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Lipton Brisk - Frank Sinatra (1996) - 0:30 (USA)

Animated Frank Sinatra drinks Brisk!

Guinness - Women "Fish on a Bicycle" - (1996) 0:60 (UK)

Woman work! And a fish is seen riding a bicycle at the end.

Superga - Procession - (1996) 0:60 (Italy)

Guinness - Wedding - (1996) 0:60 (UK)

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Guess jeans - Cheat - (1996) 0:60 (USA)

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Boddingtons - The Body - (1996) 0:30 (UK)

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Pepsi - Security Camera (1996) :45 (USA)

The Coke delivery guy gets caught on camera trying to buy himself a Pepsi. Oops. Awkward.

Rossi Martini Bianco / Charlize Theron - The Pied Piper - (1995) 2:00 (USA)

Charlize Theron plays the blond babe bimbo who frolics with a man thrice her age at an outdoor beach restaurant, possibly in Southern France or some f

Calvin Klein CK 1 - #1 - (1995) :30 (USA)

Kate Moss

Levi's - Drug store / Watch pocket / Condom - (1995) 0:60 (UK)

This is why there's a tiny front pocket on your Levi's - technically for pocket watches but misused ever since. 

Guinness - I hope I die before I get old (1994) :60 (UK)

An elderly gentleman changes up his routine of talking to his fish and birds, to go marry a beautiful young blond. Who is pregnant!

Dunlop - Tested for the unexpected directors cut - (1994) :90 (UK)

Tony Kaye really wanted to do a 90-second version of this black and white Dunlop ad set t the Door's "The End".

Dunlop - Tested for the unexpected 2 - (1994) :30 (UK)

This is the 30-second edit that aired. We also have Tony Kaye's directors cut. 

Anti-Fascism - Monkey (1994) :70 (Belgium)

A chimpanzee holds what seems like a speech.

OK Soda - OK Index - (1994) :30 (USA)

Now with 33% more OK.

OK Soda - Declassified - (1994) (USA)

OK soda wants to reassure you things are going to be OK, even if they can't read you everything in this.

OK Soda - Secret Code / Chain letter - (1994) (USA)

So, the US government thinks that the OK soda ads are some kind of secret code. Nothing could be pru743r from the tr074.

OK Soda - New Packaging - (1994) (USA)

Dear Retailers.

OK Soda - Elevator / Chain letter - (1994)

Ok Soda announces that everything is going to be OK, in a television chain letter.

OK Soda - Like Kudzu / Virus - (1994) :30 (USA)

OK Soda marketing campaign is compared to Kudzu. Things are going to be OK.

OK Soda - Fiancé / Chain letter - (1994) :30 (USA)

You better drink your OK soda.
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Levi's - Creek - (1994) 0:90 (UK)

Two young women find a man has taken off his jeans and is bathing in the creek.

Visa - Donkey (1994) - 0:60 (USA)

A couple and their donkey.

Norwegian - There Is No Law (1994) - 0:30 (USA)

Norwegian - Fall In Love Again (1994) - 0:30 (USA)

Nike - Barkley Role Model (1993) :30 (USA)

I am not a role model. I'm not paid to be a role model.

Coopers & Lybrand - CEOs - The Best of Times (1993) - 0:30 (USA)

Black and white closeup of a man's face as he... approaches a stage where he is applauded and the scene goes full color.

Barneys New York - Cuba Gooding Jr / Linda Evangelista / Gregory Hines / Val Kilmer / Fred Ward - print (1992)

Steven Meisel continues with the creative campaign for Barneys, New York.

McEwan's Export - I Like Disaster movies (1992) :40 (UK)

A young man tells us what he likes and dislikes. He likes disaster movies. As a response, the beer is spilled. "Very funny"

Diet Pepsi - Ray Charles / Blues (1992) :60 (USA)

Ray Charles is feeling empty, he's feeling blue.... He once had the right one... But now he has the blues.

Diet Pepsi - Ray Charles / Blues (1992) :90 (USA)

Principal talent: Ray Charles, Melaini Paul, Gretchen Palmer, Darlene Dillinger.

She'd have a better chance of getting 3 square meals a day if she were a convicted murderer

In New York, thousands of homebound elderly have to worry about where their next meal comes from. Or when. ​ Simply because they're too frai

Sundhedsstyrelsen - Mor - (1992) 0:30 (Denmark)

She lights up a cigarette and the camera pans down on her naked torso, only to reveal she's pregnant.

Sundhedsstyrelsen - Far og Son - (1992) 0:30 (Denmark)

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Amnesty - Dødstraf - (1992) 0:60 (Denmark)

GAP - Paris Café / For every generation (1991) :60 (USA)

This ad has quite the fun story of how it was made attached to it.

McEwans - after work - (1990) - 0:90 (USA)

You've never seen a factory town and the end of the day look this good before. 

Volkswagen - Girl - (1990) 0:90 (UK)

VW / Volkswagen - In the Beginning (1990) - 0:30 (USA)

Carling Black Label - bouncing bombs - (1989) 0:60 (UK)

I bet he drinks Carling Black Label.

Pepsi - Madonna "Make a wish" a generation ahead (1989) 2:00 (USA)

Madonna is watching old home movies of herself as a child, then she's in the old home movie, and at the end of what is basically an alternative m

Mercedes - Safety (1989) - 0:30 (USA)

GTE - One Team (1989) - 0:30 (USA)

NBC - Nightingales 3 (1989) - 0:20 (USA)

Carling Black Label - Dambusters - (1989) :60 (UK)

"I bet he drinks Carling Black Label"

Courage Best bitter - Nothing's changed much - (1987) 0:40 (UK)

Nothing's changed much

Toyota MR2, Japan, 1984

"We would like to crystallize."

Gillette Foamy Gel - Introducing (1984) - 0:30 (USA)

Gillette Foamy Gel

TDK - Stevie Wonder "Most cassettes are afraid of me" (1980) print (USA)

A lot of cassette makers have probably considered asking Stevie's opinion about their performance.

Courage Best Bitter - "Gercha" (1980) :50 (UK)

Courage Gercha Commercial

Lucozade - "a day at the Zoo" (1970) :30 (UK)

1970 - Lucozade Zoo

British Eggs "E for B, and be your best!" / George Best (1970) :40 (UK)

British Eggs E For B ad starring George Best - by O&M (1970)

Volkswagen - A sports car for people who have better things to spend money on - print 1970, USA

A sports car for people who have better things to spend money on

Broomsticks - Are for the birds -(1969) printad (USA)

11'21.•.e Ai Ai / BROOMSTICKS are for the birds And birds dig the look of FORTREL". Traditional ivy with a bit of British.

Maidenform Tric-o-lastic - I dreamed I stretched ... (1969) print USA

1969 Maidenform Tric-o-lastic Bras Print Ad I Dreamed I Stretched Here to There
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Camel - I'd walk a mile - 0:30 (USA) 1969

Back in 1969 one could advertise tobacco on the telly. Spy-theme was all the rage. He'd stalk a mile for Kellogg's Frosted....

Johnson - Daisy countdown / Daisy girl - (1964)

"One...Two...Three...Four...Five...Seven...Six....Six...." Lyndon B.

"The blind are also color blind" - support of the Civil Rights bill, 1964

Photo Taken At The Foundation For The Junior Blind Summer Camp, Los Angeles, By Doug Wilson.

VW / Volkswagen - Snow plow - (1964)

".....have you ever wondered how the man who drives the snowplow, drives to the snowplow?"

Volkswagen - Snowplow - (1964) :60 (USA)

This legendary ad won a Cannes Gold Lion in 1964
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Shell - Wonderful time on Shell / Bing Crosby (1960) :60 (UK)

Bing Crosby sings a catchy jingle as he travels around in the UK, as you can have a wonderful time when you go on Shell Shell Shell. 

HP Sauce - Haggis / Everything goes with HP sauce (1959) :15 (UK)

HP Sauce - Haggis ad from 1959

Rice Crispies - Piano Jingle - (1958) :60 (USA)

Snap Crackle and Pop play the piano and sing a jingle.
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Cheerios - v8 - Moon rocket kit (1958) :60 (USA)

Collect cheerios and v8 labels and get this fab moon rocket kit. Wait, cheerios and v8?? It seems that leave it to beaver likes it.

HFC - Measles and Mumps (CA classic) - 0:60 (USA)

Cheerios - Baseball Jingle - (1952) (USA)

Cheerios

Federal Civil Defense Administration - Duck and Cover / Bert the turtle - (1951)

Duck and Cover was a social guidance film produced in 1951 by the United States federal government's

Bandaid - Stick Test (Classic - 1948) 0:60 (USA)

Stick test!

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