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  • Ovaltina

    Anyone else remember this great ad from, I believe, the 80s?
    I loved this song, especially the way they had 'ravinas' to rhyme with Ovaltina!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TytbYnlBz5A
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    I remember them well- there were three of them, one featuring a steam locomotive that's run out of steam. Ovaltina solves the problem by tearing her cloak off and shoving it in the furnace, re-igniting the fire. Another one had three psychic investigators trapped by aggressive ghosts in a haunted mansion- she ties the spooks end to end like bedsheets, enabling the scientists to climb down them out of the window.
    The third one was racist and sparked a storm of complaints- some explorers had been caught by a cannibal tribe and were being cooked in a massive cauldron. The images of the natives were drawn to have a minimum of resemblance to African tribesmen, but even so they were still recognisable and the ad was withdrawn after only one showing. Good thing too- I could never understand how Ovaltine ever imagined they could get away with such a thing in the first place!!

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      I remember the train one well. It was her skirt she tore off.

      Heres the Cannibal one:

      http://youtu.be/SK6a7VXnisA

      They look like those weird people from Poppye cartoons but a bit more fatter. Or a bit like Anchor Butter Men....in a way.
      Last edited by sf1378; 16-10-2011, 15:08.

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        I can remember sending away for an Ovaltine cup that played that tune when it was picked up
        Oh to be a kid again with a can of Top Deck on a hot summer day, now that would be good.

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          I remember that ovaltina advert with the train very well.I am sure i saw the cannibal one before it was plugged aswell.

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