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Old May 14th 2009, 12:26 pm
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I bet British Telecom wont be going all 'retro' to bring Buzby and his advertising slogan back any time soon......after pissing 15,000 people off !

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8049276.stm




Anyway, seeing Buzby got me thinking....what advertising slogans / characters have you liked in the past eh ?
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Old May 14th 2009, 12:49 pm
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Humphrey - from when I was around 8 or 9 years old living in Poole (dorset)
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Old May 14th 2009, 1:14 pm
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Old May 14th 2009, 2:23 pm
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Originally Posted by moto111
Humphrey - from when I was around 8 or 9 years old living in Poole (dorset)
oh yeah....watch out, watch out there's a Humphrey about !!....lol
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Originally Posted by BangleMan
I bet British Telecom wont be going all 'retro' to bring Buzby and his advertising slogan back any time soon......after pissing 15,000 people off !

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8049276.stm

http://www.historyworld.co.uk/images/buzby.gif


Anyway, seeing Buzby got me thinking....what advertising slogans / characters have you liked in the past eh ?
I used to like Charlie Says.... The safety adverts for kids with the cat who gave top advice to the little boy like don't go off with strangers etc.

Also, the Smash Robots/Aliens, "For Mash Get Smash".
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Originally Posted by Morecambe Mindy
I used to like Charlie Says.... The safety adverts for kids with the cat who gave top advice to the little boy like don't go off with strangers etc.

Also, the Smash Robots/Aliens, "For Mash Get Smash".
I used to have a smash robot that you wound up and he wheeled round brandishing a potato...
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I used to have a smash robot that you wound up and he wheeled round brandishing a potato...
I have a potato that, if you wind up and call him lumpy, he'll wheel around bashing smash robots.
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I have a potato that, if you wind up and call him lumpy, he'll wheel around bashing smash robots.
Why am I not surprised
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Originally Posted by BangleMan
I bet British Telecom wont be going all 'retro' to bring Buzby and his advertising slogan back any time soon......after pissing 15,000 people off !

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8049276.stm

http://www.historyworld.co.uk/images/buzby.gif


Anyway, seeing Buzby got me thinking....what advertising slogans / characters have you liked in the past eh ?
Buzby, eh??? I do worry about the queer topics you come up with....

I had a childhood hatred for tufty the squirrel... Smug little ****er that he was.
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