Comments on: 10 Guinness ads from years gone by

By: David Airey

David Airey — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:23:20 +0000

I’m afraid not, Proinsias. Sorry I can’t be of help.

By: proinsias

proinsias — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:54:39 +0000

Hello my friend,
Great web site! Can you do me a favour? I’m desperately looking for a Guinness advertisement that was probably screened on TV between 1970 and 1973.
The background music was ‘Bringing on back the good times’ by a band called Love Affair. I tried Youtube and can’t find it.
Any ideas?

Thanks,

Proinsias

By: lee newham

lee newham — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:06:51 +0000

My favourites are “snail” and “evolution”.

I love the spin-offs they did of the snail one. Brilliant. Ironically, Guinness is rare in Latin America (and if you can find it, it’s incredibly expensive) and I didn’t see it at all in Cuba.

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:10:36 +0000

These are really good memories! Thanks for bringing them back to life.

By: Richard, Peacock Carter

Richard, Peacock Carter — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:51:17 +0000

@David – ‘all the time in the world’ is another classic; some certainly are masterpieces!

By: Ernie Small

Ernie Small — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 00:49:05 +0000

that was very entertaining; thanks for putting that together. i had no idea that guinness was making such amazing ads. how come i’ve never seen any of these (and i do have cable….).

i found the “tipping point” ad to be the most amazing.

By: Tara

Tara — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 06:45:43 +0000

I didn’t even know that I like beer until I had my first Guinness 10 years ago. And then, there was Samuel Smiths cider ale from York, England…… OMG!!!!

I gave my brother SS for a gift this year, the beer was consumed in minutes….. yumm. Thanks for the post!

Tara * 3 Rexes

By: David Airey

David Airey — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:54:47 +0000

Andrew, Things were quite quiet round these parts back then. You certainly weren't alone in not reading! Adrian, Glad you enjoyed the Guinness facts. I learnt a thing or two when compiling this post. Richard, I'd also go so far as to say 'masterpiece' in advertising terms. A few of these really are fantastic. One I forgot about that you may remember is this: We have all the time in the world. "Pure Genuis" Neil, I hadn't considered linking the excerpt image to the post page. Nice suggestion though, and I wonder how many others try the same (clicking the image to 'read the article'). Stuart, How interesting — about the plagiarism. I'm not familiar with any of that, so appreciate you sharing the link. Adi, Tom Crean was released in 2006, but I'm not sure of the Hands date. There's a little more info about it on the AMV BBDO website. Steve, Did you read the link about the plagiarism lawsuit? Quite interesting.

By: Lee Munroe

Lee Munroe — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 02:25:00 +0000

Very good! The dancing man’s a classic but my favorite is the evolution.

By: Adi Wickramaratne

Adi Wickramaratne — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:22:00 +0000

@ Andrew Kelsall – I agree, Surfer has the best soundtrack!

I don’t remember “Hands” or “Tom Crean” – when were they originally broadcast?