25 Responses to “UK ITV Adverts 1976 x 7”

1. skylightstar100 says:

   July 1, 2009 at 9:53 pm

   we had our own lyrics for the yorkie bar lol
2. MegaDave1973 says:

   July 1, 2009 at 9:53 pm

   the smash adverts were an absolute classic
3. lbee1234 says:

   July 1, 2009 at 9:53 pm

   that sounds like lee evans on that cheap rate advert
4. alanstarkie2001 says:

   July 1, 2009 at 9:53 pm

   1976, the mother of all summers. Scorchio!
5. custardaghost says:

   July 1, 2009 at 9:53 pm

   In the Buzby era, you had go on a waiting list for a phone – it months for the GPO to install it. The phone itself was rented (i think) and cost a fortune and the height of luxury was some gayarse retro French-rococco job. They had a Mickey Mouse one too but it was available to 10 customers a year only.
6. tonightwefly says:

   July 1, 2009 at 9:53 pm

   now its 40p for 20 mins
7. Shropshire67 says:

   July 1, 2009 at 9:53 pm

   I guess when you were a kid you could tolerate ads but now I absolutely cannot stand them probably because they have no imagination and are longer than the show you are supposed to be watching thank God for Tivo! watching this is like these were just yesterday though!
8. Durbs75 says:

   July 1, 2009 at 9:53 pm

   3 minutes on the phone for 10p? In 1976? That’d be the equivalent of about two quid now!
9. b6gm6n says:

   July 1, 2009 at 9:53 pm

   I had a ‘Corona’ rep visit my house once when i was 5 after my dad wrote to them saying “my son thinks your coke tastes like cherries” next thing you know a bloke turns up gives me a crate of coke-Corrona and a hearty sorry son… little did i realized the liquid was laced with a slow working brain chemical which took years to set in, next thing you know I’m autistic and lagging behind in school, i end up skipping months, made to go into home till i was 19, mentalist now, thanks Corrona.
10. zephyruk says:

    July 1, 2009 at 9:53 pm

    If only those kids on the birds eye beefburgers advert had known that the cheap burgers would probably have given them mad cow disease….
11. craigybus1 says:

    July 1, 2009 at 9:53 pm

    Nah ther’s no-er need fer subtitles..Its pure Yorksher Spayke! Nah wheres mi whippet?
12. mistofoles says:

    July 1, 2009 at 9:53 pm

    Interesting – could’ve done with subtitles on that first ad!
13. mistofoles says:

    July 1, 2009 at 9:53 pm

    Yep – it was Peter Sutcliffe, a psycho “Yorkie”!!
14. tootstanner says:

    July 1, 2009 at 9:53 pm

    Love these ads, remember them like it was yesterday! We were blessed with Quality ads in the 70′s!! Thank you revoxy!!
15. capitalsho says:

    July 1, 2009 at 9:53 pm

    My God, watching this made me realise just how SHITE ads on the TV are nowdays.
16. RICOBLAB says:

    July 1, 2009 at 9:53 pm

    I thought more of a sarge Bilko/ topcat type of thing.
17. thisisriffed says:

    July 1, 2009 at 9:53 pm

    The Corona voice-over is a poor impersonation of Telly Savallas (Kojak) if I’m not mistaken?
18. allister1964 says:

    July 1, 2009 at 9:53 pm

    Great ads, especially ‘bens beefburgers’ and ‘yorkie’.Thanks for posting!
19. regentv980 says:

    July 1, 2009 at 9:53 pm

    like it,good ad’s like the telly at the time
20. 6xentrix6 says:

    July 1, 2009 at 9:53 pm

    These take me back, oh the oldies lol
21. tonymontana1974 says:

    July 1, 2009 at 9:53 pm

    THEY PEEL THEM WITH THEIR METAL KNIVES
    mumble mumble mumble
    BOIL THEM FOR 20 MINUTES
    mumble mumble mumble
    THEN SMASH THEM ALL TO PIECES
    hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
    FFOORRR MASH GET SSSMMAASSSSSHHHHHHHHHH
22. mazon111 says:

    July 1, 2009 at 9:53 pm

    hey thanks for posting. it’s weird seeing these when nowadays almost every ad mentions the internet/gives a website
23. LNER4468 says:

    July 1, 2009 at 9:53 pm

    There’s a Scots-African kid in Edinburgh, about 12 years old, who has an amazing afro. I really admire his guts to do so.
24. funkg says:

    July 1, 2009 at 9:53 pm

    not all, some of us had afros (:
25. wearelegion88 says:

    July 1, 2009 at 9:53 pm

    i was a coronaboy..pound a week,teeth rotting goodness delivered to you door.sandwich spread sandwiches but no yorkie..bastard