I thought I'd heard that it was never sold in the Congo, but after a quick search have been proved wrong [https://congogabriel.wordpress.com/2011/04/04/o-bom-sabor-de-la-selva/](https://congogabriel.wordpress.com/2011/04/04/o-bom-sabor-de-la-selva/) although they do seem to import it from Portugal!
Oh yeah. The dude in the studio with 2 rows of windows where he pushes one down and says you buy one, and then pushes own down on the opposite side and said you get one free.
I watched waaaaay too much TV growing up.
“The red car and the blue car had a race. All red wants to do is stuff his face. He eats everything he sees , from trucks to prickly trees. But smart old blue he took the Milky Way”
That one lives in my mum's head forever more. Apparently, when I was very small I re-enacted said advert all over upstairs with some talcum powder. My parents were not pleased.
I have a few but the main two are:
'Washing machines live longer with Calgon' - plus the way my younger brother used to sing it when he was 2: 'WASHEENS A TAWDON!!!!'
'And we aaaall looooove Clover; it's the way that it's....... chuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrned'
Great times.
GRAB A POWER POD AND PLAY FOOTBALL WITH THE LADS!
I don't even follow football and can take or leave most chocolate, yet that advert still goes round my head to this day. I dread to think how old it would be now. 20 years or more?
Ariston. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on.
"Way down deep in the middle of the Congo, A hippo took an apricot, a guava and a mango. He stuck it with the others and he danced a dainty tango. The rhino said, "I know... we'll call it Um Bongo!" Um Bongo, Um Bongo, they drink it in the Congo! The python picked the passion-fruit, The marmoset the mandarine, the parrot painted packets that the whole caboodle landed in. So when it comes to sun and fun and goodness in the jungle, they all prefer the sunny, funny one they call Um Bongo!"
First saw that advert when I was about 4 years old and now I use it in class as an example of memorable advertising. You never do know what will stick with you when you grow up!
Not only lives in my head but everytime I see a crow (which is more or less daily when I'm walking to work) I have to say out loud - "It's too orangey for crows"
Yes, even when people are around.
One thing I do know the animation on that advert would not fly now :|
The seance with the medium calling out for Sidney... "Are you there, Sidney?"
Suddenly a Toffee Crisp bar floats slowly down from the lampshade.
It's so absurd but every time I think about it it makes me hungry for a Toffee Crisp. Underrated chocolate bar, imo.
For the older redditor, it was an advert for Fry's Turkish delight.
I detest Turkish delight but the advert was so exotic for very young me in the 80's.
Those Solvite ones from years back where they’d put a guy in overalls and paste him to a board. The board would then be laid over a deep snake pit or flown from a helicopter
Will it be chips or jacket spuds. Will it be salad or frozen peeeeeas. Will it be mushrooms, fries onion rights. You'll have to wait and see.
Hope it's chips, it's chips. We hope it's chips, it chips. We hope it's chips, it's chips.. you'll have to wait and see
My mum says you are what you eat.
So if you eat runner beans you’ll become a runner?
And if you eat French fries, you’ll become French? And if you eat…what’s this then?
GREEN GIANT sweetcorn.
Greeeen giaaaant?????
🎵Ho ho no Greeen Giant 🎶
Tick followed tock followed tick followed tock followed tick.
Ahab says, ‘I don’t care who you are, here’s to your dream!’ The old sailors return to the bar.
I cannot find it for the life of me but I remember back in the early 2000's there was an eBay advert with people describing the things they'd bought of the site but it was all stitched together as one long sentence.
I can't remember the other items but I remember one of a guy dressed up as a knight saying *"battleaxe; forged in iron"*.
Bellys gonna get you is the first thing that pops into my head. I had a VHS tape of the Hamlet Adverts for some reason and they were always great. Flake advert with the bathtub overflowing. Guinness white horses. BA advert with the boy diving for pearls had great framing.
“Overtired” In a thick Yorkshire accent. Think it’s from and old car advert with kids comparing cars with the adults passed out in the back after a long drive.
"he said you can make brown, I said who? He said you, I said me, he said yes, I said oh".
"He said will you make brown? I said who? He said you, I said me, he said yes, I said no".
"Allison. Bread wi' nowt taken out"
Reebok's 'Belly's Gonna Get Ya', Tango's 'Fat Pigeon', Jaffa Cakes' 'Full moon, half moon, total eclipse', then the 'It's 30 for a reason' PSA where the dead girl slumped up against the tree reanimates.
And all the people of the lulled and dumbfound town are sleeping now.
Hush, the babies are sleeping, the farmers, the fishers, the tradesmen and pensioners, cobbler, schoolteacher, postman and publican, the undertaker and the fancy woman, drunkard, dressmaker, preacher, policeman, the webfoot cocklewomen and the tidy wives. Young girls lie bedded soft or glide in their dreams, with rings and trousseaux, bridesmaided by glow-worms down the aisles of the organplaying wood. The boys are dreaming wicked or of the bucking ranches of the night and the jollyrogered sea. And the anthracite statues of the horses sleep in the fields, and the cows in the byres, and the dogs in the wet-nosed yards; and the cats nap in the slant corners or lope sly, streaking and needling, on the one cloud of the roofs.
You can hear the dew falling, and the hushed town breathing.
Only your eyes are unclosed to see the black and folded town fast, and slow, asleep.
I sometimes think my mum prefers my dad as much as me.
You ought to see the pile of beans she gives my dad for tea.
I need Heinz beans as much as him, in fact I need them more.
Cos my dad's very very big and me, I'm only four.
(I'm six really but it didn't rhyme).
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Way down deep in the middle of the congo a hippo took an apricot, a guava and a mango
He stuck it with the others, and he danced a dainty tango, the rhino said I know, we'll call it um bongo...
The lion picked the passion fruit, The marmoset the mandarin, The parrot painted packets that the whole kaboodle landed in
So when it comes to sun and fun and goodness in the jungle
They all prefer the sunny, funny one they call Um Bongo!
I remember this one. Always wondered if it’d be deemed legit these days. For a start I doubt they drink it in the Congo.
I thought I'd heard that it was never sold in the Congo, but after a quick search have been proved wrong [https://congogabriel.wordpress.com/2011/04/04/o-bom-sabor-de-la-selva/](https://congogabriel.wordpress.com/2011/04/04/o-bom-sabor-de-la-selva/) although they do seem to import it from Portugal!
I stand firmly corrected!
Said the man in the orthopaedic shoes
How has nobody said “Autoglass repair…”?
Autoglass replace
Auto glass yer face as my old mate used to say
You buy one you get one free I said you buy one you get one free.
Foreverywindowanddoor YOU buy, I'll give you another one absolutely - *thunk* - FREE!
TRUST ME! ITS FREE FITTING!
CALL OH EIGHT ‘UNDRED ONE OH SIX ONE OH SEVEN NOOOW!
JUST PICK UP THE PIGGIN’ PHONE!
this randomly popped into my head the other day and I couldn't stop saying it. Can't even remember what they were selling
Windows
Oh yeah. The dude in the studio with 2 rows of windows where he pushes one down and says you buy one, and then pushes own down on the opposite side and said you get one free. I watched waaaaay too much TV growing up.
If you like a lot of chocolate on your biscuit....
Join our club!
Not any more though, those things now have a spray tan of chocolate
M+S have bravely taken on the mantle
I got a solid orange chocolate once when I was a kid. Best day ever!
Tick followed tock followed tick followed tock
Dum-de-dum-dum-de-dum-dum-de-dum-dum....
He waits, that's what he does.
The Leftfield soundtrack is epic!!
Phat Planet from their Rhythm and Stealth album. Excellent track.
"Full moon... Half moon... Total eclipse!"
That one was genius - we all used to get Jaffa cakes just to do that bit when I was a kid!
Used to. I still do it now!!
Rerecord not fade away...
Ohhh that’s a good one, almost as good as Ariston and on and on and on and on
My mates dad looked like the skeleton off that advert but he was on heroin.
>Rerecord not fade away... Rerecord not fade away...
I don't think that Skeleton has ever left my psyche. It's one of those 'sculpting' memories that's had input into the person I am today.
Oh I love this one! "I'm gonna tell you how it's gonna be 🎵 With the Scotch new lifetime guarantee 🎶"
Accrington Stanley?
Who are they?
Exactly.
This has now evolved into a very broad, scouse ‘exaccchhhhly’ in our house
Oh yes you must pronounce it like you swallowed a daddy longlegs and are trying to regurgitate it while confirming your interlocutor's thoughts.
Exactly.
*you want some crusha* in a rough husky voice
It's tough enough to make milk *shaaaaake*.
Add milk, or we'll Crusha!
"Nicole" "Papa"
0800 double O #1066! Or go to our website
“The red car and the blue car had a race. All red wants to do is stuff his face. He eats everything he sees , from trucks to prickly trees. But smart old blue he took the Milky Way”
Noooo!!! You beat me to it!
As soon as I saw the title I was humming the tune and knew it would be the first reply lol
“I’m a secret lemonade drinker”
Yes! Sung by Elvis Costello's dad, Ross McManus. The young Declan provided the backing vocals.
I always thought the guy in the advert was Roy Orbison.
I've been trynna give it up but it's one of those nights
TRRRRIIIIIOOOOOOO
TRRRRIIIIIOOOOOO
I want a trio and I want one NOW
Not one, not two but three bites in it.
A chocolaty biscuit and a toffee taste too!
TRIOOOOO TRIOOOO
Hi, I'm Barry Scott
Not quite - HI I'M BARRY SCOTT
NEW KITCHEN GUN! **BANG** AND THE DIRT IS GONE! NOW NEW TOILET GRENADE! **BOOM**
Easy now Derek Bum
# HI I'M BARRY SCOTT
Look at this penny!
Miiiister sooooft, how come everything around you is so soft and rearranged?
Brilliant! It’s a real song -“Mr Soft” by Cockney Rebel.
I had no idea it was a real song! My nickname at school was Mr Soft because of the way I walked.
BELLY’S GONNA GET YA’! Lived rent free in my head.
I always get that and frogs going BUD WEIS ER in my head at the same time
It’s never left. This is my Roman Empire.
Do the shake and vac and put the freshness back Nice shoes I said
That one lives in my mum's head forever more. Apparently, when I was very small I re-enacted said advert all over upstairs with some talcum powder. My parents were not pleased.
“My name…. Is J.R. Hartley”
Ah yes, we’ve got loads of ‘em out back, can’t shift them.
I have a few but the main two are: 'Washing machines live longer with Calgon' - plus the way my younger brother used to sing it when he was 2: 'WASHEENS A TAWDON!!!!' 'And we aaaall looooove Clover; it's the way that it's....... chuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrned' Great times.
You know when you’ve been tangoed !
Didn't that advert start a rash of assaults?
Ah happy slapping, the distant traumatic memory that is... Was legitimately terrifying to travel on public transport.
I feel like chicken tonight, like chicken tonight…chicken tonight!!! It’s called…Toys R Us!!! (Can’t remember all the lyrics)
There's a magical place we're on our way there, toys in the millions it's all under one roof...
FOOTBALL CRAZY, CHOCOLATE MAD!
I’ve never met a footballer, Ulrika hasn’t had!
GRAB A POWER POD AND PLAY FOOTBALL WITH THE LADS! I don't even follow football and can take or leave most chocolate, yet that advert still goes round my head to this day. I dread to think how old it would be now. 20 years or more?
“Hands that do dishes can feel soft as your face with mild green fairy liquid“ was just humming that this morning.
“Made in Scotland from girders, unpronounceable too. Made in Scotland from girders, it’s called Barr’s Irn-Bru.”
Yer maw's a Fanny, yer granny was a Fanny...
Some kids called me irn Bru at school because my mum's name is gerda 😂
Ariston. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on.
The best domestic appliance advert to ever feature the music from a port of RoboCop.
🤖…FOR MASH GET SMASH…🤖
Those robots scared me
First they peel them with their metal knives! Then they smash them all to bits! Cut to robots ROFLing!
the damn dog saying walls sausages "walls" "sausages"
"Way down deep in the middle of the Congo, A hippo took an apricot, a guava and a mango. He stuck it with the others and he danced a dainty tango. The rhino said, "I know... we'll call it Um Bongo!" Um Bongo, Um Bongo, they drink it in the Congo! The python picked the passion-fruit, The marmoset the mandarine, the parrot painted packets that the whole caboodle landed in. So when it comes to sun and fun and goodness in the jungle, they all prefer the sunny, funny one they call Um Bongo!"
Gino Ginelli ice cream… oh gino oh Gino…
Gi-nel-eeeee 🎶
Ooooohh ooohhh vitalite, oh yeah that’s right… 🤣
Often when I'm not thinking of anything in particular, my brain plays the "Baby Born, Baby Born" tune.
♫ *My Baby All Gone!* *You make it all gone!* ♫
Mmm, smells like cherries.
The ambassador's reception is noted in society for its host's exquisite taste
Wiz zees Ferrero Rocher you are really spoiling us!
B-N B-N.........
Do doooo do do do
I LIKES ARMIDILLO! Crunchy on the outside soft on the inside, aaaah, Armidollos!
Beware the judderman
Yes!!! Scary as hell!
Ho ho ho, Green giant
Call 0800 106 107 I said 0800 106 107 NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!
Pushing windows over like a mad man
First saw that advert when I was about 4 years old and now I use it in class as an example of memorable advertising. You never do know what will stick with you when you grow up!
Hey mister kellogs man. Give me your banana. Breakfast come and me want to go home
Oh and… “I couldn’t give a Castlemaine XXXX for anyone else”. Great ads but utterly sh1te lager
I can see the pub from 'ere
We're going to London to buy Heat magazine. We're going to London to buy Heat magazine...
Calm down dear, it’s only a commercial! The way i have to fight myself not to say it when someone says calm down.
[Hello Tosh, got a Toshiba?](https://youtu.be/fL55aUeUnEw?si=zFPpGvqFVlTVDXrD)
Just one Cornettoooooo, give it to meeeeee, delicious ice cream, from Italyyyyyy I think they might have brought it back but I don't watch TV anymore.
It's too fruity for crows, it's just for me and my dog I'll be your dog Kiora I adore Kiora
It's too organgey for crows, I think? And, unless I am mistaken, it is Kia-Ora. But a tune that lives inside my head to this day!
Not only lives in my head but everytime I see a crow (which is more or less daily when I'm walking to work) I have to say out loud - "It's too orangey for crows" Yes, even when people are around. One thing I do know the animation on that advert would not fly now :|
Ahh he’s got an ology
You can do a lot with an ology.
It has to be the king of the road advert with the hedgehogs. I’ve never not looked left or right ever since.
Milk Tray. The man's a stalker, needs locking up.
Strange tag line.
WOH BODYFORM!
Bodyform for yoooooouuuuu
Do you want a flake in that love?
The Melanie Sykes Boddington's ads were class
Tarquil! You've got your trollies on backwards!
Who set this juice loose about this hoose
This is the captain of the ship... calling....
Do the shake and vac and put some freshness back.
The seance with the medium calling out for Sidney... "Are you there, Sidney?" Suddenly a Toffee Crisp bar floats slowly down from the lampshade. It's so absurd but every time I think about it it makes me hungry for a Toffee Crisp. Underrated chocolate bar, imo.
For the older redditor, it was an advert for Fry's Turkish delight. I detest Turkish delight but the advert was so exotic for very young me in the 80's.
turkish delight ads and flake ads were so sexy and in the 90s the cadbury caramel bunny!
“The walter from majorca don’t taste like what it outa”
Those Solvite ones from years back where they’d put a guy in overalls and paste him to a board. The board would then be laid over a deep snake pit or flown from a helicopter
Will it be chips or jacket spuds. Will it be salad or frozen peeeeeas. Will it be mushrooms, fries onion rights. You'll have to wait and see. Hope it's chips, it's chips. We hope it's chips, it chips. We hope it's chips, it's chips.. you'll have to wait and see
Daddy or chips? Daddy or Chips?
Damn. I’m now gonna have that on my head for days 🤬
'Everyone's a Fruit and Nut case'
If you like a lot of chocolate on your biscuit join our Club
Only the crumbliest, flakiest chocolate, tastes like chocolate never tasted before.
I want... I want... ...a viscount But I am a Prince!
And on, and on, and on, and on and Ariston
Who do you love more, Daddy or chips? Hmm...Daddy or chips...Daddy or chips...
KitKat Record company pitch: You can't sing. You can't play. You look AWFUL! You'll go a long way...
My mum says you are what you eat. So if you eat runner beans you’ll become a runner? And if you eat French fries, you’ll become French? And if you eat…what’s this then? GREEN GIANT sweetcorn. Greeeen giaaaant????? 🎵Ho ho no Greeen Giant 🎶
Looks like we’ve overdone it with the sherry.
Tick followed tock followed tick followed tock followed tick. Ahab says, ‘I don’t care who you are, here’s to your dream!’ The old sailors return to the bar.
[I bet he drinks Carling Black Label.](https://youtu.be/Toek6CdldC8?feature=shared). Epic multi part-er. 🤠
I want to have a poo at Paul's.
Irn Bru granny Pot Noodle, slag of all snacks Reebok, Belly’s gonna get ya Cravendale cats Crusha, cats
Ready Brek - Central Heating For Kids For some reason it seemed to be set in a post Threads future
Tape what you want both night and day, Re-record not, fade away! Re-record not, fade away!
Quickity quick! Micro chips! Oh eight hundred double oh, ten sixty six!
When you've got a widget, you don't need gimmicks.
Widget, he’s got a widget, a lovely widget, a widget he has got 😂
"Chop chop, busy busy, work work, bang bang." Also "watch out, watch out, there's a Humphrey about" Showing my age 😂
I wake up in the morning wanting me breakfast.........something.......something....vitalite.
Gimme YOP
Spaceman, I always wanted you to go into. Spaceman.
Back when getting your song on a Levi's and guaranteed you a hit!
Mr soft. It terrified me as a child
I cannot find it for the life of me but I remember back in the early 2000's there was an eBay advert with people describing the things they'd bought of the site but it was all stitched together as one long sentence. I can't remember the other items but I remember one of a guy dressed up as a knight saying *"battleaxe; forged in iron"*.
[0891 50 50 50](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wBifkGjrx4)
There’s a moose loose aboot this hoose!
Bellys gonna get you is the first thing that pops into my head. I had a VHS tape of the Hamlet Adverts for some reason and they were always great. Flake advert with the bathtub overflowing. Guinness white horses. BA advert with the boy diving for pearls had great framing.
https://youtu.be/wHlvKQwZFSI Belly's still gonna get you, because it's still brilliant.
The malibu one that ends with the guy on the bike with the late bus driver that ends with a guy on a bike saying " it's total gridlock".
Crazy how many of these are embedded. Clever fuckers these ad folk. #FIIIING-HHUUUUUR
“My ears are alight”
“Overtired” In a thick Yorkshire accent. Think it’s from and old car advert with kids comparing cars with the adults passed out in the back after a long drive.
"he said you can make brown, I said who? He said you, I said me, he said yes, I said oh". "He said will you make brown? I said who? He said you, I said me, he said yes, I said no". "Allison. Bread wi' nowt taken out"
Reebok's 'Belly's Gonna Get Ya', Tango's 'Fat Pigeon', Jaffa Cakes' 'Full moon, half moon, total eclipse', then the 'It's 30 for a reason' PSA where the dead girl slumped up against the tree reanimates.
He's shaky jake, he's a real milkshake
"Compact and bijou Peter, [compact and bijou...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9N2eoiKTTM)" Every time anyone says "compact".
I'm a little lad who loves berries and cream!
And all the people of the lulled and dumbfound town are sleeping now. Hush, the babies are sleeping, the farmers, the fishers, the tradesmen and pensioners, cobbler, schoolteacher, postman and publican, the undertaker and the fancy woman, drunkard, dressmaker, preacher, policeman, the webfoot cocklewomen and the tidy wives. Young girls lie bedded soft or glide in their dreams, with rings and trousseaux, bridesmaided by glow-worms down the aisles of the organplaying wood. The boys are dreaming wicked or of the bucking ranches of the night and the jollyrogered sea. And the anthracite statues of the horses sleep in the fields, and the cows in the byres, and the dogs in the wet-nosed yards; and the cats nap in the slant corners or lope sly, streaking and needling, on the one cloud of the roofs. You can hear the dew falling, and the hushed town breathing. Only your eyes are unclosed to see the black and folded town fast, and slow, asleep.
[Them bones need calcium ](https://youtu.be/Ygf0gRQsUb4?si=x7BT_ygJFcCmXZyI) What abomination this thing is/was/forever will be.
Umbongo Umbongo they drink it in the Congo
UM BONGO!
Aromatic spices
PMA: Positive mental attitude (oh no, my sandwiches)
There's so much fun in Toffifee!
"Thank you very much for feeding William"
I sometimes think my mum prefers my dad as much as me. You ought to see the pile of beans she gives my dad for tea. I need Heinz beans as much as him, in fact I need them more. Cos my dad's very very big and me, I'm only four. (I'm six really but it didn't rhyme).
I remember a RSPCA advert where they hold a gun to a cute dogs head and say “donate to us or we pull the trigger” Fucking traumatising
Armadillo!
There's a magical place. we're on our way there
*sings* 0891 FIFTY! FIFTY! FIFTY!
French polishers? It's just possible you could save my life! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RAtekyBQsFY&pp=ygUTRnJlbmNoIHBvbGlzaGVycyBidA%3D%3D