Americans React to Best Australia Ads 90's - 2000's

[@TheCommodity]

We don’t do drugs! It was just sarcasm😅 I think a lot of people took it wrong. Our apologies!

[@leandabee]

Really! Some people took that seriously! Oh dear 🙄🤦🏼‍♀️😅.

[@burney7418]

Us Aussies get the humour ok

[@arahantiusdetache5103]

Maybe American culture is different but why would people be concerned about you doing drugs? Not really their business.

[@brettbridger362]

Of course we believe you...

[@r1learner178]

The 80's had some better ads: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpXSin-Cg9uVmc0

[@shaz464]

“Not happy Jan” is now part of the Aussie culture. We all say it now.

[@Kayenne54]

We all STILL say it. 🤣

[@sigmaoctantis1892]

I was on the train going home after work one day. There were to Asian women sitting opposite me speaking in Cantonese(?). They appeared to be speaking about their day at work. It was just a stream of syllables to me (with no offence intended) "yin tong bin dah jo 'Not Happy Jan' din lo me go."

[@shaz464]

@@sigmaoctantis1892 😂😂😂

[@purpledragon259]

Absolutely! here it all the time.

[@bernadettelanders7306]

Yup, because of that Ad, I, like many others still say - Not Happy Jan , when something goes wrong. That one definitely stuck. Remember that other ad, was it Telstra or something. I still sometimes say, when someone’s phone rings - That’ll Be The Phone Reg.

[@ombrepark4315]

Don't be dissing on Rhonda and Ketut. The greatest Australian love story in history.

[@TroyPudney]

Married with child. In the latests Covid Vaccine ad from AAMI.

[@alyssaoconnor]

Before that it was Jason and Kylie 😂.

[@ombrepark4315]

@@alyssaoconnor Scott and Charlene 🤣🤣🤣

[@javis88h]

Those two were our Ross and Rachell

[@RosesTeaAndASD]

I remember getting so excited when a new ad came out. Good memories.

[@kerryzarb]

"Frank Walker from National Tiles" - OMG, this is one of our classics 🤣

[@1969firefox]

That voice.

[@stevemiller1085]

The funny thing is that although everybody complained about how annoying that ad is when it first came out in the mid 2000s everybody now knows exactly who National Tiles are. Genius marketing... I guess.

[@superkakkoii]

Frank is a Cult icon ! And he is rich rich 😂

[@TroyPudney]

There was an Ad on only 5 minutes ago. Never knew he had been going so long.

[@Malorn179]

Until now, I'd thought this was Melbourne only. I moved from Sydney to Melbourne in 2001 and hadn't been listening to radio much for the previous year. So I got here and suddenly there's this annoying voice on the radio!

[@Streetw1s3r]

A lot of them aren't supposed to be funny ads, but are catchy and became sort of memes embedded in Aussie culture, which people still repeat to this day.

[@nathanielhawkins5683]

my password is legit the reading hotline

[@BiaNay92]

Facts

[@ront2424]

Rhonda and Ketut the best love story since Romeo and Juliet.

[@ethanpadfoot1730]

Sorry to be that person, but it does "get my goat" when people say Aussie with an S. It's pronounced Z as in Ozzy. We are from the land down under, we are from Oz, so Aussie = Ozzy. Lol. Rant over. Enjoy your vids guys. Keep it up. Cheers!

[@lindacollings8554]

Agreed lol !

[@allyouneedislove3660]

I was just about to write the exact same thing!!!

[@mareky1234]

You beat me to it. Well said.

[@domdouse3575]

Agreed- 'Osssie' just sounds wrong - 'Ozzi' is how it should sound -

[@solreaver83]

It's a soft z though, somewhere between a Z and a S. It also gets me when it's said like a Z

[@gregmccallum3124]

How many Aussie's sang along to the 3rd ad? I did :)

[@lindacollings8554]

Yep !

[@waterpolowizard]

How can you not

[@vincentlevarrick6557]

For sure, we all did! 😁

[@v.b6028]

I used to sing it when it came out. Very effective marketing

[@teresakym2672]

AAMI is Australian Associated Motor Insurers 🙂 The Rhonda and Ketut love story is one of Australia's greatest 🇦🇺🤣 I love the high school reunion one when Rhonda greets the mean girls "Hi Kylie. Hi Dannii". Kylie and Dannii Minogue are two of our most famous exports, especially in the UK. You would definitely know Kylie, but Dannii is pretty famous here too (and more so in Britain). I think it is hilarious when they use the sisters as gags in ads in shows, being a fan of both 🤣

[@ozzybloke-craig3690]

Loving it. Katut and Rhonda are iconic and there are is an end to the story. So hopefully you get to see it. Great stuff. 🇦🇺❤️

[@matthewbrown6163]

Katut & Rhonda were a holiday romance in Bali. Recently they advertised the need to get Vaccinated & Rhonda had a little Katut Baby LOL.

[@ozzybloke-craig3690]

@@matthewbrown6163 I haven’t seen that lol I’ll have to check it out.

[@YumiMumi20]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2fEqJ6hhc2hh6M

[@matthewbrown6163]

@@ozzybloke-craig3690 I think You Tube may have but the new ones on TV now.

[@matthewbrown6163]

@@ozzybloke-craig3690 kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZqnKiKVnnL6XnbM

[@leandabee]

That Carlton ad was one of my favourites. I just love the choreography of it, and I love how they got a professional choir to sing the silly words🤣,very clever. Rhonda is Mandy McElhinney one of our very talented actors.

[@baird55aus]

The meerkat campaign has been very successful and has been a whole series. It is actually a british ad that screens both in England and Australia.

[@jacintatate]

Im glad the national tiles ad was included. That voice ad has been on the radio for years and continues to make me laugh XD

[@fraserstorie3093]

Aussie beer ads are iconic, gotta see the rest of them. Hilux ads are solid too

[@gregmccallum3124]

AAMI - Australian Associated Motor Insurers Limited

[@CloudWarrior904]

yes

[@sallymay24]

No way …why have I never known that

[@Jeni10]

Aussies love milk! I drink it every day - plain, with Milo, on cereal, etc. We started in kindergarten with free milk at school. Good habits last!

[@grandy2875]

bloody hell, I remember the free milk at school...it was usually delivered some time after 9am and would sit in the - unfrigerated - milk shed until "little lunch" at around 11am... winter time wasn't so bad coz it stayed fairly cold, but summer time it was always just that tad bit too warm but you had to drink it anyway, unless you had a note from your olds...we used to take one of those tall Tupperware cups with a lid and mum would put either choccy or strawberry Quik in it, then we'd pour the milk into the cup, put the lid on and shake like hell to get it to mix through properly, coz the powder'd always form a hard lump in the bottom of the cup... those were the days, these young'uns today don't know what they're missin'... ;))

[@Jeni10]

@@grandy2875 We used to tip the bottle upside down to try and centre the “white moon” of milk! I went to Catholic school so the milk crates were brought into the school bags room out of the sun. 👍😜😋🇦🇺

[@boomeraus0073]

One thing you guys got to know is here in Australia we still have a every strong Free to air TV.

[@hypnotika]

The 'Reading, Writing Hotline' ad is nearly 30 years old; the beloved jingle has never changed, nor the cartoon style, but bits have been reworked to modernise it slightly (e.g. website reference). "Not. Happy. Jan!' is a cultural phenomenon and is still said on the schoolyard. Rheem is a hotwater system.

[@akaVZLA]

There isn’t a single person in Australia who can’t tell you the reading writing hotline number off the top of their head without hesitation. Talk about an effective ad.

[@nigelhickman2274]

Dad? Why did they build the Great Wall of China? . That, that was, during the time of the Emperor Nasi Goreng, And, ah, it was to keep the rabbits out. Too many rabbits, in China...

[@Mummashelton]

Literally know all these ads off by heart! They all aired in my childhood growing up. The 3rd ad with the reading writing hotline any Aussie would know this number off by heart! I don’t drink milk straight at all (I’m lactose intolerant as well) but I also don’t like Vegemite 🤣🤣

[@divarachelenvy]

I don't like Vegemite too.. lol

[@_e11e_78]

Yeah, been 25 years probably and I've never had trouble with reading or writing, but if anyone needs the number I've got them covered haha 😁

[@xXSinForLifeXx]

Yeah no way I remember my own number but I remember the reading hotline number 😂😂 It's just such a catchy tune

[@Mummashelton]

@@xXSinForLifeXx oh yes 100% agree I have to check my number before giving it to people as I know my mums off by heart from primary/ high school 🤣🤣

[@gregkempster5626]

​@@Mummashelton well, how often do you ring yourself? why would you know it - took me a few years

[@sineadelizabeth3142]

The reading and writing hotline number is genius in a jingle cause everyone knows it and Rhonda and Ketut are the greatest love story in Australian history

[@snackbar8819]

Great video guys! Some of these ads were pretty general, and the National Tiles one is mainly a radio ad. Hopefully part 2 will have more funny ones for yas.

[@mathewcasey654]

Frank and his tiles

[@xXSinForLifeXx]

The Real Milk ad was making fun of all the different milk types you can get. "I just want real milk" is a pretty popular meme in Australia. I had someone say it today in an MMO game I was playing.

[@xNarttu]

Thanks guys, I'll have the Reading Writing Hotline jingle going round in my head for days now xD

[@PaulKleynjan]

milk drinks are very popular in australia. I had strawberry milk at a restaurant in LA with some actor friends, and they looked at me weird and told me it was a child's drink

[@christel6462]

I love drinking milk. I dont do it often but i do love milk. Love you guys aswell. Love from Sydney, Ausrralia💝

[@pascalswager9100]

Me too, especially after a donut or something. They made Me feel weird about it lol

[@christel6462]

@@pascalswager9100 definately after a donut or chocolate :) 💖

[@joshwhipps7158]

Ketut and Rhonda is Australias greatest love story.

[@xXSinForLifeXx]

12:50 No Garry no was such an iconic and catchy add I remember saying that to people who smoked or were rying to quit.

[@johnvandeven2188]

AAMI = Australian Associated Motor Insurers Limited is an Australian general insurance provider offering car, home, CTP and business insurance.

[@Ali-rz7er]

THANK You

[@javis88h]

National Tiles was so iconic for kids because everytime our parents would take us to school, the radio would play this add, epically with the HELLOOOOOOoooooo

[@foff4081]

Running joke amongst Aussies is that if you are overseas and want to find an Aussie, you yell out ...1300 and if there is an Aussie around they will yell back...6555 06.

[@vincentlevarrick6557]

As good as "Have you ever, ever felt like this?..."

[@wildeturkey2006]

I literally had 2 glasses of milk after a beer last night. I’m a dairy nut, I love milk, cheese, yogurt

[@TheCommodity]

Love dairy just not milk by itself.

[@AussieMarg]

@@TheCommodity Milo. Glass of full cream cold milk 😊 yum

[@farmerJ-zp9dj]

Milk & Milo still love it to this day .

[@ashleycroydon9743]

God the nostalgia hit hard. Its a big ad and the tooehies ad was two of the GOATs of ads. Charter boat is up there too 🇭🇲🏅🤣😂

[@_e11e_78]

Please tell me the HBA insurance ad with the crocodile kid is in this, oh and Franko Cozzo ofc! Edit: Ok, no luck, fingers crossed for part two 🤞 Oh, and maybe the Toyota "bugger" ad, and sick 'em rex, kick it to me, 80's Decore ad, Telstra great wall of China, oh so many goodies 😁

[@MummaLlama]

Hell yeah we drink milk straight, it’s delicious 🤤 also it’s great for heartburn in a pinch 😂

[@KatieeGloria]

As an Australian this brings back so many memories and its funny cause i remember 99% of them!!! Hahaa singing/saying them all!!

[@Tradie_Luva]

Just to let you guys know that AAMI stands for "Australian Associated Motor Insurers" AAMI is the multiple ads that had Rhonda in.

[@whiteangel256]

Fun fact the author of The Power of One. Bryce Courtenay, an author and adman of 34 years who worked as a creative director at McCann Erickson, JWT and George Patterson Advertising (now GPY&R), created Louie the Fly in 1957 - it was the third commercial he had written. FOUND THIS ONLINE

[@xXSinForLifeXx]

The reading hotline add is so catchy every Australian can pretty much sing the number.

[@RosesTeaAndASD]

EVERYONE was waiting for the latest "episide" in Rhonda & Ketut's saga.

[@markpaweena781]

I drink milk by the glass. Put ice in it too

[@CazzaTron123]

Omg same or sometimes in those slush cups where you put it in a cold cylinder and stir

[@WMH-MUSIC]

G’day Aussie ads during Super bowl LVII 👉🏻 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z32UgJ6Xrp6GprM 16:56

[@PiersDJackson]

Rheem is the brand of boiler or hot water heater, they also manufacture compressed gas cylinders.

[@tamaravanhees1749]

I love drinking milk as is. My uncle was a dairy farmer, so we use to get milk fresh from the dairy. The not Happy Jan ad basically is apart if the Australian vernacular not, when you're not happy with something you go 'NOT HAPPY JAN'.

[@gretskywhitting6600]

You had one of the BEST Aussie ads of all time!!!!

[@pascalswager9100]

Best add atm is that Camila parker Bowls, Celine dijon etc. I think it's well thought of.

[@KatieeGloria]

I was hurt when you said the compare the market wasnt that good and then the Good Guys came on and i nearly danced around the lounge room! My young daughter rolled her eyes at me!!

[@123gooberpea]

AAMI stands for Australian Associated Motor Insurers. And yes we have Flo in the Progressive ads. Rheem is a manufacturer of water heaters, space heaters and plumbing gear.

[@xXSinForLifeXx]

11:32 the Dinasaur lolly ad was my favourite as a kid 😂😂 *Dont chop the Diosaur daddy*

[@jimspink2922]

The add for Rheem is for a hot water system by the same name. Also check out the Toyota Bugger adds .

[@leemacbeth2250]

Shower one is a solar hot water system, AAMI stands for Australian associated motor insurers limited. We don’t Have yellow pages anymore it’s on a website.

[@xXSinForLifeXx]

Most of these ads bring back so many memories and I remember them word for word lol. Alot of them became Aussie memes or common sayings.

[@popeye807]

Rheem Australia is a water heater manufacturer I used to work for them.

[@dmisso42]

Ha! I moved to England in 1961 and missed the development of the "home grown" DIY advertisement. I got my first shock when I returned to Australia's unbelievable Commercial TV in 1982. How did we sink so low!?

[@IdoZatTimeInaVan]

Her long list of 'options' was a throw-off at what happens in the USA. "A cup of coffee please". Of course sir. Will that be with blah blah blah 🤣😂😅🤪

[@hayleycameron4591]

Oh man I wish the calamari add played 😂

[@jamesru1]

National tiles is a radio ad that still plays daily on the radio

[@ShirleyHardyAu]

I'm nuts. You too are funny as eff. Yes, the ads were cringy but they were effective because of the jingles.

[@MrSporkster]

Drinking milk straight is the bomb, I can gulp down an entire mug of the stuff without even blinking.

[@hunsbuns...]

Rome and Michelle High school reunion is the best!! Yes definitely seen it 100 times. Keep it up guys, nee subbie from Aus

[@letaharris6591]

The guy is taking off one of our iconic cricket commentators. Also milk is used for more than drinking lol.

[@Daniels_ATS_W900]

We drink milk, yes in everything you add milk too, but it's said if you can't sleep drink some warm milk before bed.

[@xXSinForLifeXx]

The "Not happy Jan" ads created an entire new Aussie saying. We often say not happy Jan when something is wrong or as a joke when someone does something.

[@bluegorf]

Firstly, never do an Australian accent again and second Rhonda and Ketut is the greatest Australian love story of all time

[@robby1816]

FFS Miles, it's not "Ossie", it's "Ozzy" like Ozzy Osbourne.

[@okunashi4668]

that first milk add is forever embedded into my brain xD i heard it a lot growing up.

[@aussiewarriorwithbpd9380]

Look out for the "Louie the fly" ads from the early 80s... very different and much more iconic!

[@RockSolitude]

Australian commercials from the 80s-2000s are high art. I don't think anyone did commercials better.

[@kdavies3105]

"Not Happy Jan" is just part of the vocabulary now...most people that use have never seen the advert.

[@ianhayter928]

Hi Miles and Phezz, my wife watches you all the time and we have noticed that you watch many Australian videos. One extreme bicycle ride that I rode in back in 1992 was the Simpson Desert Cycle Clasic which is 600km in 5 days and the first day consisted of 330 sand dunes. Back then we had 52 riders start on very basic mountain bikes before the wide balloon tyres were thought of. There are videos on KZbin but most of the old records are on Facebook. Temperatures from below O degrees (C) early morning up to 45 (C) during the day. Look forward to listening to more of your videos. Thank you

[@TheNakedWombat]

The worst billboard ad I have seen was at Wynyard train station in Sydney. It contained a whole lot of blurb about illiteracy only to finish off with a direct plea to the reader to call them and make an appointment if they do not know how to ready. I thought I misunderstood it and asked the bloke next me(whom I did not know) to give it a read. I could by the face he made that I had read their advertisement correctly.

[@carolynmck6046]

We have some very funny ads hoping they are in the 2nd video , the ants pantz ad, hba crocodile kid .... list goes on ..... will check it out soon vapor boys lol

[@waterpolowizard]

Marg the rains are coming, the beer add with the roaming tongue, most of our road safety ads

[@carolynmck6046]

@@waterpolowizard I forgot all about the tongue ad lmao

[@_e11e_78]

the hba croc kid is my all time fave! "and my head went that way, and my legs wen't that way!" what an expressive face lol.

[@sarahthompson2636]

No, Rheem make hot water heaters.

[@tamaravanhees1749]

AAMI (Australian Associated Motor Insurers). The Carlton Draught ad is the best ad ever.

[@hownottoengineer]

omg lol, i've only ever heard the writing/reading thing on radio and i didn't know it had a VIDEO!! also i literally had memorised that number in that tone without if knowing what the number really belonged to until now! lol

[@jadeitegray3531]

My fave ad is the mum looks like she's in prison but she's actually cleaning the shower is so dramatic hahaha , that and the old discovery channel ad for austar about the dad getting stung by a blue ringed octopus "That's bad dad "

[@zwieseler]

You should chase up ads by the Mojo Agency. They started “C’mon Aussie C’mon”. If you use lapel mikes you won’t need those big things…. 👍🍻

[@hayleycameron4591]

For some reason I have the Ferest add memorised of by heart 😂

[@nukenuked5749]

that beer ad if you look at the mountans in the back of the last shot thats helms deep from lord of the rings

[@stephencrowley3939]

You guys should definitely look up "The Chasers War On Everything" Extremely good Aussie comedy variety show. Basically, they poked fun at everyone, and did a ton of ridiculous comedic stunts (Including the Nicorette ad that appeared in your video 😀) They became semi famous with "The Apec Motorcade" which I think you'd enjoy As an expat Aussie living in NY, I appreciate your videos a lot. Great work.

[@TrickyMcRick]

Ill have no Frank Walker slander thank you very much. Bloody iconic advertising.

[@matthewcullen1298]

We drink milk straight because our milk actually tastes like proper real milk. I grew up around dairy farms so I've drank real unprocessed milk my whole life. A lot of processed milk tastes like shit, so I definitely understand your reluctance to drink it. You guys should come to Australia and try fresh from the farm good quality produce. I hate to admit it but New Zealand is even better. Their beautiful rich natural pastures produce premium grade products. Big shout out to our kiwi cousins from across the dirch

[@osocool1too]

Remember, these ads were designed for OZZIES with snippets of OZZIE humour thrown in. The ad with Rhonda being cheered on by her workmates, was the result of a series of previous ads.AAMI Australian Automotive Motor Insurance. Rheum makes hot water cisterns .

[@mikakamppi4826]

Australian Associated Motor Insurers Limited is an Australian general insurance provider offering car, home, CTP and business insurance. AAMI has vehicle assessment centres in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia. AAMI has been a brand and subsidiary of Suncorp Group since 2007. (sauce Wikipedia) Rheem is a manufacturer of hot water tanks.

[@bs2502]

Rheem is a company that produces hot water/water heating systems for showers etc

[@xXSinForLifeXx]

The Rhonda Aimee adds were iconic when they were still running there is a few others that aren't in this videos aswell. *hot like a sunrise katut* was a popular saying to mock the ad 😂

[@seamuskane7687]

the reading writing hotline uses a jingle to help those who can't read to memories the number and as for the writing well they did read it out for them

[@ifminecrafthadfloods3659]

It's back on the radio now, at least where I live.

[@juliewillard6932]

Frank Walker, National Tilesssssss. The voice is still the same now, my teenager had it as a ring tone on his phone, just for the hell if it.

[@kerryzarb]

Please say Aussie as Ozzie - it will sound amazing 👍

[@aussieragdoll4840]

Louie the Fly was created in the 1950s by Bryce Courtenay who wrote the book The Power of One (on which the movie of the same name is based). He worked in Advertising before he started to write books.

[@Danger_Mouse3619]

What makes an ad good or should say works is when it's sticks in your head.

[@williecoulter1091]

The carlton draft beer was one of my favourites

[@judithstrachan9399]

Mine, too & I don’t drink at all!

[@geoffreywheatley7711]

AAMI-Australian associated motor Insurers and Rheem is not the shower head it is the hot water cylinder or hot water heater

[@INDAMOMENTFilms]

As an Aussie watching back this nostalgic ads, the best! Daym I feel ancient 😂🦕

[@kenoathiog1156]

OMFG… your reactions to Frank Walker from National Taaaahls are exactly the same as ours.. He doesn’t go away

[@deekell1960]

Australian Associated Motor Insurers Limited (commonly referred to as AAMI) is an Australian general insurance provider offering car, home, CTP and business insurance. The love story of Rhonda and Katut. ♥

[@matthewbrown6163]

AAMI - we called it AMEEEEEE to make it easier to remember.

[@xXSinForLifeXx]

The Carlton Draught ad "it's a big ad" was indeed expensive its actually the most expensive ad ever made in Australia. I would say it's the best ad we ever made awelll it's so fucking good.

[@purpledragon259]

What? milk in Australia is delicious. We all drink it here, sometimes with milo or chocolate or topping, however often plain.