Episode 12 – Sexual Overtones of Gravy. (29th October 1988, Grampian Television – Persil, Birdseye Steakhouse Grills, Halifax, Twix, Allied Carpets, John Menzies)

So we’ve reached a dozen episodes, and, as a treat, we’ve allowed ourselves day release from the mid-80s to hurtle through time to… the late-80s.It’s late 1988, the 88-89 season, if you will, and the decade is bursting into colour and creativity once again. And if you need to ask if that’s reflected in this ad break, well, you’ve not really been paying attention so far, have you?Still, we find solace in an extra treat: we’re joined for this episode by Iain McDermott, creator and host of the wonderful Back to Now! podcast.He takes a break from trawling through Now! compilation track listings for obscure, forgotten gems to help us sift through this break for obscure, forgotten, er, ads.And what of them? A director gets art-housey with some biccies. Persil (and Iain) school us in the catalogue of the post-Diana Ross Supremes, whilst seeing if a baby can pat a packet of washing powder more than Persil’s marketers can pat themselves on the back.We get misty-eyed about a group of soldiers of fortune bundling into a back of a van, sent to their homes for a culinary crime they didn’t commit.We then move from a beef-adjacent steak to a hefty serving of portentous Gambon, before being repeatedly whacked on the head with a spate of wacky snack action. After all that trauma, it’s time to take it nice and easy in the warm, comforting embrace of some heavy berber, and then up again to tackle the most radical corporate metamorphosis this humble podcast has yet, and probably ever will, encounter. Oh, and we need to talk about Prince.You can find the ad break in question here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14Mg4wWrRro&list=PLgz-lhXv5NMneIqCYzyCl-LylXrsS1DV6&index=10Many thanks to The Ashmole-Day Collection for releasing this clip into the world. If you remember any of these ads and want to comment on them, or the show in general, you can find us here: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61568524318900 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.