Christmas Ads

OK, here's my annual Toys R Us posting for Christmas, depsite the fact it's not even Fireworks night yet.

"There's a magical place, we're on our way there
With toys over millions all under one roof
It's called Toys R Us

And soon after bedtime, when dark night time falls
Geoffrey and helpers stock up all the shelves
From ceiling to floor, books, board games and bikes
Teddies, puppets and dolls, bats, spaceships and trikes

'There's millions', says Geoffrey, 'all under one roof'
It's called Toys R Us, Toys R Us, Toys R Us"

(It's a bit weak in my opinion rhyming Trikes with Bikes. Bloody hell. I also happen to think the selection of toys they chose is a bit odd - bats and trikes?! How times have changed. I wish I was back in the old days)


While I'm here... Does anyone happen to have a recording of the ORIGINAL annoying Woolworths Christmas adverts? The ones that lasted about six days each and appeared every other ad slot? They travelled through a house or something, and ended with the tagline "Woolies Winter Wonderland" (although if this tagline appeared a bit later, I'm not sure).

I quite like the coca-cola xmas add!

Slightly off topic, but needs to be said. STOP SAYING XMAS!

Makes the whole thing sound like an itchy skin disorder!

Slighty off topic (AGAIN)

Depending on where you live there will be adverts for Christmas Helplines, usually in many areas there is one. On Granada we have something called Careline and they've been doing it for years, but it is ran by Granada, BBC Manchester (TV and Radio) and the EMAP Radio stations. As you usually see information popping up at the bottom of the screen during films and trailers at the breaks. I still have one from 1998 on video, which features both Gordon Burns and Lucy Meacock advertising the service, something in the North is something you would never see.

Christmas isn't christmas without chrissmassy ad's! Isn't it!

I vaguely remember that one.

Didn't they swap studios, with Lucy in the BBC NWT studio, and Gordon in the Granada Tonight studio?

I seem to remember that, but the one I have is of them both in the chilly weather outside Manchester's Town Hall, with the camera zooming in and out when both of them were talking seperately.

I love that Yellow Pages advert....... sooo old, but very memorable! I'd do that to my boyfriend!

I assume you are dead small compared to your boyfriend then? And that Yellow Pages are quite useful?

lol no!

Asda have now started to advertise for christmas. Featuring Julie Walters as a fairy at an airport which takes the check in woman to a christmas home, featuring many plugs for George clothing.

Woolworths. Interesting. It won't be the same without the 'Walking in a winter wonderland' backing music though!

So many are slowly creeping on, but is it still early, even though Boots were advertising at the start of october!

Do you think the idea that the two MP's have of banning christmas music in shops until december should be put across to television ads?

Back in 2001 and previous, Christmas started when the Big Breakfast had their Chirstmas show early when they recorded the Christmas pre recorded shows, and bought out the Christmas titles and music too.

I love the Toys R Us and Coca Cola ads too. They haven't used my favourite Coke ads for a few years now but I'm hoping that the "Holidays are coming" ads will be shown to some extent this year.

As for Toys R Us, either last year or the year before they made a new cartoon and remastered the soundtrack. It was probably about time too because the old graphics and sound were in a pretty poor condition by then. It was as though they'd transfered each year's cartoon segment from the previous year on VHS.