Interesting Ad

[Herald1360]

In the early '70s, when I was a student, the answer to the question "What's the most efficient way to turn beer into Watneys?" was "Use a student!".

ISTR it coincided with the emergence of CAMRA into the light of day.

[bluepilot]

Lowenbrau beer (pronounced Lurvenbroi in German) originates from Munich in Bavaria. The name means Lion's brew. One advertizing campaign was the slogan "Lowenbrau, a beer like Bavaria". Every morning standing on a freezing cold platform waiting for a train I looked at a large poster with that slogan and thought "yeah, cold and wet".

[camtechman]

Tip for aspiring ad copywriters: put the name of the product in the slogan or catchphrase

Brylcreem...A Little Dab -a -Do Ya

You'll Wonder Where The Yellow Went
When You Brush Your Teeth With Pepsodent

[P.Pilcher]

Of course another technique is to produce an advert which is so dreadful as to cause everyone to continuously criticise it - and therefore remind people of the product it promotes. For that reason, I won't mention any examples!

P.P.

[Radio Wrangler]

A double diode works wonders, works wonders...

Or something like that

I've been wanting to use that joke for 40 years...

David

[russell_w_b]

Originally Posted by P.Pilcher

Of course another technique is to produce an advert which is so dreadful as to cause everyone to continuously criticise it - .

Thus proving the old adage: 'there's no such thing as bad publicity'.

[Herald1360]

Perhaps I should post the other side of the poster as a fitting end to the (interesting) off topic digressions in this thread.

If it's still open by the time I get home.......

[Junk Box Nick]

Originally Posted by Radio Wrangler

A double diode works wonders, works wonders...

Or something like that

I've been wanting to use that joke for 40 years...

David

Well, there's a pub in Worcester called the The Old Rectifying House.

(It's next to the river and prone to flooding - when the water gushes in it's likely a full wave...)

[Herald1360]

Yer 'tis.

I could name her Millie Henry, perhaps....

[julie_m]

Is it me, or does that "Music Box" record player look a bit ahead of its time?

I bet it wasn't quite as dire-sounding as its modern equivalent, though .....

[Junk Box Nick]

There's nothing so exciting on the back of my poster of Olivia Newton John of the same year.

Only a week or two back I was rummaging through a folder of such stuff that had been in my parents' loft - there are a lot of vintage cuttings and promotional material from the early days of BBC and ILR local radio and pirate radio days - but perhaps that is for another thread.

We had a Philips AG4000 in the 1960s. I still have the records, including LPs, that were bought to play on it and they have fared very well (far better than the ones that were regularly played on a Fidelity box with BSR auto-changer that arrived a decade later).

I eventually wired it to a wooden box speaker which improved the sound somewhat. I also wired in a PSU as it was intended to run off six U2 batteries. Many happy hours...

[Herald1360]

I think the thread's tone controls have been adjusted since first thing this morning.....



Has everything in the original ad been identified yet?

[Nickthedentist]

Originally Posted by Herald1360

I think the thread's tone controls have been adjusted since first thing this morning.....

er, yes, seemed like a good idea at closing time, maybe. Well, it made me laugh anyway!

[paulsherwin]

I think this thread has run its course now. Time to turn the page.