Banned Pot Noodle Advert - Ace of Spades

[@Gent82]

This is one of my all time fave commercials. Thanks for finding and sharing the banned version!

[@Gent82]

@ZaccyXD Errr... do I know you?

[@haileydebruin5000]

People with epilepsy: having seizures Guy in commercial: Now it's time to get funky

[@woodyrulesok]

Apparently it was because of this advert that the harding test was introduced for all adverts on UK tv.

[@wisteela]

Just watched this again whilst eating a curry Pot Noodle. Intense!

[@klaxoncow]

Stay hungry.

[@darylcastillo1439]

You can always trust Phil Hartman to make anything better, even if does give you epilepsy...

[@MartinBrez]

And Motörhead

[@Prisoner416]

I'd kill for this in high quality.

[@cheyennedogsoldiers]

I'd forgotten all about this add. If I'm not mistaken it led to the re-release of Ace of Spades... Though it was banned because of its effects on some people with Photo Sensitive Epilepsy. Shortly after this, we began seeing warnings like this on British TV. 'Warning, this program contains flashing images and may be unsuitable for people with Photo Sensitive Epilepsy.' Great add all the same....

[@philipchildukvhs4767]

RIP Phil Hartman

[@aop2006]

These 90s pot noodle adverts with Phil Hartman used to scare me as a kid lol!!

[@romanza_28]

Motorhead, Noodle, Epilepsy - WOW

[@phweakwilled]

Back in the day i VHS recorded this and watched it back frame by frame. Anyone remember the e-blast at the end of bad influence?

[@exposingfreaks5733]

Do you still have the tape?

[@123MRAPPLESEED]

troy mclure

[@MartinBrez]

I love Phil Hartman 😢

[@thefog7067]

I just bought pot noodle today and this ad just came up in my feed and it's classic!

[@LukeChaos]

There were 2 versions- the really dangerous one was aired for only 1 or 2 weeks before it was pulled and replaced with a slightly slower version. Not sure which this is, looks pretty, er, intense.

[@spacered]

Wow, I remember this. It was like an MTV music video when I was a child.

[@jdb47games]

When this ad came out I loved that line 'The devil don't scubadive!' Lol!

[@jimgselder]

If you're a fan of the Simpsons, you should recognise the voice - It is indeed, Phil Hartman, ex of Saturday Night Live. He was murdered by his wife as he slept

[@SillyCreatureSally]

The voice of Jiji from Kiki's Delivery Service

[@skylined5534]

Also Lionel Hutz.

[@Torquemada70]

This played loads of times on late-night UK TV

[@FrankCosbyNo-Relation]

Go! Porygon!

[@stuporstar]

R.I.P LEMMY

[@robashton8606]

This used to come on at three in the morning when we were all off our nuts on acid. Pretty sure a combination of this and the Jesus Christ Pose video did lasting psychological damage to some of us. The nineties were weird.

[@lordbottaro4549]

Didn’t happen.

[@danielwilliamson6180]

Awesome advert. I love Ace of Spades!

[@zacharyxxx8104]

Hi, I’m Troy McClure. You may remember me in such films as......

[@exposingfreaks5733]

Battling seizure robots

[@geoffwillis8943]

Loved this advert at the time

[@MarkPentler]

i too remember it being on for quite a while...

[@so_bendy]

Brilliant! If thats not snacking at its most intense, then the devil don't scuba dive

[@regmtait100]

I remember a similar ad, 1994-ish (only saw it once, late weekend TV) where he repeated "Nibbles... Pot..." in a trippy way. Might be dreaming.

[@X102Dscaper]

It's Stakker - "Eurotechno" from 1989. Same Stakker that did Humanoid, aka Future Sound Of London, AST, Cube, etc.

[@needabloodyname]

I nearly had a seizure and i'm not epileptic!!!

[@S1d-ney]

Brilliant ad , so funny and legendary 😎

[@meyers0781]

Is it just me or that i becoming more photosensitive as i aged? I remember how i laughed off Electric Soldier Porygon, but then again i watch that episode when Windows 7 aren't born yet and before i knew i can set KZbin into full screen...

[@SillyCreatureSally]

I VOTE JUSTICE FOR PORYGON

[@qoaa]

Phil's wife successfully stole his pot

[@alzeNL]

i think the video used is from stakker - humanoid, or at least it has been inspired by it :)

[@jatkinson3938]

The graphics look lke they are from Stakker - humanoid, or the evil acid baron show ....give em a google if ya like pot noodle

[@schtel]

Stakker vs Motorhead. Classics

[@X102Dscaper]

@darkwhitty search for Stakker Eurotechno - it's in 3 parts.

[@eileenh28]

I would like to buy this product.

[@channabreaks9624]

Wow! Just wow!

[@skylined5534]

Good innit!

[@jboi2002]

Wow I don't even have epilepsy and that ad made my head hurt. Good ad but way too fast flashing, would they have an ad of screeching White noise no don't think so.

[@UchihaFabio]

my eyes hurt a bit too.

[@meyers0781]

Back then there was a trend to make eye-catching imagery, especially Japanese ones, flashy.

[@SillyCreatureSally]

I didn't even get that! I AM INVINCIBLE wait, what about that Citroen advert

[@skylined5534]

White noise vs something a bit flashy... this floor is made of algebra.

[@Pacafeliz]

phil hartman!!! man he was genius. may he RIP...

[@SillyCreatureSally]

He gave Jiji the cat that hilarious sarcasm... 🙏

[@fatcat2939]

Acid House video, I had the worst 5 hours of my life after watching one. I was tripping my tits off at the time, true. Still, at least I perceived my thought process in third person. And I probably had some sort of instant noodle product the day after.

[@darganx]

I'n sure they used Stakker's Humanoid video for this ad.

[@timheavyable]

Hi ,I'm Troy mc clure,you may remember me from such films as..........

[@xTriggeRxBx]

We're gonna ding a dang ding our ding dangs.... Intense

[@BazLazarus80]

@charlie73374669 BBC does not have adverts, that is regulated by ofcom. Spitting image was an ITV programme.

[@242Transmission]

Anybody else get the Jesus Built my Hot Rod reference at the start of this ad?

[@foxyshabazz]

Not at the time, but watching it just now, yes! I guess I must have first discovered that song after these ads came out. Phil Hartman really was a treasure. Love the guy.

[@limzog9]

This advert .. wasn't banned 🚫 I remember watching it

[@wisteela]

It was eventually

[@custardavenger]

Wierdly this advert was how I became a Motorhead fan. Loved Dance version, stayed for the metal.

[@PhiloBalini]

Yeah, that'd break the Harding test - rapid flashes within a second (3+ trigger it) or flashing red imagery causes epileptic fits. Frikkin' ace tune though

[@doczoc]

Nor did they show Spitting Image!!! But the IBA (Independent Broadcasting Agency) had a subliminal message policy. Probably right reason, wrong organization!!!

[@Firusdhf]

Motörhead and pot noodle

[@SuperG522]

0:15

[@findafa1]

Loved that ad!

[@SillyCreatureSally]

My sister sits very close to the TV, even her watching NAUSICAÄ like that would scare me. If not even one Ohm scares her and she watches Nausicaä unsafely, I will show her this. Serves her right

[@tocirpa]

surreal...but wow!

[@GedKelly1999]

@TheSpankymonkey If you're referring to this ad, it WAS banned. To general disappointment.

[@SoyLuciano]

It seems like Pot Noodle is suffering from the "Porygon syndrome".

[@SillyCreatureSally]

Lol

[@ladymiria]

phil hartman kicks ass!!!!!!!!!!!!1 hi troy mcclure!!

[@1000sofusernames]

Rather watch this sort of advert than the current woke crap that passes for adverts now. Everything is so safe and boring. This stuff is pure playstation one era.

[@skylined5534]

Safe and boring or smug and glib. These were way better times.

[@aebmham]

no it was act banned, I remember going to a science museum and they were showing that this advert caused a new safety checking of adverts with flashing images, they were demonstrating it... it failed after 3 secs of the flashing images!

[@tylercuddletail]

Vaporwave Seizure Ramen!!

[@doddsy89]

My eyes have gone funny

[@kingsomething2008]

If someone tried to steal my pot i'd wrestle them for it lol

[@skylined5534]

"Connie, let's hit the mat!"

[@Wilseus]

Anyone remember another Pot Noodle ad with the same guy and he said "Ever tried eating your head? Eat this, it's more intense!"

[@游源雄]

⚡️🎆

[@glennlindamood]

Phil Hartman as Bill Clinton on 1990's SNL still makes me laugh every time!

[@joevictor53]

Surely, if this caused seizures, you should put a warning in the video title

[@skylined5534]

*PUT THOSE NOODLES DOWWWWN!*

[@abdul_playz8482]

Epilepsy warning

[@CaptainChocolate]

Great advert, late 80's I think.

[@tombstoneharrystudios584]

The late great Phil Hartman

[@HannaHexagon]

Why was it banned? :S

[@mattjcole908]

Hanna Williams im only replying as it seems actually nuts to reply to a comment left here when i was 24 years old 😂 it was banned due to flashing images causing epileptic fits.

[@skylined5534]

@@mattjcole908 Crazy really!

[@ninjaradish]

@SpikeJonze Hi Spike... He is faking it, but Phil Hartman is a Canadian actor who did a lot of work in the US, notably The Simpsons and NewsRadio. He had that smarmy voice... Hi! I'm Troy McClure!

[@SillyCreatureSally]

I know him for voicing Jiji from Kiki's Delivery Service bc I am Ghibli nerd (◡ ω ◡)

[@ajroses4267]

Do Original Pot Noodles from Britan taste basically the same as the Original Top Ramen that America has? Just curious.

[@terrydriftwood1065]

April P fuck up

[@skylined5534]

No idea... let's trade!

[@daffers2345]

I heard this was banned. I can see why ... I feel ill watching it.

[@dtr4eva]

LMAO thats mint

[@darganx]

Harry Hill's TV Burp, anyone? methinks..

[@ZuluRomeo]

Put dat Pot Noodle DOWN! NAAOOOW!

[@Goinbefskie]

this is banned y...?

[@LukeChaos]

You know who that is, right? Phil Hartman.

[@jackjude]

POSTMODERN TO MAXIUM!!

[@hindleyite]

@HardTekBen Stay hungry

[@quartzhyalos1068]

Acid Pot Noodle

[@TheSuperBlandman]

i have a feeling this was banned as it caused some epileptic's head to explode.

[@PeterGeorge]

Intense!

[@WishYouWereHere75]

The pokemon episode was banned because it put 800 japanese kids into hospital with seizures

[@SillyCreatureSally]

Actually it was 618 children

[@LoFiRecoverySoundscapes]

If you can provide any evidence that it was actually banned I'll give you a small prize.

[@skylined5534]

I think the only PN ad campaign that was actually banned was the 'slag of all snacks'. This one was probably phased out due to the 'wicked' rock music used within. I wonder what those christian arseholes would have to say about the likes of 'Slag Island' and the disgusting chart music currently available for general consumption of late?

[@exposingfreaks5733]

I don’t think it was banned outright but there was news reports on it which led the itc to change the rules on photosensitive content a updated version of the ad aired in 1994 with the scenes from stakkers eurotechno slowed and recoloured to reduce the possibility of inducing a seizure to the point where you could think why did they bother making the first ad?

[@fraz312]

O__o *seizure*

[@HBKdabest1984]

I like pot noodles.

[@skylined5534]

They're awful... and I concur!

[@redhotror]

tomanypeopletakingPOT!aggg!!!!!

[@liamf7838]

class and when they were nice

[@skylined5534]

Aye they were once really rather nice. Not any more!

[@NunoTavares23]

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED

[@tremensdelirious]

Epilepsy friendly

[@skylined5534]

Epifriendly

[@Firestorm617]

yeah. "Eat Pot Noodle"

[@V7EX]

i think tht was full of subliminal messages

[@SillyCreatureSally]

Intense!

[@umpalumpa2oo7]

I see why it was banned lmao

[@DenisLYSS]

Чо то я не вырубился.

[@ripp666]

Что это

[@bigbadslimee]

Oo__oO seizure!!! thanks alot...

[@etcetera36]

You didn't read the description.

[@jackhickman]

Whoa My M8 Like Almost Had A Seizure!! Dont Watch If Your Epileptic!!!!

[@skylined5534]

If your epileptic what?

[@pip6903]

Drugs