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This advert came out in the UK in 1993. It was an instant hit and many people still sing the  lines and ice cream vans play the tune: Just One Cornetto Give it to me Delicious icecream For me to eat Its taste is just supreme Give me Cornetto From Wall’s Ice Cream The theme […]

Tunnock\’s Teacakes have been around for goodness knows how long but both the TV adverts for them and actually eating one remind me strongly of childhood packed lunches and, as I ordinarily ate school dinner, school trips. Slightly melted Tunnock\’s Teacakes would be consumed readily on the bus to Beamish, where we went at least […]

A 1992 hit with all the prerequisite uniform: perm, big earrings and a lot of PVC. I love the setting for this video – how exactly do you book a missile launch platform? The German duo Snap! were responsible for this club hit and UK number 1 as well as The Power which was another […]

I can push a Push Pop, can you push a Push Pop? I remember these Push Pops being advertised at us very cynically during children’s TV shows so much that my mates and I all rushed out to the shops to buy them. We soon learned that Push Pops tasted pretty horrible and also, probably […]

In line with their striking pedigree of hit adverts and soundtracks, Levi’s took TV by storm once more with a montage of twisty dancers throwing their limbs about and doing Exorcist-style tricks with their necks to the wonderful sound of Pepe Deluxe “Woman in Blue” otherwise known as “Before you Leave” – shown below the […]

Levi’s continued their advertising history with a little yellow puppet that aimed to shift more of their jeans. The music and the furry little fiend took the world by storm – topping the charts and bringing out a popular imitation puppet. The response was so immense that Levi’s broke their one-campaign-only rule and brought Flat […]

Don’t you just love this classic? Girl (thinking): I wish, I wish I had a lovely surprise. Boy (thinking): Something to play with -and some chocolate. Voiceover: Kinder is everything a kid could wish for because, inside there’s a lovely surprise to play with, and lovely chocolate, with more milk and less cocoa. Mickey Mouse: […]

This steamy hot summer advert gave hundreds of guys a bright idea for how to break the ice. Stuck on a long-haul journey with a pretty girl opposite? Just hand over half a stick of chewing gum. The music is “All Right Now” by Free (1970).