformed half-brother might look like.

    • @planeslyville4645
      @planeslyville4645 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hello! I'm from the future! And yes... He did do the video!

  • @diesel_dawg
    @diesel_dawg 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love the Anchor Christmas advert where the kid got the squeaky elephant. And the advert where the two were talking about retirement homes and the grandmother said "I'll outlive the both of you." lol

  • @watchspotting
    @watchspotting 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    “This child is annoying, and his parents don’t really like him.”
    *Buy butter and cheese everyone*

  • @winkinggerbil
    @winkinggerbil 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    God I choked when Astrid was sitting there lol so funny

  • @nathanforester5993
    @nathanforester5993 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Ah yes, the Argos aliens. I believe good ol Larry introduced me to those dolls - I knew you were going to review these sooner or later. You should have made the Argos Alien do the 'Grr argh' pose from the Mutant Enemy logo.

    • @TommyDeonauthsArchives
      @TommyDeonauthsArchives 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's the Bloody Argos aliens!!! Yeah I remember seeing the Guru Larry video too. Need to see that again actually.

  • @dazwannawzad9272
    @dazwannawzad9272 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The only other advertising mascot I can think of that switched companies was the Verizon/ Sprint "can you hear me now?" guy. Interesting video, thank you!!!

  • @BABYCHAOS26
    @BABYCHAOS26 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I had a Tango Doll, you'd also be given a "Cult Name" mine was Flowing Seed

    • @tomkenning5482
      @tomkenning5482 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's concerning

    • @countzero1136
      @countzero1136 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's like an overly poetic pornstar name :)

  • @isabellamorris7902
    @isabellamorris7902 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I wrote an entire university essay on the 'You Know When You've Been Tango'd' campaign.

  • @rob9472
    @rob9472 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I always wanted one of those Zingy things from the EDF adverts from I have no idea how long ago.

  • @midnightmosesuk
    @midnightmosesuk 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I still have my Tango doll. His name in the advert was Jim. He had pride of place on my mantle piece. I bought a bottle of tequila which had been decorated with a tiny sombrero and sarape, which coincidentally fit my Tango man exactly. So my Tango man looked like a comedy Mexican.

  • @GigglingChinchilla
    @GigglingChinchilla 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    For me the only 90s doll I remember is Flat Eric.
    Apparently there are some giant puppets made of him.

  • @logickedmazimoon6001
    @logickedmazimoon6001 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    So monkeh wa sat back with his yorkshire cup of tea
    -spiffing brit

  • @rockinatmidnight
    @rockinatmidnight 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Just remembered the EDF energy blobby poo things. I had friends obsessed with them!

  • @rooty
    @rooty ปีที่แล้ว +1

    PG Tips was traditionally advertised with chimps, that's why it made sense for them to adopt the monkey character

  • @henrylong00
    @henrylong00 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    the sofa is looking particularly shoddy today, I hope it's feeling okay

  • @ellaisplotting
    @ellaisplotting 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    For some reason my mum was obsessed with the PG Tips Monkeys, we had about ten different ones for a while, including a giant one in a hula skirt and coconuts. They were absolutely everywhere in charity shops for a bit. We've still got a little one with a Christmas hat and scarf that comes out every year with the rest of the decorations. She's moved on to the Aldi Kevin the Carrot now, we've got him and his children although couldn't get hold of Katie or the evil parsnip. She discovered the Christmas jumpers they wear are removable so she snuck them off so they can stay out of the loft all year round. Like the Monkeys, surprisingly well made, pretty solid- can handle actual play. And god, were the Argos aliens really 2011!? That seems far too long ago.

  • @Wombattlr
    @Wombattlr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    So, Ashens.
    About that advertising. It's been exactly 12 months. What is the world like?

  • @LayerInfinity
    @LayerInfinity 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That Gotan doll looks very similar to an old Aardman Animations character called 'Morph'. I remember having a toy when I was growing up that let you make the character out of plasticine only instead of actually looking like Morph it ended up looking like that Tango-drenched monstrosity. Ah, memories!

  • @lhcabela5851
    @lhcabela5851 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Almost 1 am EST, new Ashens video? I didn’t realize it was Christmas already !

  • @JuliaHarrisx
    @JuliaHarrisx 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I have a GoTang! Still boxed! Also a Tango loudhailer type of thing (smallish size) that took batteries to work. So glad you’ve shown this as friends have no clue what I’m talking about lol 💋 xx

  • @Meow_YT
    @Meow_YT 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    ngl, I thought that was Morphs not-talked-about cousin.

  • @maverickREAL
    @maverickREAL 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "I love being your robo friend."
    "Why?"

  • @Joeproductions
    @Joeproductions 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Suprised you don't have Flat Eric

    • @MrDalevich
      @MrDalevich 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      DAMN! you beat me to it.

  • @HeyLaserLips
    @HeyLaserLips 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The Tango Doll is actually Morph from Hartbeat after his show was cancelled and he went off the deep end. The only work the poor chap could get.

  • @ReaperMan1010
    @ReaperMan1010 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    You missed Flat Eric from the Levis advert. That was a weird thing which my younger brother was obsessed with!

    • @boglander2004
      @boglander2004 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I hope he makes a part 2 and talks about flat Eric

  • @neonautumn34
    @neonautumn34 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    11:32 good job gettin that second arm up as quick as possible :D

  • @LeviathanRX
    @LeviathanRX 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I had plush of the Taco Bell Chihuahua
    There was also the Coca Cola Polar Bears...

    • @johnnybeasley3675
      @johnnybeasley3675 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Coca Cola had all kinds of Beanie Babies. Nice ones at that. I even had a few. A penguin and an octopus I think.

    • @FaithPixel
      @FaithPixel 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@johnnybeasley3675 yus I have a Canadian Coca cola moose.

    • @pryingeyes1551
      @pryingeyes1551 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I still do. He's wearing a beret, and doing his best Che impression as he echoes Viva Gorditas, when you squeeze him just like a real Chihuahua.

    • @EBThisThat
      @EBThisThat 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I have a Target plush with a visor and swim trunks. He's quite small but cute. I also had one of the Taco Bell dog that said 'viva Gorditas !'. Funnily enough he was supposed to resemble Che Guerrera. No, not making this up, folks !

  • @birdbrain4445
    @birdbrain4445 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I didn't even know Monkey was originally made for ITV Digital, I always knew him as the 'PG Tips Monkey'. I got a small one when I was a kid, it had suction cups to stick to windows n what not. Cut them off and I had a little Monkey of my own!

    • @hans-ann
      @hans-ann 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was heartbroken when I lost my monkey when I moved house (as a kid)

  • @FamousFennec
    @FamousFennec 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The Brian robot is one of my nephews favourite toys somehow.

  • @tbonbrad
    @tbonbrad 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Crash Test Dummies better be in this. Kids defiantly wanted those, and they got them.

  • @RS250Squid
    @RS250Squid 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I remember James Corden getting bullied by the tango men in 1999 or so (edit, it was 2000).
    They got some complaints as a result of that one, I seem to remember!

  • @PhoenixOfChaos
    @PhoenixOfChaos ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I still have my mini Pg tips monkey from God knows where and I used to carry it everywhere when I would go to school and stuff, I was obsessed with it

  • @shearer2929
    @shearer2929 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    yeah the ask in 12 months thing has not aged well for different reasons unfortunately

  • @keikuru1
    @keikuru1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    11:53 is genuinely unsettling and upsetting - if I showed that to my niece she would probably cry 😂

  • @billmilligan1705
    @billmilligan1705 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    'You've been tangoed' was also shouted with people with a bad orange fake tan

    • @Rebekkashahtirmizi
      @Rebekkashahtirmizi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Still is, after all this time!

    • @1Thunderfire
      @1Thunderfire 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think that one pretty much entered and stayed in the lexicon. That's advertising power!

  • @rosep2000
    @rosep2000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thought I was going mad for minute when you said Al and Monkey advertised something other than PG tips tea. That was what I always knew them as. Now I know tea was not their first gig. 😂

  • @namelast6982
    @namelast6982 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Hey Ashens, it's been 12 months exactly, how's it going with TH-cam?

  • @bradturner7678
    @bradturner7678 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Those blue aliens were a supressed memory i forgot existed, so thanks for that.

  • @OptimusGPrime
    @OptimusGPrime 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    "Like the witches from that Roald Dahl book." ...The Witches.

  • @AssortedJade
    @AssortedJade 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My dad worked for On/ITV digital until the final days and I loved my dads monkey collection as a child. I think the pilot was true, I was quite young but I remember seeing something like that. I'll have to ask him about it.

  • @jacobh503
    @jacobh503 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That couch is more well known than the casting couch

  • @JoeBleasdaleReal
    @JoeBleasdaleReal 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My uncle is a self-employed plumber and has one of those Tango dolls on his van’s dashboard and I had no idea what it was for years - never thought I’d find out from Ashens but it makes sense 😂

  • @bryman8957
    @bryman8957 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    When I saw this title I definitely thought we would see Mr. Oizo/Flat Eric!

  • @superduper6867524
    @superduper6867524 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    this video is bonkers start to finish lmao.
    Thanks for all the hard work and great content.
    The way you gagged and cast away that poor monkey lmaooo

  • @anthonyinteresting4736
    @anthonyinteresting4736 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    My favorite TH-camr for years!!
    I think we can safely say ... That sofa is now a couch. 😂

    • @AgentTasmania
      @AgentTasmania 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Pretty sure he's said he's down to a single-seat section.
      We need to put a pot together to get it restored, especially as he's been selling chunks of the other bits.

  • @UnSanitary
    @UnSanitary 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    We will run out of oxygen in the next 300 years however we shall NEVER run out of ashens content.

  • @LeFouGallois
    @LeFouGallois 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Who else remembers Flat Eric ? ;)

  • @JoeBleasdaleReal
    @JoeBleasdaleReal 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That ITV Digital Monkey is actually very nice, as in, really close to the real thing. The one I got with PG Tips was about a quarter of the size and in a dressing gown 😂

  • @chrisbomber101
    @chrisbomber101 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    THANK YOU for not showing crazy frog

  • @KumaTorey
    @KumaTorey 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    it’s funny looking back at how many things I had when I was like 5/6 years old that were advert stuff. Cocoa-Cola polar bear, a toy plane with an insurance company brand on it, Budweiser truck, etc etc.

  • @jak1259
    @jak1259 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It's been exactly one year since this was released.... how is that TH-cam ad revenue lol

  • @jaysonraphaelmurdock8812
    @jaysonraphaelmurdock8812 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Omg I love the monkey from PG Tips.

  • @MagicSwagget12
    @MagicSwagget12 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Holy shit I completely forgot about the Argos aliens

  • @DragonNexus
    @DragonNexus 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was thinking "Why do I have no idea what that Anchor plush toy is?"
    And then I realised 2015 was the year I got Netflix and never needed to watch TV again.

    • @CiromBreeze
      @CiromBreeze 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yup. I recognise all of these except the first one (before my time) and the last one (stopped watching TV, basically replaced with YT/Twitch). Though I only knew of MONKEH because of PG Tips.

  • @YTCusser
    @YTCusser 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Finally, a video that doesnt already have thousands of views and comments! We made it bois. Ashens 2020.

  • @ghost_anna_reads787
    @ghost_anna_reads787 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That Tango thing will appear in my nightmares tonight.