Had to share this old ad.

[mrBishboshed]

Not seen this for years, very nostalgic.

Classic Yellow Pages advert first shown in 1985. Boy wants a racing bike, dad says the saddle's like sitting on a razor blade... he remembers "when bikes were bikes". But he's getting him one really, Ropers can keep one until the weekend, dad picks it up and watches son ride down the street... but he "was right about that saddle though".


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnJk6bkjgko

 

[phil_hg_uk]

Not seen this for years, very nostalgic.

Classic Yellow Pages advert first shown in 1985. Boy wants a racing bike, dad says the saddle's like sitting on a razor blade... he remembers "when bikes were bikes". But he's getting him one really, Ropers can keep one until the weekend, dad picks it up and watches son ride down the street... but he "was right about that saddle though".


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnJk6bkjgko

I remember that

 

[smokeysmoo]

Yup, a true classic. I totally remember it I never realised the poor kid had a Wonder Light on the front of it.

You can see the big daft bracket at 0:40 on the above vid

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I know all the outdoor scenes of this one. At first guess you'd think it was somewhere up north but it's actually in west Greenwich, Maidenstone Hill. And the opening shot is on the pathway between the steps down from the Point alongside Morden House to Maidenstone Hill. The hill was probably one of the first hills I ever went up on a racer as a boy, back in the late 60s so it resonates with me. And the opening shot also shows the back of my first ever girlfriend's house. How's that for nostalgia?

 

[Maz]

Anyone else notice how, year on year, The Yellow Pages is getting thinner and thinner?

 

[classic33]

So where's/where was Ropers in York 1990?

 

[Arch]

Anyone else notice how, year on year, The Yellow Pages is getting thinner and thinner?

Yes! We see them every year when they get delivered and people throw out the old one - and more and more often, the new one at the same time. I think my Mum might be the only person who uses a phone book now..

 

[Black Sheep]

I can imagine every year a meeting at yellow pages' head office.

"So, is it time to call it a day on the printed version?, everyone just googles it now"

"could do, can push the funds towards developing yell.com"

"hang on, just heard they're planning on using it on The Apprentice again this year"

"oh go on then, one more year of the printed version"

 

[mrBishboshed]

My kids have never seen a yellow pages, I think My dad may still have one from the 90's propping up an old chest of draws in his garage.

That advert made we want a racer so bad, but I've had to wait 25 years to get the sort of bike I wanted. (Thanks MrsBishboshed)

 

[Arch]

When people chuck directories in the recycling, they don't always bother to remove the shrinkwrap, meaning we have to before it can go in our big skip.

The latest BT phonebook has a guy on the front, dressed as a waiter or something, smiling. Nice enough looking chap, but we're starting to develop a real hatred for him, as we struggle to rip open the bloody shrinkwrap with gloved hands....

 

[PaulSecteur]

Even after all these years... he's still right about that saddle!