Hi,

Trying to discover the name of the lager advertised on T.V. in the mid to
late 70's in the UK that used a rewording of an old drinking song that
mentions "Abdul Abulbul Amir" & "Ivan Skavinsky Skavar" as the lyric.

Any ideas...

TIA


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On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 20:16:08 -0000, "Tufty" >
wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Trying to discover the name of the lager advertised on T.V. in the mid to
>late 70's in the UK that used a rewording of an old drinking song that
>mentions "Abdul Abulbul Amir" & "Ivan Skavinsky Skavar" as the lyric.
>
>Any ideas...

Yes, I remember the ad... Can't remember what it was for though :-)
This is the old story with beer advertising (at least in the UK), the
ads are much, much better than the beers they're promoting.

Best regards, Paul
--
Paul Sherwin Consulting http://paulsherwin.co.uk

"Paul Sherwin" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 20:16:08 -0000, "Tufty" >
> wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >Trying to discover the name of the lager advertised on T.V. in the mid to
> >late 70's in the UK that used a rewording of an old drinking song that
> >mentions "Abdul Abulbul Amir" & "Ivan Skavinsky Skavar" as the lyric.
> >
> >Any ideas...
>
> Yes, I remember the ad... Can't remember what it was for though :-)
> This is the old story with beer advertising (at least in the UK), the
> ads are much, much better than the beers they're promoting.

Whitbread Best Bitter from 1982

"The best Best needs no et----iquette."

There's a RealPlayer version of it he
http://www.tv-ark.org.uk/adverts/ads_s-z1.html


Robin

On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 11:02:11 GMT, "Robin Cox" >
wrote:

>"Paul Sherwin" > wrote in message
...
>> On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 20:16:08 -0000, "Tufty" >
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >Trying to discover the name of the lager advertised on T.V. in the mid to
>> >late 70's in the UK that used a rewording of an old drinking song that
>> >mentions "Abdul Abulbul Amir" & "Ivan Skavinsky Skavar" as the lyric.
>>
>> Yes, I remember the ad... Can't remember what it was for though :-)
>> This is the old story with beer advertising (at least in the UK), the
>> ads are much, much better than the beers they're promoting.
>
>Whitbread Best Bitter from 1982
>
>"The best Best needs no et----iquette."
>
>There's a RealPlayer version of it he
>http://www.tv-ark.org.uk/adverts/ads_s-z1.html

Whitbread Best, mmmmmm...... That's an interesting site. It's a pity
they don't have the extremely unfortunate 'Watch the pounds drop away
with Ayds' ad from the 70s (Ayds was a brand of diet biscuits which
disappeared in the early 80s for some reason).

Best regards, Paul
--
Paul Sherwin Consulting http://paulsherwin.co.uk

Paul Sherwin > wrote:
>Whitbread Best, mmmmmm...... That's an interesting site. It's a pity
>they don't have the extremely unfortunate 'Watch the pounds drop away
>with Ayds' ad from the 70s (Ayds was a brand of diet biscuits which
>disappeared in the early 80s for some reason).

Here in The States the slogan was "Ayds: the natural way to lose
weight."
--
Joel Plutchak "Senza la birra tutto diventa orfano."
plutchak@[...] - Italian proverb (slightly revised)

Many, many thanks

"Robin Cox" > wrote in message
...
> "Paul Sherwin" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 20:16:08 -0000, "Tufty" >
> > wrote:
> >
> > >Hi,
> > >
> > >Trying to discover the name of the lager advertised on T.V. in the mid
to
> > >late 70's in the UK that used a rewording of an old drinking song that
> > >mentions "Abdul Abulbul Amir" & "Ivan Skavinsky Skavar" as the lyric.
> > >
> > >Any ideas...
> >
> > Yes, I remember the ad... Can't remember what it was for though :-)
> > This is the old story with beer advertising (at least in the UK), the
> > ads are much, much better than the beers they're promoting.
>
> Whitbread Best Bitter from 1982
>
> "The best Best needs no et----iquette."
>
> There's a RealPlayer version of it he
> http://www.tv-ark.org.uk/adverts/ads_s-z1.html
>
>
> Robin
>
>


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"Tufty" > wrote in message ...
> Many, many thanks

The John Smiths advert with the performing dog is on the same site, and
many other non-beery classics.


Robin