Brisbane Bitter Commercial

[PA]

Not an advert that would get made today.

[10speedsemiracer]

Ahh the late 70s, when political correctness was knowing which union the Pollies were accepting bribes from that week..

[RonK]

Remember that one well. Brisbane Bitter were well-know for cutting edge ads.

Reminds me of the Amco Peaches ad.

[Discodan]

Not an advert that would get made today.

Of course it wouldn't, they're not wearing helmets!

[10speedsemiracer]

Not an advert that would get made today.

Of course it wouldn't, they're not wearing helmets!

..hadn't noticed that

[PA]

Not an advert that would get made today.

Of course it wouldn't, they're not wearing helmets!

..hadn't noticed that

If you raise your eyes a bit you may notice the head wear, difficult but with training it is possible.

[redned]

Not an advert that would get made today.

Of course it wouldn't, they're not wearing helmets!

I was going to say "at least they are wearing helmets"

[Lukeyboy]

I could go for some of that Brisbane Bitter right about now.

[Derny Driver]

I saw the title of the thread and clicked on it because I thought it was a commercial for

The Queensland Police Service!

[RonK]

Nope - beer advertising has not changed much here in Queensland.

Better not take any of this home (unless you are certain of your wife's sense of humour).

[borat]

here's one pre-MHL era

[RonK]

It get worse.

[RonK]

NSW brewer's attempts rather pathetic.

[RonK]

Victoria's attempt at humour didn't go down too well.

[RonK]

But South Africa probably gets the Gold Medal.

[bychosis]

Of course it wouldn't, they're not wearing helmets!

..hadn't noticed that

If you raise your eyes a bit you may notice the head wear, difficult but with training it is possible.

I was going to add that no one would’ve seen racing bikes with mudguards and suicide brake levers. I did have to watch it twice to check.

[Philistine]

Something is stirring in the dusty recesses of my mind. Does anyone remember a cheap wine being marketed in the seventies called Renepogel?

Also from the sixties / seventies, there was a pub in a village near Dorchester, England called "The Labour In Vain", with an accompanying sign showing a woman trying to scrub a black child white. It would be just too delicious if the village was Piddlehinton or Tolpiddle (home of the martyrs and long since sanitized to Tolpuddle), but, in truth, I don't remember.

I can't find anything on the net about it, but the link is to a similarly named pub in Staffordshire, and I am as certain as I can be, given the gulf of time, that it is exactly the same sign.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... -sign.html

[PA]

Greek Beer anyone?

[nemo57]

Not an advert that would get made today.

I'm still riding one of those

[RonK]

Not an advert that would get made today.

I'm still riding one of those

Oh, Ah. Which one is she?

[find_bruce]

[Mod Says] OK guys, cutting it fine with the Benny Hill single entendres.[/Mod]

[Philistine]

It's nice to read a mention in these columns of the immortal Benny Hill, even if it comes as part of a message telling us to lift our game.

Alfred Hawthorne Hill died of a coronary thrombosis in 1992 (does that make you feel old?), but, if it is medically possible to die of a broken heart, then that was surely his fate. He had recently been forced from our television screens and into early retirement by a savage and sustained attack from a group of "alternative" comedians, led by the execrable Ben Elton. Benny had hit the trifecta of political incorrectness: he was racist, sexist, and homophobic. I personally doubt if he was any of these things, but what would I know? I was just a fan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32ZQrpbBpsE

He was also something that his detractors were unable to grasp, much less imitate. He was funny - side-splittingly funny, belly-laugh funny, roll around on the floor funny!