American Reacts to Funny 90's UK Ads!

Let's see some hilarious and quirky British advertisements from the 1990s! From bizarre product pitches to iconic slogans, these ads will have you laughing and reminiscing about the golden era of British TV commercials.
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[@tonytiger76ffs34]

we have grape flavour in England its called WINE

[@Rachel_M_]

😂

[@ThornyLittleFlower]

It's my favourite 😍

[@redceltnet]

*Britain

[@realitymatters8720]

To be fair, the grape taste used in US products, dont taste like any grape ive ever come across ! Wierdly this also the case with anything with cherry taste !

[@lillired857]

@@redceltnet England

[@drcl7429]

Yellow pages ads were usually more sedate than that one. Sincerely JR Hartley.

[@neuralwarp]

I have your book.

[@drcl7429]

@@neuralwarp Oh you do! That's wonderful, can you keep it for me?

[@ben-tendo]

Rowan's Barclaycard character eventually becomes Johnny English, hence the person working with him being called Bough.

[@MrBulky992]

I liked the one where he tried to speak native and set fire to the rolled-up carpet in the street market.

[@carolineskipper6976]

In the UK we like our commercials to have a storyline. Ads that just say "You need our product NOW!" are so boring!

[@klaxoncow]

The Pepperami slogan always gets me: "It's a bit of an animal". It's surprising how many people don't notice the literal meaning, as I've had to point it out to people before. Always gets an "eww", once they realise. It's a pepperoni sausage. It's meat. It's quite literally made out of "a bit of an animal".

[@EndertheWeek]

That was Hugh Laurie

[@gmdhargreaves]

LOL! During the fart machine part my dogs ears pricked up and looked straight at me 😂😂

[@dmorgs07]

I was in the crowd at the soccer cigar ad. It was filmed at the Old Cardiff Arms Park before it was rebuilt for the 1999 World Cup. There wasn’t much of a crowd, we just had to move around for different angles!

[@barriehull7076]

Stick your grape where the sun don't shine, no not there, in the fridge silly, as wine.

[@TheSakura4w]

It's worth watching some 00's ads to :) The PG Tips monkey is still king. He will never be forgotten.

[@bigdaddigaming]

Pepperami is a bit like a slim Jim, there made by jack links so there very similar except the pepperami is spicier, I know because I’m a Brit that lives in America Scalextric is the British name for a slot car If that yellow pages ad was snappier and more urgent it would be too American, we like our humor to be subtle and darker

[@cyrus2728]

the cut was during the lorry bypass

[@anticarrrot]

More likely the lamp just before the lorry. That passed in front of them, the lorry was behind them. Chances are everything between the lamppost and lorry was greenscreened in post.

[@neuralwarp]

The Impulse nekkid guy was *_Kees Poort._* He modelled for Ralph Lauren, and has a pop band.

[@JacknVictor]

It was Hugh Laurie (Dr House) doing the pepperami voiceover.

[@klaxoncow]

And Adrian Edmondson did the voice of the "animal" Pepperamis.

[@lillired857]

we still get a phone book, only its more like a pamphlet now

[@drwoo6090]

There’ll be blue birds over the white cliffs of Dover!

[@alasterjordan1197]

Blackcurrant Tango was 3 shots with 2 "invisible' edits

[@EndertheWeek]

When they went past the lorry was one.

[@NurseTwoFeet]

Wow!! Whilst dated, it feels like yesterday watching these once every day ads!!! They feel so familiar.

[@titanium_di2402]

That Tango ad was the funniest thing ever at the time!!

[@cryogenixoldskool5803]

The cut was done at the truck, it cuts half way

[@PiousMoltar]

I don't remember that Red Rocks ad but I remember the phrase "It's not red, and there's no rocks in it" 😂

[@PiousMoltar]

Love Leslie Nielsen btw. I probably spelt that wrong. Lesley? Nielson? No I'm pretty sure it's 'sen'. I guess he's of Danish roots. On his father's side at least.

[@PiousMoltar]

Turns out I spelt it right. Noice.

[@alasterjordan1197]

The ball was on a string in the Hamlet ad, I worked on it....

[@sarahradford9822]

Lol..i was going out with a french student called Sebastian when this tango commercial was out. 😅 it brought much mirth

[@helenwood8482]

We have grape and blackcurrant, but our grape tastes of grapes.

[@UwU_for_Christ]

that tango ad is so english i love it

[@redceltnet]

Pick a quintessential part of the culture of your country, so we can isolate the largest region in your country and acclaim that country-wide aspect of your culture to just that one region, ignoring all others. Because that won't annoy anyone.

[@barbaracasey2482]

I don’t need a machine to produce a fart. I can do it all on my own😅

[@chrisellis3797]

Pepperami is literally made from "a bit of an animal"

[@carolineskipper6976]

'Made from bits of known animals'

[@chrisellis3797]

@@carolineskipper6976 well yeah, delicious pigs

[@OEDODRAGON]

I remember most of those ads. Mostly just see ads on KZbin now.

[@ShanghaiRooster]

I miss adverts like those. They were enjoyable enough so the interruption to whatever you were watching didn't irritate like it does now.

[@taffygeek]

Re national vs regional - bear in mind that there are 10 states that are larger in area than the UK. We have Welsh language channels in the UK but when it comes to news it still tends to be consumed UK wide with Welsh news at the end. But to put it in context Wales is about the size of New Jersey with about 3 million population.

[@DexFlett]

The Tango ad on the White Cliffs was good, but a lot of Tango ads were banned. They had a fat, bald, almost naked guy who was dyed orange all over, and he used to run up to random people (actors, of course) in the street and give them a cupped hand slap on both ears. They were banned because people (especially kids) used to do it to their friends, and cause a lot of perforated/burst ear drums. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6K5d6GufbyhosUsi=gxBzgHRpm_0-4Ccb

[@BuinidhMoChridheDoAlba]

No ads funnier than the Irn Bru ads

[@sc3pt1c4L]

These adverts from the UK, and the zillion goldfish British things he does are my fav of his videos. Very entertaining and I like that he looks up the references to understand better. I think they explain the British psyche more than simple descriptions of what it is to be a native.

[@susangardner6059]

My son was actually burgled a few years ago and when the police arrived they said that the burglers had made a right mess of the place and he happly piped up that no it always look like this. Ive always told my children not to lie but then again I told them to tidy up but on this occasion I think the answer should have been yes they did. We still fall about laughing over it especially when anything like this comes on tv, i still dont think that he gets why it is so funny. At least after the embarrassment we got a good laugh out of it and it does the rounds at family party's

[@carolineskipper6976]

Long ago, our neighbours' smoke alarm went off in the middle of the night whilst they were away for the weekend. After a bit of to-ing and fro-ing we called the fire service, because it would have been terrible not to. Turns out there was no fire, thank goodness, but the fire service , having gained entry, decided the property looked as if it had been 'done over' and called in the police..... Nope- just a family home abandoned on a Friday night, everyone having dropped all work/school things as they came in. After that we always told each other not to leave a mess when going going out, in case someone called the 'Tidy Police!'

[@gavingiant6900]

A Peperami is similar to a Slim Jim, Peperami's are really nice. Perfect with a cheese slice wrapped around.

[@JacknVictor]

Wrap in cheese then bacon, then pastry then bake. You can thank me later. Pepperami are also good if you fry them to heat them up, and then dip them in to a boiled egg. Also good for toppings in homemade pizzas, or slicing up and adding to noodles. 20 odd year's ago as a student, pepperami became essential cooking ingredients, they could add a lot of flavour to a dish. The beef ones are amazing when you can get hold of them. I probably wouldn't eat them if I knew how they were made and what from, so I don't search out for that info. I would rather eat them in ignorant bliss. Same goes for rustlers burgers. I'm quite an accomplished cook within the borders of mine and my friends kitchens, making list dishes, more refined meals, but every now and then I'll indulge in a pepperami or a rustlers. Baked beans with a diced up rustlers burger patty, a pepperami diced up, some herbs and BBQ sauce added, cooked in the hob, then poured over some freshly cooked fries and a tonne of grated cheese on top, 2 eggs on top of that, and some fried bread, a splash of HP sauce, it is the dinner of champions - literally! ( I had it after winning a 6 hour table football marathon, making me champion of our dorm league back at college) it was very tasty. Reminded me of a better quality version of those tinned all day breakfasts. Which I know probably doesn't help it to sound appetising but it honestly was very nice. I need to make it again. It's been 25 years or more.

[@xneurianx]

In that Barclaycard advert, the guy who Rowan Atkinson gives the pen to is Derren Litten, who has since become a prolific comedy writer and actor. He's got a BAFTA. Off to see him just pop up as a wordless extra in an old advert!

[@russellpetrie119]

peparami is a spicy slim jim

[@nolasyeila6261]

In the Tango ad, I think the cut was while passing the truck. 🤔

[@davedeilhsm]

I had completely forgotten about that Impulse art class advert but it came back to me quite clearly. But I never got it until now, I think as a kid I just thought he was embarrassed generally.

[@gavingiant6900]

I've got a copy of the last Yellow Pages for my city. It might be worth something some day.

[@garethlowbridge2979]

Lol no string, just spin on the ball

[@klaxoncow]

4:28 It's some amazing visual effects for the time, but they did make a slight cock-up. If you look at the people following, then you can see them getting cut off at the edge. Whoever was running behind them with a green screen, in order to cut them out in the edit later, didn't quite match the camera panning speed. It's still brilliantly done, as they've really seamlessly hidden the cut. The real genius is that this was actually a major trick shot - green screens, compositing, morphing, etc. - like you'd find in a movie, but for something so mundane and ordinary (just a silly joke ad) that you're just not expecting it. I feel the actual cut is around 4:33 - the quality just so ever-so-slightly shifts - but they've hidden it using that "morphing" technology of the '90s (you know the one, that Michael Jackson used in his "black or white" music video). Still, the actors had to have hit their marks as perfectly as possible to get the shot to work, and doubtless it took so many takes to get it exactly right that they could use it.

[@DexFlett]

Farts! What would comedy do without those windy wafts?

[@RagedDrew]

I remember all these ads grown up in the 90s

[@Lily-Bravo]

As a former resident of Dover, it is with sadness I have to admit those are not the White Cliffs of Dover, but probably Beachy Head or one of the Seven Sisters, taller and whiter and stretching further that the famous Dover ones. The fame of Dover's cliffs comes partly from the song, and partly from the fact that people crossing the Channel at its narrowest point, feel the pangs of home. Dover though, is a town steeped in history, with a fantastic Castle (my old playground)

[@tibsie]

Barclaycard, not just a credit card, it was the first credit card in the UK and one of the first in the world.

[@ziggarillo]

Not first in the UK, both Diners Club and American Express were in the UK earlier.

[@Jee123123]

Irn Bru adds are funny :)

[@ianbeddowes5362]

Blackcurrant is far nicer than grape.

[@ziggarillo]

Everything made if meat is " a bit of an animal".

[@GeraintHughes-pp1cy]

with the football one there was a player in the 1997 world cup match brazil v france called roberto carlos who took a free kick with the same amount of curve but he scored

[@TasteTheD]

came here to say the same thing!

[@Gameplanguru]

Sorry to be a stickler, but there was no World cup in 1997. The Roberto Carlos goal was scored at a practice tournament held by France ahead of the 1998 World Cup. It was called Le Tournoi (Tournoi de France). It's a pity it wasn't a World Cup as England won it...

[@GeraintHughes-pp1cy]

@@Gameplanguru you are right, i always thought it was a world cup but i was wrong and you are also right that england won it but as it was only a friendly tournament it dos''nt count but they did beat some good teams pity they could'nt do the same in 98

[@russellpetrie119]

the ruler was an advert for volkswagon cars

[@buidseach]

You could always re-edit the last one and post it on your chanel lol.

[@user-gf1jt2hp4m]

The pepperami ad is on tv now. You need to watch the 25 minute tango ads.

[@user-vy6qi2pn8o]

If you look they use the van to hide the cut

[@nataliegay1935]

I agree that last one could of been snappier it was too prolonged, we could of almost lost the joke

[@watchreadplayretro]

You have THE Leslie Hand Fart Machine!!! (well not THE one of course, but that type) here we more had 'whoopie cushions' but yeah have seen a few interviews where he used that, he was SO good with it as well, never over-using it, and always showing it at the end, I hope the company that made them got sales from his TV interviews with them lol i cannot watch his early roles with a straight face! Oh and 2:50 is none other than House MD (oh how the whole nation pulled a :O face when we heard Hugh pull off that gritty deep accent for the role!)

[@watchreadplayretro]

Oh and thanks JJ & Patrick

[@AdamTheHammer]

look at the ground under the truck as he walks past it, theres your cut, you can see it change from tarmac to grass

[@ThornyLittleFlower]

The tango ad, the cut was the truck.

[@CEP73]

Fart machines are so childish but so incredibly funny😂

[@gavinhall6040]

The guy eating the super noodles with his girlfriend is the voiceober artist for the Geico commercials in the 🇺🇸

[@mmuzzwell3654]

KInd of cute to think you think the 90's was so long ago that they didn't have advanced computed special fx for video post. A lot of SIFI even going back to Star Wars were created in the UK. I worked in Soho at the time and they had pretty much the best Post houses in Europe and probably still do. Also the best tele-cine ops in the business. When everyone went digital they were still running film because of the superior lenses.

[@reefuss69]

First, Love this channel Soooooo Much, Great work JJ

[@TIDYJOKER]

I think we are too soft to have 'Axe', Europe has it too. Same as Ninja Turtles. They were called Hero turtles here. Didn't want to risk complaints, possibly?

[@paulmidsussex3409]

I don't think that is the white cliffs of dover, it looks more like Beachy Head. A third of England is on chalk.

[@jerry2357]

Considerably less than a third.

[@paulmidsussex3409]

@@jerry2357 You're right but is probably a quarter of the coast line.

[@jerry2357]

@@paulmidsussex3409 Much less than that.

[@paulmidsussex3409]

@@jerry2357 It is a large proportion of the south coast and east coast. There is no North coast and Wales has a land border over much of the west side. It is abut a quarter of the coast line.

[@jerry2357]

@@paulmidsussex3409 But none of the south-west peninsula is chalk, and that has a LONG coastline. The Jurassic Coast is not chalk: the whitish rock is Portland Stone (limestone). Dungeness is pebbles. Most of the north Kent Coast and the Thames estuary are not chalk cliffs. Even places like Sandwich in east Kent are low-lying, not cliffs. East Anglia has chalk underneath part of it, but it mostly has low-lying and/or marshy coast, no spectacular white chalk cliffs (although it has red chalk at Hunstanton). Lincolnshire has no chalk cliffs (it's mostly low-lying and/or marshy coast). The Yorkshire coast has chalk cliffs around Flamborough and Bempton, but further south the coast doesn't have chalk cliffs, nor further north up right to the border at Berwick.

[@DexFlett]

The Passat is a Volkswagen car.

[@vernonallen3370]

He’s gonna be bored by Henry Kissinger

[@russellpetrie119]

and no there is not a tango factory on the cliffs of dover

[@legend9335]

A Passat is a VW car.

[@MrGBH]

Pepperami is meat, so it's literally a bit of an animal No idea which bit though

[@gavingiant6900]

The Rowan Atkinson advert, think Johnny English.

[@JacknVictor]

Yep. The movies were based off of these ads.

[@gavingiant6900]

A Passat is a model of car for VW.

[@user-ol3xe5fz4u]

Tango advert cud b a Reform ad!!!!!

[@gwaptiva]

Good old yellow pages...

[@spiritusinfinitus]

Da da daaaa, de da da daaa (still firmly in my brain after all these years!)

[@LordRogerPovey]

How many of those parps were you?

[@nicw5574]

I don't remember the Leslie Nielsen ad, that was hilarious 😂 Police Squad was great. There's a good more recent ad with Rowan Atkinson for Snickers. Great video, thanks for sharing wishing you well 😀

[@user-ol3xe5fz4u]

aaaaaw..i miss when UK adverts were good...

[@user-ol3xe5fz4u]

what happened?????

[@deanrutland9047]

Pretty sure blackcurrant Tango has been discontinued

[@hlc1975]

There's a 'dark fruits' variety which my kids say is blackcurrant flavour. Might have other things in it too though.

[@JacknVictor]

​​@@hlc1975yes it tastes identical to the blackcurrant one. Also, if you mix it with cider, it tastes like the dark fruits cider you can buy, but also it works if you do 50% apple tango and 50% the dark fruit one. Pretty handy if your driving but fancy a drink that won't get you pulled over.

[@deanrutland9047]

@@hlc1975 Yeah. Similar…but not the same

[@cassandra2249]

Definitely NOT the funnies Ads of the 90s. Not mentioning the Boddington ads is criminal.

[@DexFlett]

You wouldn't believe how much swerve you can get from a football just by kicking it in different ways. I used to fool goalkeepers when taking a penalty by running straight toward the ball on the penalty spot, then kick it with the outside of my boot, which would make the goalie think it was coming straight at him for an easy save, but then the ball would suddenly swerve viciously to my right, his left, and end up in the bottom left (his left) hand corner of the net.........GOOOOOAALLL!!!!

[@robertboender5816]

Think funny Dutch once are better

[@bobbybigboyyes]

WTF are you playing at JJ ?? You have edited the original video, and cut some ads out completely!

[@magdos7160]

1316th

[@redceltnet]

5:19 "...England..." - Britain, FFS.

[@redceltnet]

@Jackdar1pp3r1 Blackcurrants being enjoyed in England, and not the rest of the UK... *that* is the hill you want to die on, here? As for the "you already took enough from us" comment, holy shite. Someone call him a whambulance. You... a person from England... is upset about the people (from other countries) taking things away from you? Do you have even the slightest concept of how ironic that is?

[@dmorgs07]

I was in the crowd at the soccer cigar ad. It was filmed at the Old Cardiff Arms Park before it was rebuilt for the 1999 World Cup. There wasn’t much of a crowd, we just had to move around for different angles!