¶ TV Comedy Nostalgia and Catchphrases
Hello and welcome to the first midweek episode of Series 8 . I'm Liam , one of the co-hosts of the TV nostalgia-based podcast Living With Madeley . The other host is Andrew . He sometimes calls himself Andreas and he is on the line . How are you Andre .
I sometimes call myself Andre Anderson . You call me . I've never called myself Anderson , but that's one of yours , isn't it ? Yeah , I don't know where that . No one's ever called me Andy Ever . Big Steve sometimes calls you Andy . Oh , he does actually , doesn't he ? Yeah , like sometimes it works now , then Andy . Yeah , but it's normally .
Haig innit like but Andy .
I like how your dad calls you by your surname when when he had it first yeah , he does .
Hey , like that , are you getting drinks in a walk , like what ? What are you talking about , anyway ? So this is like a lot of comments and stuff that we're going to go through . Most of them are Jingles Bay , so bear with us , but there's also some other stuff that we need to tick off that we didn't , as they , got round to talking about yet .
And I want to start off with an apology to the Major , the great man himself , because he said there's a podcast that featured Maidley and I have to admit I've totally forgot to listen to it .
I presume you have as well . I have an even bigger apology because I didn't see the post . What was ?
it a message or a yeah , we're on . I think it's like Life After 60 or something like that , but I will listen to it . I put it on my to listen to list , but I only remembered that he sent it as I went through the comments for this episode . There's no get an agenda .
I didn't see that one , so sorry , yeah .
Major also said he's just had the fast show on and , goodness me , it really is the most overrated and crap comedy show of , I think , all time , and that you sort of I don't think it's the worst of all time , but you had like some bad things to say about it , didn't you ? I think you had to get rid of it .
Yes , was it in that or was it overrated ? Remedies ?
Sorry , you had it in overrated TV . Yeah , sorry .
But as I said at the time , a bit like Harry Enfield , it was funny in the moments . It did have something at the time , but yeah , it's just not stood up at all . It's dated really badly . Really it's dated really badly , really badly .
Actually , it's awful well , you've ruined it for Berlin Blades . Berlin Blade replied and he put catchphrase comma there . Ever since I heard Liam from Liverpool and Maidley tear it apart , I've never been able to watch it again . But he does say having said that , pretty much the entire cast are genius in their own right . They've just made a shit comma there .
Shame yeah , that's a good summary actually , because I would say all of them have kind of had some levels of success , haven't they ? I'm sorry , who's the guy who does ? Suits you , sir , with ? Mark Williams yeah , mark Williams , I know Charlie . Ixson , isn't it ? It's not him I'm thinking of then straight-faced man , it's Whitehouse isn't it ?
Oh yeah , of course it is . Of course it is . Who's the sort of more straight-faced dark hair ?
man , who was that one ? I thought who .
He's got . He's a stern-faced man .
Oh , you mean Simon Day .
I don't know , because I don't know his name . I don't know his name , I don't know anything else he's done , he's good .
Is it him who plays Monkfish in this ?
No , I don't think . So Hold on , let's get the cast , let's solve this one live . We'll do a live , live over there .
Yeah , Simon Day . He did that Brian Pern documentary , Simon Day , which was brilliant . To be fair , if anyone's never seen that Comedy sp documentary about picking , up .
No , not Samaday , I know him . He's gone on to do other stuff . Yeah , I mean , it's not him I'm thinking of , but Jeff Harding just did like the American voice guy it's not him , yeah , yeah yeah , Rory Jennings was in it . What as Toby I mean , the guy I'm thinking of was that kind of unimportant . He's not even on the cast list .
Oh , what that fucking hell ? Right , according to this , rory Jennings played , you know , the competitive dad's son .
Oh yeah , I can kind of see that now . Yeah , wow .
Yeah , brilliant .
No , he's a talk sport . He is a presenter , isn't he ? He does a few of them the one who played clips of him completely contradicting himself in the World Cup . I'm just trying to find him now . So it's not a great podcast at all . I'll look into it .
I'll have to let you know in the next midweek we're looking for a stern faced man who you don't think went on to do anything .
No , he had dark short hair . I almost think he might have been bald .
You do this quite often on this podcast , where you describe someone that could be about a billion people Short , dark hair with a stern face .
Could be Webbo , couldn't it ?
Well , yeah , every single person Looks like everyone , ever doesn't he .
Now I'll look into it . He's like a posh voice .
Posh voice stern-faced man .
It's like the worst description ever , isn't it .
Yeah , I'm looking at him posh , stern-faced . Imagine going into like I don't know , like I don't know someone's like assaulted you . What do you look like ? You're very stern-faced .
What Posh voice ? Stern-faced man Short hair , short hair . Anyway , ted said I imagine him kind of being in .
Let's drop that . Let's drop it , drop it , leave it . It's a terrible start . Ted got involved as well and he said this has always been the crux of his argument about fascio catchphrase humour .
He says sorry , but it's for dullards it's like watching a panto which is going to upset a lot of people listening to this , to be fair , because obviously we are a nostalgic podcast and that was one of the big shows .
How have people got funnier , do you think ? Do you think part of it is because people did just use to say catchphrases to each other , didn't they ? Do you think that would wash these days ?
It took on this podcast , judging by this ?
no , that was like sort of humour , wasn't it ? Like I know we were , we were younger , but I'm sure people just said to each other like suits you sir , suits you sir that was like as a joke .
Yeah , or only me . Don't believe you want to do that . I don't feel the use of repeaters in the old time maybe it'll come back .
Maybe it'll be one of the things like the miniskirt . Maybe it'll come
¶ TV Personalities and Nostalgia
back .
Catchphrases this was interesting . By the way , bill and Blake tagged us in a comment by Anon . Do you know that Anon account where people send things in anonymously ? Yeah , I don't know why they put this in anonymously , because loads of people say it , but the tweet was everyone knows who I'm talking about when I say why is this cunt on my telly again ?
Now , obviously he's tagged us in it thinking , you know .
On the assumption .
Yeah , on the assumption they're on about Big Rich Madeley Not actually that many mentions of Madeley in the comments . Loads of James Corden , some said Farage , some said Clarkson , but I read through all the replies to this tweet so many funny ones . Someone said Johnny Vaughan . I don't think he's ever on TV anymore , is he ? What do you mean ?
He can't get on TV for love nor money anymore , can he Well ?
on that thing , schofield . Someone said who literally can't get on TV for love nor money , and then someone followed that up with Barrymore . Last time you saw Barrymore on TV , yeah , not at all yeah go on . Sorry sorry , because this is like why is this coming to my telling Sam ? Yeah , go on . Sorry , because this is like why is this coming to my telly ?
Sam Matterface ? You don't see Sam Matterface and he's a commentator . There's a YouTube thing , don't they ? But yeah , you very rarely see him , you won't be asking , though why is he on my telly ? What is he doing here ? These are good ones , Craig Charles . He's in Craig's never-on-TV Joe Pasquale .
I can't remember the last time Joe Pasquale were on TV no , these are all , unless somebody's , like I don't know , just turned on to like gold TV or something , because these are all 90s , aren't they ?
these next two . Well , the first one's Katie Hopkins , who you know she has . I'm pretty sure she's been pretty much banned from TV . And then someone's put Mrs Brown's boys . What is this cunt on my TV ? Who am I talking about ? Mrs Brown's boys , why is he knobbing ? Yeah , that's who it'll be . That's who it'll be .
Yeah , I'm trying to think who I have down in that chair .
It's got to be Berlin Blade's man . Eh , what's his face ? Oh , come on . Oh . What's his name ? Oh , come on . Oh , what's his name ?
magician man Muller , oh yeah , that makes sense , wouldn't it ?
Stephen Muller . It's got to be Stephen Muller , like he's on TV more than like anyone I've at the moment .
I don't know Alex Scott , he's on .
TV a lot , to be fair , alex Scott . Yeah , you're probably right , unless you say not seen . A lot to be fair , alex Scott . Yeah , you're probably right .
Unless it's Lineker . A lot of people don't like Lineker .
Yeah , but anyway , moving on , Nelson said he wants a full review of the speech for the opening episode , which we didn't do , and this was about Hulk Hogan . Do you know what the Republican National Convention ? I presume you saw this .
Where he ended up ripping his shirt off .
Yeah , and he went like Hulkamania brother . And then Trump ridiculous , Absolutely ridiculous , I mean I think it's probably as long as he's gone . Well , he did lie , I suppose , because he said Trump were great for America . But yeah , I'm not going to review that . No offence to Nelson we do not condone or condemn .
I do not condone or Hulk Hogan for that matter , but I think there's better Hogan stuff out there that we might get to later on . The I can never pronounce this the Yagdra , yigdra system , yigdra , yep , whatever he said . He didn't have 2024 West and Sent as Renford Rejects are apparently coming back , so we've gone from killing people to getting things back .
He says there'll be a Threads remake next Reincarnation .
Is it like rerun or remake ?
No , it's a remake which I don't know if they're going to do it . I don't know if it's going to be like the original cast , which I think it'd be better , I think , if could make a decent comedy . You know , like sort of going to see what they're up to now and they're all quite downbeat or whatever , because they never made it .
Yeah , and they reform like a pub team or something . Yeah , I think that genuinely could be a proper , proper good show . I think just rebooting it with you know young kids now it's not going to be as good . On the Mavely episode that we did the first episode of this series , navdeep said he was more of a Judy guy , which is interesting .
That , to be honest , not many people say that do they . She's just sort of I don't know .
She doesn't really offend anybody but I don't know if she's got huge fans at the same time , kind of seen as the sort of straight man , isn't she ? But , as we discussed , and I think actually very talented journalist in her own right and actually nurtured him through the process , didn't she ? So , yeah , which ?
was his mother . Anne said the impression of the doctor asking about someone's scrotum was an unexpected gem . Yeah , that was . I don't know why I said that . I said two weird things . Someone else has commented as well about mine .
I told you this is going to sound like the most narcissistic man in the world . I do not go to bed or to sleep listening to our podcast . I promise that , no no idea .
As soon , as soon as this one's done , I bang it on even before you release it . Just go through it .
I went to sleep listening to a podcast , don't know what it was , can't remember . It could be frank skinner , who knows whatever it was . Can't remember . It could be Frank Skinner , who knows Whatever it was .
Anyway , and if it keeps running , it skips through random things that I've played previously and I genuinely woke up in the middle of the night to you from our mysteries show saying oh , what did he say ? He said it was shortbread and heroin .
Yeah , my it caught me off guard .
It sort of shocked me out of my sleep the way that you said it .
Sean . Ben Meakin's dad said that he would same thing . He would listen to a podcast that wasn't us and he fell asleep he would walk up to oh , mysterious girl , brilliant , yeah . Wemthing said he'd love to get his bow from a tufty club and get sweating about vagagra usage and porn habits .
And obviously this is about me saying that I wasn't going upstairs to watch porn when I was sick . I was playing games . And obviously you saying that you didn't sell Viagra or use Viagra . I think that's fair to say .
I never said I never used it . Oh interesting , yeah , admits it . I never said , I never used it .
Oh , interesting yeah admits it .
I never said I hadn't sold it either . I just weren't walking around a lead mill selling it . I was passing it on at cost price . I think , this is another one of my , For a restricted amount of time . Let's not go into it . Let's let Red Pink interrogate us one day .
Yeah , we'll go on and let him do it . Jp said we missed a fantastic opportunity of , I imagine , you doing this as well . Blame it On the Weatherman Bewitched , because obviously we're talking about . You know what's his name the pedo weatherman . It was all there , wasn't it ? It was an open goal . Open goal .
And he said I could have done it in a Jamaican accent as well . Like , blame it On the Weatherman .
We're not playing the clip , but you've still got that in . Got it in .
Got it in anyway . We're going to Chapel St Leonard soon . I don't know exactly when , but we've got two microphones this time Roadshow . Yeah , I am going to be recording some , but I am genuinely hopefully going to record some Jamaican versions of popular hits as well .
it's like a sort of speaker system , so in theory we could take it out live .
Who remembers ? Who remembers ? Well , that's the thing guys , who's winning that at the moment ?
Because obviously we put a poll out , didn't we ? Yeah , I meant to . I mean , we had a huge amount of votes . If I'm honest , We've had 12 votes . Well , I voted and you voted , so we've had 10 votes .
Yeah , and it's 50-50 . Literally can't separate it . What a pointless vote . If you've not voted , did you vote from ?
the Maidly account , by the way . No , you're not allowed to . You're not allowed to . That would be interesting if that swung it .
But it's interesting that 181 people have seen it and not bothered to vote .
Maybe they just think they're both that good . They just can't yeah , just like waiting until the last minute , technically what we could say is that we've had 181 votes , just the 50-50s just couldn't press a button . We didn't have a draw button , did we ?
do you know what you were on about just before we get to my adverse ? Do you know when you were on about Secret Lemonade Drinkery in St John and Jimmy Greaves ? Yeah , yeah , I come across a YouTube video yesterday and I think you've watched it at my house before , way back when . Do you remember Jimmy Greaves' it's a Fanny Game VHS . Yeah , yeah , yeah .
Yeah .
I saw it re-uploaded to YouTube .
¶ Classic TV Adverts and Nostalgia
There's a bit in it where someone just scores and I'll just flick it through it scores a normal goal . You remember this ? I'm sure you do , yeah , yeah . And his face comes up in corner and goes it's a funny , it's a funny old game .
It's something like a slightly missed time back pass , or like it's not like a it's not a .
There's one where a ball goes in Crazy goal , is it ? But goalkeeper on air like so slowly and he goes . It's a fanny hole . Yeah , it's the shittiest video I've ever seen . The comments underneath are brilliant . Someone said Jimmy has definitely not watched this video . They've just said go in a studio and just say it's a fanny hole .
Yeah , yeah , but onto adverts . We We've got a lot of feedback for this . Thank you very much . Travelling sent us a message . He put a few in here that I'm pissed off that I didn't think of myself . Ba , ba , ba ba . Baby bell , that's a good one .
Yeah , good , definitely . I mean to be fair . We only did three each . Yeah , it's a good shout , though .
I do like that one . This one I really wish I'd have .
I don't know if I'd have had it , but erm ho , ho ho , green giant yeah , which again I suppose a bit like cow gun , if I said to you I need some sweet corn half a piece is it sweet corn ?
I think so . Is it green ? It's got to be green giant . No green giant . Why is it green ?
I think they's all sweet . Colin , I think you have not got the advert right here . He's got vegetables .
He's all different . He does them all , he's got them all . We might do that actually I've written this down actually for maybe not this series , but Best Advert Mascots . This guy's quite an imposing character . Autoglass repair , autoglass repair , autoglass replace . Yeah , good , go compare . Eggie said this one to me as well .
Yeah , this is one I've . Someone said to me . This one , yeah . The only thing I'd say with it , though , is because I was thinking about this . Everyone knows that tune . Do you know exactly what they do ? No , why ? Because , again , this is a failed advert , isn't it ? What is it they're comparing ? I know he's comparing something ?
Is it just a website where he can compare everything Like sort of for prices ?
Well , I think it might be comparing like it's , it's , it's oh , insurance quotes .
Yeah , it's insurance , car insurance , home insurance , just insurance , any insurance .
But I didn't know that . Well , you think you should say then go compare for your insurance like quick like Well , no , I just wondered your prime example there . I wasn't sure what he's comparing and we were doing . Catchy tune is great , so it ticks that box , but is it a great advert if you don't know what he's comparing ?
well , this is one as well here , cavonia . You know the cover , cavonia . I don't know if he says it like that , but you know what I mean . The advert is that like a throat spray or something . I think it's a throat spray , so maybe that one does work . I'm going to play this one because he sent us the link .
So I think it's only fair and I'm like , yeah , we missed a trick here , actually . So this is a suggestion from TJ Fern is it ? yeah right , finish land , Is it ? Yeah right , Finish Land . Maybe she's born with it , Maybe it's Maybelline . Obviously , we should have said maybe it's Maybelline . That would have been fantastic Instead of I don't know .
We should have come up with that last week . I'm disappointed .
Yeah , we didn't even think about it , did we ? But yeah , has that been done before ? Maybe it's made Lee . Maybe it's made Lee I doubt it .
I don't think many people talk about it as much as we do to be fair , I can imagine him doing it to Jude . Maybe it's well to yeah like off in front of his kids or whatever . Wb Yeats , which is a brilliant username . Yeats and Keats are on your side . He said washing machines live longer with Calgon .
Obviously we mentioned Danone , which we'll come to later because he's mentioned and this one here . I want to play this because I didn't know what it were . This is Kanika . Colours Are Calling Me . And he said he used to know someone who would go to whisper something .
Cornica colours are calling me .
Yeah , I'll play it because I can't remember it . So I thought it's a good one to play . But he said he used to know someone who would go to whisper something secret and highly important in your ear and then say the second like this Cornica , colours are calling me .
Carnica colors are calling me .
Carnica colors . Are calling me Carnica colors .
are calling me Carnica colors are calling me , calling me , calling me , calling me , calling me , calling me , calling me . I'm a man .
I knew that one there's another one here , actually Chimpman . I know that's not his name , but that's what he's going for . That's what we're going for . It's the Chimpanay , isn't it ? Yeah , it is yeah . But you know , chip ?
oh no , it's Chipman , chipman A we can't believe it's from from Chimp , from Chimpanay to Chimpanzee , so it's Chimpanay .
Chimpanay . That's it . Anyway , beaverbrooks , can you remember this one For the special time ? It doesn't go out , I'm going to play it . Fuck it , I'll play it .
I thought this was going to be clip light . I thought I was going to be putting loads of clips in this . I don't know what's going on here .
Well , there's only three .
I do remember that yeah .
Yeah , well , in fact there's another one coming up , who remembers ? But then he says , and he's put musical notes inside of it , but I don't know what the tune is there's something really different coming your way the taste of a high life , the Caribbean way . It's Montego , montego , hey , montego . Then he put Cadbury's Montego .
That's another , and I thought , I don't remember that it might have been Roundtree .
I cannot think of a Montego . It's making me think of Montel Williams , but I can't think of a Montego .
I presume it's Montego , it's Mont ego .
Montego . Montego Bay is a place in Jamaica .
Montego yeah , that makes , yeah , but I don't know what he's on about so Montego is .
do you remembercom ? Do you remembercouk Jacobs Montego , so it was Jacobs .
Jacobs , that's why I tried to to look for it . Last night I put Roundtree and put Cabras in .
Nothing , jacob , yeah well , and underneath that it says Roundtree's Montego . I wonder if Roundtree's is part of the Jacob's branch . I don't know , I don't know .
Anyway , over to yours , Liam . Alright okay , in fact , liam , I've put play on the Monty Python sketch . Don't bother , there's only four clips , I think . Go on .
So we've actually had some feedback today , but the stuff that we've got to read out from before today . So Bill said you mentioned Atkinsons of Sheffield , a friendly family store on the moor . Tried to find it on YouTube but can't . I have no memory of that being .
I can't remember this , I know the shop .
Do you remember Atkinsons ?
Yeah , of that being , I can't remember this . I know the shop . Do you remember Atkinson's ? Yeah , but it's still going . Atkinson's is still the only . It's the only . Oh , come on , how would you describe Atkinson's ? Department store , yeah , department store . So blah , blah , blah . It opened in 1872 in Sheffield-on-the-Moor and it is the only store .
The family-owned store is now the only department store left in Sheffield .
¶ Nostalgic TV Jingles and Adverts
Makes me think of a Ron Atkinson song . It's fat , he's round , he bounces on the ground , Atkinson .
He's taking Wednesday down . Another long one isn't ?
it Couldn't get away with that these days , Couldn't get away with it not these days , no , but yeah , I do remember Atkinson .
Well , yeah , I went in not so long ago .
I do remember . I mean I'd be intrigued if Bill could . I suppose he can't find the video , can he , but I don't ? Was it a Christmas advert ? Is it a recurring song that I might remember ? I've got no idea . I typed it into .
Google myself . I mean , I'm not doubting Bill's research skills , but I couldn't find anything myself . I had a jacket potato last year and it was bloody lovely , I have to admit .
I think of it as going there to get a key cut at Timpson's .
I got my mum an air fryer from there last Christmas . I think , yeah , they do it all , they'll do it all . We're not sponsored by them , but if they want to get involved , give generously . They probably .
yeah , I mean , it'd be interesting to go and try and catch them out . See what you can . I sometimes like to do this at Jeff's DIY in Drumfield . Sometimes , if I need something , I like to go and see if he's not got it , and it's very , very rare that he's not got what I need .
Why do you go places and see if you've not got stuff ?
It's like a little old-fashioned hardware store .
And do you know , like one I'm a bit bored . I'm going to go to Jeff's DIY .
I bet he hasn't got one of these , he's got one again . He's got most things . Again , no sponsorship in place . But yeah , jeff's DIY for all your DIY needs . Carl sent us a message , not listening yet , and he's asking about the Maynard's wine gums , about the Maynard's wine gums . Does it get a shout ? And we've actually got a clip to play .
Yeah , the reason I asked to play this clip is because I didn't remember it , but then , as soon as it came on , I knew it immediately . Maynard's original wine gums are filled with delicious juicy flavour just waiting to be set loose . All you've got to do is chill , set the juice loose .
About this house , about the goose the guy you were used to with him as well , John Wild Goose , and he once got really , really angry because people were singing that to him . Boots a juice , a bootless goose , and he was so angry about it . It's not offensive , is it ?
No , ljd he sent us actually we were going to play it , but I don't think we are playing it now . I think you're in control of clips for this one .
Yeah , but the only reason we're not playing it is because the entire thing's nine minutes . I think you might have to . I don't think a clip would do it justice .
I have watched it , but so legendary Monty Python sketch that's a piss take of Robin Hood . The lyrics changed from the original song and he's wondering if this was an influencer .
Don't know the .
Weetabix guys may well have seen that and taken inspiration . Yeah , webding . So back to Mr Webster . He's pointing out that I didn't understand the brief for what we were doing , even though I'd set the brief always the same mind blown and it weren't , even though I'd set the brief Always the same , always the same yeah , mind blown .
And it weren't even one where I was overthinking it . I just kind of couldn't really decide what I thought we should be doing . I couldn't decide if it were best jingles or most effective jingles , I suppose . So we went effective . Hopefully that was okay with everyone .
And I also can't believe that the midweek thing that we did , where I you'll have heard it on the intro to this episode we didn't really record a theme . I just said midweek . Over the top , he's saying that we stole that from Dixon's , I think well , we've mentioned this before .
He's very much like Bob Monkhouse . Bob Monkhouse never accused people of plagiarism , but he used to carry a joke book around with him , didn't he ?
Yeah , and there was always a danger . When you said a joke , monkhouse had got there first .
Yeah . So if anyone made a joke Of you could say , no , hang on , he's dated here . Webding's very much like that . He's not actually accusing you of a plaguer Him this time , which is progress , but yeah , plaguer in a Dixon's advert instead .
Yeah , if I did it it was subconsciously , which I suppose is a great .
The advert worked great , I'll bat for you here , because I know Well I'll say a no for a foul . I say it could be subconscious . When I played you the clearance , the sale , should I say , dixon , that was the first time you'd ever heard it you said anyway , unless you're lying to me as well , it's all on the act .
Yeah , um , yeah , and andrew messages which confused me because I thought , even though I never referred to you as andrew , I thought you were saying this is , this is your comment . But andrew had go for broke . His nan thought his gambling was immoral . She had no problems with uh , rapacious capitalism . So she liked monopoly , and panchero's fact was correct .
Game of Life is an older game turned into a board game in the 60s . It's a game , it's all a game . A book by Tristan Donovan covers it .
So there's more evidence out there .
But I mean to be fair , Andrew's given you the credit . I think we were both right there , because what I was saying is it can't have been a board game in 1960 or 16 or whatever .
I'd like to know how it didn't . How did it work before it were a board game ?
Be a winner in the game of life .
Just thinking that .
Yeah , I don't know . Do you want to go to uni ? Yeah , here's some money .
Yeah , I don't know .
Another comment from Degontier . I don't know . Another comment from De Gontier . I don't know if that's how he likes it to be pronounced , in a mock French style , or I don't know . Radio is always better for cheesy jingles . I'm glad you mentioned Cold Seal as they were masters of it and this is brilliant .
So initially he sort of said oh yeah , we used to have a tape of all the old Cold Seal adverts . He's actually sent us a link on SoundCloud . I think he's put it on Twitter so anyone can find it .
I've re-chatted it on the Maitley account if you want to see . It's every Cold Seal jingle Brilliant yeah .
Absolutely .
Fantastic bit of nostalgia there . I think he's right as well . Radio were always better . It's not my favourite advert because I'm sick of hearing it , but I don't think I think when I've lost my mind in my 90s I will still remember I've forgotten it .
Is it Kid Talks Paul .
Yeah , what's it called Selco ? It's where the trade go .
Yeah , ridiculous . How many times I've heard that advert . Yeah .
Selco , it's where the trade go . Yeah , they were better jingles on radio to be fair .
Well , they have to be , don't they ? Because there's no visual stimuli , so they have to get you with the jingles . So yeah , I mean it's not a jingle in any way , but I always remember Bruno Brooks I think's quiz , where it was whack , whack , oops .
The Slop it . No , they were . They were a radio . They had the sloppy bit as a feature and they had like a , a jingle for it . People will remember this . I'm not going mad . I can't remember where it were . It might have been Not so Sloppy bit . Radio 1 Hang on , who did your song ?
Gary Davis , my .
Sloppy Valentine . It was called .
No , I've got no memory of that . I remember we used to use . This is a local based one , I think so . I think it was Radio Sheffield or Hallam , but Scotty McClue came on for a bit and he used to play there's a moose loose about this moose . Da da , da , da , da , da , da , da , da da , scotty .
McClough did a few . It wasn't just obviously based in Sheffield . So people who aren't based in Sheffield- you just move around local radio stations might have had him . Yeah , I used to find him so funny when I was younger and I watched , but he's again . You can look at YouTube videos from him from the 90s .
So unf , unfunny , it's unbelievable yeah , yeah , yeah I used to phone him up .
Yeah , some people did at our school . I think I tried to get through , but I don't think I ever spoke to him I once phoned up and he said what do you want to talk about ?
and I said shredded wheat . And he said and I even got it wrong as well , because I said shredded wheat and he said what do you want to say about it ? And I said , because I was panicking a bit , I went hunger strikes bomb to the bomb da-da-bomb , da-da-bomb , da-da-bomb . But it's just Shreddy's advert , so I got it wrong .
Oh no . Don't embarrass yourself on my clue . Yeah , oh well , chimpanay's back in business . So he was telling us , his first job ever bargate . And I must admit Webbo kind of got involved to clear this up , didn't he ? Because ? I thought , what does he mean ? He's using a long stick to turn TVs on with a remote .
That seems like an electrical store completely misunderstood the use of a remote control , didn't it what we do ? We put on any stick and push that button over there . But yeah , apparently there was a risk from a distance of turning on and off different bunches of TVs . So I'm still not completely sure , but I think he's given enough evidence to back up this .
Well , I never doubted him , to be honest . But yeah , it checks out . He was using another stick to press a button at closer range to the TVs . I think Absolutely ridiculous .
Yeah . I like how he put .
They were 1987 , a different time technologically side note store was officially opened by Norman Collier and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang . Again , I don't quite . I don't quite get that , because I don't know who Norman Collier is . And Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a car , isn't it ?
yeah , you know who Norman Collier is , don't you ?
is he in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a car , isn't it ? Yeah , you don't know what Collier is , don't you ? Is he in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang ?
I'm guessing it's like the lead actor of that . Do you know what ? I've heard his name man , and it's not the person I thought it were . But it says here he was most famous for his faulty microphone routine and his chicken impressions .
I mean to be fair , actually now routine and his chicken impressions . I mean to be fair , actually now a fair play if Chimpanay's covered himself again . Yeah , chitty maintained a dignified silence on the pavement outside .
Yeah , yeah , yeah , yeah yeah .
Does anyone remember this ?
Now , I mean 1987 , a little bit too early , I think it's not impossible .
We'd have been there to see it , but I don't remember it .
No , if you know anything about Norman Collier , let us know .
And final one from Nav . So Peter Reid also appeared in the All Whites advert . He was standing by the fridge door with an empty glass in his hand . I don't remember that . No , I can't say I do .
Shredder Wheat adverts were far more star-studded than the Wheatlebyx ones , brian Qu ones , brian Quilfe , brian Robson and Sir Ian Botham yeah , this is where Ian Botham used to say bet you can't eat three .
And then Brian Clough's one , where I think the Brian Clough one where his team were going out to play football and he had his famous green thing on and he said to , and Shelton's coming out , he goes hey , have you had your shredded wheat or something ? And he goes , oh , no boss . He goes right , get back in there . Something like that .
Well , young man , I think you should have your shredded wheat . It's not anything like that .
I don't know , young man , if I had your shredded wheat , it's got him a clue .
It's got him a clue , that one . Yeah , we've got some stuff after as well , actually , which we're not going to play because we've just got too many clips . But Anthony sent us he said he can't believe we didn't mention the Shaken Vac ad and he has sent us something that sounds like the Dixon Sailor . We might share that later , but I can't play it .
Well , you say that a little bit . It's like I don't get the context of that . It made me laugh . It's some sort of like duck things with some music behind it , and then it's just saying things like Dick and flange Grotum . Yeah , it's like it's crazy . Yeah , we might share that . I don't know what it is , but yeah , thanks for that . And I was , if you .
I don't know if I said the words out loud or if I just thought it , but Shaking Back was very , very nearly one of my three .
My , yeah , I just I don't really remember it being on .
Oh , no , yeah , I do , I remember that .
You could shake him back , put the pressure on his back .
Anyway .
¶ Nostalgic TV Advert Memories
Webding said he can't believe that the kids these days won't have the advert frame of reference growing up . They're almost like a secret code to figure out someone's age .
So what it means by that is if you go to someone you'll say , if you buy , one .
What would you say ? You get one free . Any mention of the word ambassador . Someone would say , with this Ferrero Rocher , you are really spoiling us . And then hang on , he's got another one here , exactly , yeah , exactly . Go on , he's got another one here , exactly , yeah , you know exactly . Go on , give us some . Go on An insurance cost .
Stupid , you're stupid , which I don't really know that one . I don't know that one .
So is this like ? Is he proving his point ? Is that one slightly ?
Slightly yeah .
Webbo's a little bit older than us , isn't he ? Yeah , he is . Yes , have we just missed it by a year or two ?
Yeah , I'm not sure about that one . Berlin Blaze a great episode . Really enjoyed it . Thank you , berlin . Also , getting the I'm Irish and I've got this Braxie double in within the first 12 minutes is impressive and perhaps a record . And he's picked out quickity , quick microchips , which is one that I will get .
Like it were on my list at the beginning , but I didn't go go for it in the end .
Has anyone else ever done a version of microchip ? Nobody , ever kind of cracked that .
That's the same one , though . How about it ? Yeah ?
good on that . Is there another one ?
I don't know . He actually says that is the greatest two words , Like it's a piece of art . He thinks I can't .
Not how you're doing it . It's like a . I don't even know if I want to attempt it . It's done like as a I don't know . It's like a French female singing voice like have . I got this wrong then it's not a bloke going Mm then on .
What am I talking about then ? Mm then on .
Well , yeah , it is that . I just think it's a bit more sort of sing-songy doing it . Do you know what it is ?
I don't know what the thing . All I remember about this is Sheffield United used to have a player called Ben Doan , and when he played which weren't very often I used to go . Mmm Ben Doan , that's it .
It was not an advert for him , no , it was like for yogurts .
Yogurts , yeah , mmm . Ben Doan , yeah , yeah , yeah .
But yeah , he loves it .
Berlin Thinks he's absolutely fantastic .
Well , his last one there is the Intel , isn't it Boom , boom , boom .
Yeah , classic , that isn't it . Boom boom , boom . Is that Jingle ? I don't know . If that is that , I don't know . I suppose if Calgon is it , I don't know yeah .
I suppose it's a little tune associated with a brand , isn't it ? So yeah , yeah , okay , yeah , good one .
If you will indulge me , then I'm going to tell you some what I had on my list that I didn't say Wamba Rumbongo , which I'll make Jake and recite word for word . He once did it on a train in Italy Mbongo , mbongo , stick it up , your jongo . I don't know what it .
I can't do it . What is it Fairly sure it's not that they drink it in the Congo . I think it is Drink it in the Congo , Don't they just stick it up ?
your Django . I don't think Stick it up your Django and you were going to have , so I didn't have it . Oh , vitalite , yeah , yeah , yeah , yeah , Morning drinking some breakfast .
Everybody . Come back here , mark , here's Well . Actually , just while you say that , sorry , I'm just going to jump in there , but something that makes me think of that was I nearly had , and people might think what the hell is he on about here ? You might even , do you remember , grab an outspan , small ones on what do you see ?
naturally , Don't think so .
So that was . They were for like little satsumas , I think , but I can't quite remember it and I thought if I can't remember what it is , I can't really have it . So yeah , outspan , I think , was one Famous one , trio , yeah , trio .
We want a trio and we want one now . Another one I've just thought of actually is 5 , 4 , 3 , 2 , 1 . It's not really a jingle , because it's just a song , isn't ?
it yeah , yeah , yeah .
This one , I think , is quite creepy . Fairy Liquid With my dream fairy liquid .
Yeah , you put it that way . It used to be like this guy's done some washing up , but this scout has done 400 times more .
Yeah , it used to be quite Ones . I remember is like a mum would be washing pots or something and a kid would say can I feel your hands ? I don't know why he'd say that . Anyway , he'd touch her hands and then he'd say let me put your hands on wrinkly , and she'd go yeah , you know why . What is it ?
my whatever fairy liquid yeah , one went where a kid would wait to build his bottle a rocket from a bottle but it took longer so he couldn't have it .
But yeah , I think it's a Scout one With my fairy liquid , my green fairy liquid it used to be green didn't it . What are the words for fairy liquid ? All that now . Hands that do dishes can feel soft as your skin With mild green fairy liquid , mild green . Couple more . If you like a lot of chocolate on your biscuit , join our club .
Didn't think of it , but yeah , good , I should have had that . And then the other one I had on the list was you can't get better than a quick , quick fitter . Can't get better than a quick , quick fitter , quick fit , yeah . Yeah and that concludes all the well . We might have got some more , but they're the ones that I wrote down .
Yeah , I mean , even the midweek episodes are more sporadic .
So if you do think of any great advert jingles , we might still mention them in future midweek ones so don't don't be afraid to send them in , don't be afraid , get them sent in , get them sent in , um . So next up , as we said in the last episode , it's tfi friday . Um , liam's already watched it .
Um , we're not going to give any spoilers away , but we're going to use what we , what we're watching , which is the best of 1997 tfi friday as just sort of a almost like a reference point to talk around it . I think , aren't we ?
Yeah , sometimes if we watch a documentary we kind of say , oh yeah , if you kind of want to be on board with what we're talking about , watch the documentary . You absolutely do not need to watch this , because the best of 97 skips through so much stuff at such a fast pace .
So we're not going to be going . And this happens , and this happens , and this happens .
No , no , but we'll use some examples from that . We might play a few clips from that . But yeah , we'll talk more about the show in general . So don't worry if you haven't got time to watch the best of 97 .
I mean , to be fair , it's only about 45 minutes . If you do want to watch it , do you reckon ? Instead of having midweek Maylight . We could have called this it's your comments , it's your garments .
It's your garments well , yeah , we we could have called it that , but there's no way that we can make people read it like that would . It would just be called it's your comments yeah , quite boring points of view works .
What do you mean ? It's like that's a boring name for a show , but but I like Points of View . I think it's a good show .
I don't even know if it's still a thing .
Yeah , we should cover it . There's no point now , is there ? Except we're just going to get on Twitter and say it's fucking shit . But I used to like it when they'd say , but whatever , wasn't happy with the .
Yeah , Mr Winchester from Rotherham said he was really disappointed with the way they covered it .
There were one . This weren't points of view , but this were . I can't remember where it went now . Then it goes . And now let's go to Kevin from Sheffield , and it was Kevin McCabe talking about it , weren't TV , it was something else Like . I can't remember what it was .
Was it actual Kevin McCabe ? Yeah , it was actually him .
Yeah , I can't remember where it was during lockdown . I can't remember what they were talking about . It weren't like anything to do with what he's involved in with his Scarborough .
Aldies , he was just thinking of like a news show where they say now we go to this place , no , no , no .
He was just like he was put on as a member of the public . He weren't like he was , but anyway , thank you for sticking with us with that . We're going to have TFI Friday coming up very shortly . Yeah , and I'll see you next time , leroy .
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