Archive for December 9th, 2008
Yellow pages advert from the 90’s featuring the party animals and the french polisher.
1995 advert for Lurpak.
1986 ad for Philips “Take a closer look”.
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Royal Philips Electronics Inc.), usually known as Philips, (Euronext: PHIA, NYSE: PHG) is one of the largest electronics companies in the world, founded and headquartered in the Netherlands. In 2006, its sales were €26.976 billion[1] and it employed 128,615 people in more than 60 countries. Philips is organized in a number of sectors: Philips Consumer Lifestyle (formerly Philips Consumer Electronics and Philips Domestic Appliances and Personal Care), Philips Lighting and Philips Healthcare (formerly Philips Medical Systems). Read the rest of this entry »
1986 ad for “Open College”.
1986 commercial for Old England Sherry.
1986 ad for Opal Fruits. “Made to make your mouth water”.
Starburst were introduced by Mars in 1960 as Opal Fruits. The four original flavors were strawberry, lemon, orange, and lime. Opal Fruits were introduced in the United States in 1976 as Starburst. Though Starburst originally came in the same flavors as Opal Fruits, Cherry replaced Lime in the early 1980s; and the first variant, “Sunshine Flavors” Later renamed “Tropical Opal Fruits”, was released. In Europe, lemon and lime were combined to become “lemon and lime” and to make room for a blackcurrant flavor. The brand Opal Fruits was phased out in the UK, followed by Ireland in 1998 in order to standardize the product in a globalized marketplace, though some lament the loss of brand identity, leaving many people in the UK still referring to Starburst as Opal Fruits despite the name change. The supermarket chain ASDA revived the original Opal Fruits in the UK for a period of 12 weeks from 10th May 2008 . Read the rest of this entry »
1986 advert for Perrier water.
Perrier is a brand of bottled mineral water made from a spring in Vergèze in the Gard département of France. Perrier is naturally carbonated. Both the water and natural carbonic gas are captured independently and the carbonic gas is added in the bottling phase.[citation needed] Perrier claims that the level of carbonation in every bottle of Perrier is the same as the water of the Vergèze spring.
Perrier is available in Europe in one litre, 750 ml, and 500 ml bottles, and in 330 ml cans. All Perrier bottles are green and have a distinctive shape. Read the rest of this entry »
1986 Shell advert. “You can be sure of Shell”
Advert for Minstrels from 1989 from 1985
Plan Electric advert from 1989