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"
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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

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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.

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
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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

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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.

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