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David June 6th, 2006 at 10:59 pm

What about the good old Hard Yakka Ads. How good were the songs for that.

Craig June 9th, 2006 at 4:44 am

What amazes me is that a media-driven organisation such as the AFA publishes such a list without having copies of the actual ads, or even links to them, on their web site! What morons.

Plenty of people have never seen most of the ads, almost none of the ads are on the net, and most of the few that are on the net are in QuickTime format so many people don’t have the plugin to watch them anyhow.

Alex June 11th, 2006 at 4:54 pm

Anyone know where to get a downloadable copy of the Qantas, ‘I still call Australia home’ add?

Justin June 18th, 2006 at 5:55 pm

Anyone have the Classic Tooheys How do you feel? Sailing ad of the Sydney to Hobart (Ballyhoo vs Apollo) in a downloadable format ? It is on the SMH website as a link only.

MJB August 30th, 2006 at 10:39 am

Hey… any copies of the Razza Matazz ads of the 70’s or the EARLY Big M ads?

Many thanks..

MJB

Jodie September 26th, 2006 at 4:01 pm

Does anyone remember an ad in Australia where the theme song was whislted. I’m pretty sure it was an ad for a beer (maybe fourex). The ad was about blokes in the army and they all whistled this particualar song as they came out of hiding (they were in the middle of a war) and head down to the pub for a coldie.

Jill October 4th, 2006 at 7:52 pm

Personally, I think the classic Aussie ad is the one with ‘bugger’ all the way through it… the builder, the baby and the dog at the end when it gets catapulted down the old ‘thunder box’… any knowledge of where I can get or locate that ad?

Mark October 23rd, 2006 at 11:14 pm

Anybody know where ican download a copy of th Mr Sheen Ad?

Gail October 25th, 2006 at 3:11 pm

I’m also seeking a copy of the old Mr sheen ad, anyone got any suggestions?

jenny lim November 6th, 2006 at 8:21 pm

anyone can help ? i am lloking for the ” memories ” - OTC campaign urgently.
please let me know where i can get them.

thanks

johnno November 24th, 2006 at 1:08 pm

does anyone remember the health insurance ad for mbf or hcf im not sure but it has a guy and a girl talking about not needing hip replacements

also does anyone have the D’Decore ad

thanks

morgan December 3rd, 2006 at 5:22 pm

can someone please tell me where i can find a downloadable copy of the the seymour snowman skin ad…”slip, slop, slap”.
cheers

Tom January 9th, 2007 at 11:41 pm

Could someone be able to remind me the television commercial which featured the song “C’mon Get Happy”, which I think was shown around 1997.

Thanks!

Susie February 5th, 2007 at 5:11 pm

bugger dog ad on youtube.com

I am also looking for (preferably downloadable)
the original holeproof ‘pants down’ tv ad
the d’decore ad
I feel like a toohey’s ad

Thanks!

amanda February 24th, 2007 at 6:43 pm

hay

could someone please tell me where i can find the cancer add where a guy is laying in a hospitial bed and is singing a song it was on tv all the time in december if u know any information and u please email me on manda_311@hotmail.com

it would be greatly appreasated

Raymond March 7th, 2007 at 5:30 pm

does anyone know a link to the new Smiths chips ad, where they start singing in a construction site

Raymond March 13th, 2007 at 8:39 pm

yeh i know what the song is mate, but i cant find any site where u can either download or watch the ad, can anybody help?

Janet April 4th, 2007 at 12:06 pm

I am after the Telstra (actually was probably Telecom) ad where a kid is ringing his mum from the phone booth because Stinky Taylor let his tyres down. Any clues, anyone? Cheers

loulou May 10th, 2007 at 2:16 pm

Michelle - could it be the RSPCA ad shot in a white studio with the animals running across the screen one after another? The copyline was “For all creatures great and small’.
Aleisha - wasn’t that ad for Underdaks? (I reckon we should STILL be calling ‘em ‘Underdaks’!).
Craig - I’m with you. I can’t believe there’s no mpeg/watchable site of all our old favourites. We didn’t even have a telly until ‘75 and yet I remember so many of them and when thinking about them, realise how fantastically Australian they were! When some bright spark has the time to put together such a collection…well.. They Outta Be Congratulated!

Shazza June 21st, 2007 at 2:54 pm

Hey Nat!! That ad is the one I’m in here searching for! I too LMAO every time I think of it, I think it’s even better than the ‘Not happy Jan’ one’s! Have to admit, Yellow Pages have an excellent advertising company, that obviously employs someone with an absolutly hilarious SOH! I so hope I can find it somewhere, couldn’t locate it at youtube, so I guess if it’s not there, it’s not anywhere close at hand

Connie August 12th, 2007 at 1:30 am

I had a copy of an old Underdax commercial where a guy is going through the scanner at an airport and ends up having to strip down to his undies. Very funny. I lost the clip when my computer crashed. Anyone have a copy?

Justin Stern September 3rd, 2007 at 9:07 pm

I AM DESPERATE!!!

Can someone please help me find a copy mp3/wav or .avi of the Swan Lager “Never Make It” Sound Bight!!! Please…or if anyone knows who the campaign/ad was made by maybe i can chase them down?

Thanks In Advance?

jacob September 12th, 2007 at 5:33 am

That’s what we call ding a lings… The Vitamin’s ad… The ABC’s… The Danger in your house ad… boo za boo zib, How do we look after our teeth.
Who knows where I can watch them now?
(I guess mum does)
Seriously I really need to see them again.

Simon September 20th, 2007 at 1:05 pm

Loulou .. I am keen to find that animal ad also .. know where i can download it from ..

also does anyone know of the ad where the tag line at the end is “he’s gotta go back to get his hat” may be for beer or something

AJ October 7th, 2007 at 12:34 pm

Anyone know where I could find the old King Gee commercial from the 80’s where a series of misfortunes occurs at a construction site; all started by a small carton of milk.

Any help would be great!

Peter October 16th, 2007 at 10:13 am

I need to settle a debate with my wife and it’s about a TV commercial, maybe last year (06 )or the year before (05). I can’t remember what it really was about but this is what I do remember from it.
There was a butler and he was the main focus in the ad, he was waiting to wait on his customers ( couples ) which seem to be somewhere else, and I think it was in a big old house at a wine yard. The song they used in the commercial I think was, “if you go into the woods today” At the end of the ad you see the butler dancing out side to the song.
If anyone knows what that comercial was about and where to find it,.

hairydogtrumpet December 5th, 2007 at 8:43 pm

classic aussie add, MUM KNOWS!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-bRi1qHPVY

Matt February 27th, 2008 at 9:08 pm

I am trying to find an online copy (either video or just audio) for what was I believe HBA Health Cover, pre June 30th, that involved the cricketer and the “Creepy little kid”… you know, “Hit’s you pretty hard, hey dad?”

Mark March 12th, 2008 at 6:30 pm

Hello, I’m really keen to track down copies of old Honda motorcycle ads. In particular XL 250S/XL500S. Made in Australia around 1978/79. Any help would be great.
Thanks

Trina Woodhouse March 21st, 2008 at 3:18 pm

Please email me the first d decore commercial. Duke of earl. I think it was in the eighties

Lady Michiru Kaiou April 16th, 2008 at 11:58 am

Michelle,

I know exactly the ad that you are referring
to.

Like you, the most memorable part for me was the creepy, thumping music.
It featured a labrador retriever named Houdini,
running through a bush location.

All I can remember of the narration is:

“This is Houdini . . . his ears have been cut
off.”

It also shows a headshot of Houdini as the
camera pans out to show the mutilation.

I think it was an RSPCA ad, but I’m not sure.
I’m looking for it too.
And yes, the music still creeps me out 21 years
later, just thinking about it.

loulou May 4th, 2008 at 6:05 pm

Peter - regarding the debate you are having with your wife. The ad was for the Yarra Valley. The jingle was a version of ‘Teddy Bear’s Picnic’. I think some of it was shot in Montsalvat in Eltham. The idea was that if you go there you won’t want to leave - the guests were hiding behind curtains and in the vineyards and the butler was having to stash all their suitcases in a big cupboard. It was a beautiful ad - a bit too beautiful as I had to catch it a few times before I understood what they were promoting!

jess Bannister May 11th, 2008 at 9:49 pm

that animal ad that goes bodom badom, was i think for the melbourne zoo, not rspca. great add.

Craig May 14th, 2008 at 3:43 am

‘They said you’d never make it…but you finally came through” was the jingle for Swan beer (WA brewery) around the time we won the America’s cup. It was all owned by Alan Bond at the time.

“You made it through, and this one’s made for you…..this SWAN’s made for you”

Darren May 25th, 2008 at 4:04 pm

Does anyone know where i can get a download of an old tooheys ad where its set in gallipoli and at the end of it one guy say to another ” now he’s gotta go back and get his hat”.

John June 13th, 2008 at 5:26 am

I was wondering if anyone knows where I can find the old Cougar whiskey ads, the one where the guy is trying to remember his order at the bar and a blonde in a tight vest with “Cougar” on the front serves him and he orders “4 Cougars” instead.

I know of this ad but never seen it.

Cheers

Sue August 2nd, 2008 at 11:14 pm

Does anyone know where I can download the new Smiths Chips ad where they’re at the beach. The song in it is “So happy together”

Rhiannon August 14th, 2008 at 7:48 pm

Hi,

I am trying to find a downloadable copy or youtube url of an Aussie ad that aired in late 2006 early 2007. It was either on SBS or ABC (sometimes was played at the movies before the flick started) and it followed the narrative of an idea or something. it was created using all neon lights as if someone was scribbling the story on paper and it had a mans voice narrating the ad. Something like “there once was an old man…” If anyone can help that’d be great.

Thanks!!

Acai Berry August 18th, 2008 at 3:51 pm

Thanks to the article, it make the life of a seo/link building easier and make the commenter come back again and again. I searched for a while to find the right answer to my questions!

Paul September 30th, 2008 at 3:14 pm

Re …the Decore ad

Music was produced by a friend of mine Clive Harrison, he did the bass vocal parts which was a remake of the 1950’s hit “Duke Of Earl”

Clive is ex Kush, Avalanche, LRB and Dave Dobbyn (DD Smash) also worked at times with Les Gock (ex Hush)making jingles..he is still about doing sound for film and TV

The Decore ad I believe was released as a single under the name of “Dukes Of Earlwood”
Hope this helps..

John October 18th, 2008 at 7:08 pm

Funny! no one has mentioned the UNCLE SAM ad that won awards in the seventies for best commercial. People these days don’t seem to remember it!!!!!!!!!!!

Joshua Hrouda October 28th, 2008 at 4:06 am

OK.. Enough is enough!!
What I need to do (or someone else), is get a bunch of (100’s of) video cassettes from the mid 70’s until the mid 00’s and play them on a studio quality VCR/VTR, and digitise the ads found on those tapes, in full resolution, and edit/trim their starts & ends, and save them as individual files on a hard drive. Then make these available on the net.
Some people (read: bloody wowsers) would say you can’t do that, you don’t have the copyright, etc.!
But I say “Stuff ‘em!”
This is getting them more free advertising, so they should thanks us!
Even if it isn’t, what harm can it do!?
They made us watch them, some of us love them, so why deny us the right, to watch them again ?!

I hate it when I see people chuck out their old VHS tapes, I take em all home, when I see em. Sometimes I find classic ads, from the 80’s, 90’s, etc. on them.

The place to really find a goldmine, is at the TV studios. They keep nearly everything.
But they wouldn’t let you make copies of them, not even for $10,000 per ad. And I’m talking 1000’s of ads!

Also, with the recent proliferation of PVRs/DVRs/DVD recorders & Tivo units, a lot more recording of TV will be going on. And in a higher quality format, than old VHS.
Hopefully people will keep ads on DVD.
I’d love to have a DVD set of just TV ads.
Even run of the mill ones like advertising a TV program coming up.

Let me know what you think. Thanks.

Zano November 2nd, 2008 at 8:19 pm

I’m looking for an old taronga park zoo ad where the animals are singing “you belong in the zoo”… i used to love that ad when i was a kid.