Ready Brek advert

[Jim The Pitbull]

Hi,

Does anyone else remember a Ready Brek advert from the mid/late 80's which went something like:

"There once was a boy, Eddie was his name, he fell on the taste of Ready Brek and was never quite the same"

and then showed Eddie falling into a bowl of it, and then stepping out luminous and doing somersaults and things?

What were the rest of the words to the tune?

Thanks

[remember]

i remember the boy having a kind of orange glow. is that right?

[Jim The Pitbull]

That's the one. IIRC he started glowing once he stepped out of the bowl.

[remember]

i eat ready brek every morning (true) and I have never glowed like that.

[CherryMay]

Oh man, I remember that! Thanks for the reminder!

I always used to think 'What happened to that old ready brek ad.... you know, the one where...' and then my mind would go blank. Finally, the knowledge has come. ^_^

It was set to the tune of 'Nelly the Elephant', I'm sure. It was all in claymation too. At least, the one I'm thinking of was. I have absolutely no idea what the words were though!

[Woffski]

"There once was a boy, Eddie was his name, he fell on the taste of Ready Brek and was never quite the same"

The only other lyric i can remember was :-

"Steady Eddie they called him when he went to school" and yes it was set to the tune of Nelly the Elephant.

[foxyminx]

my son sent off years ago for a steady eddie hand puppet,i`m sure it was off ready brek.

[foxyminx]

actually thinking on...wasnt it ready eddie?

[broxy]

I reckon eddie lived next to sellafield.

[bod62uk]

Im an old sod so remember the advert from 1980 aged 17 very well.

See It here:- http://www.weetabix.co.uk/time_machi...deo1_hi_qt.asp

I also Glow in the dark having eaten glow paint at such a young and tender age!

Bod.

[M.I.K.]

That link doesn't appear to work at the moment, but apparently, Weetabix are currently updating their website.

Wasn't the next line in the "Eddie" Ready-Brek advert along the lines of "It's Ready Brek, in just a sec, that makes our Eddie so cool."?

[PMB1976]

Re: Ready Brek advert

His name is READY EDDY

In 1988 (i think) you could cut three glow tokens out of the ready brek box and send off for a ready Eddy hand Puppet.

Attached is picture of him. After all these years, I still have him and he still looks new.

[Richard1978]

Re: Ready Brek advert

The Ready Eddy ads were sung to the tune of Nelly The Elephant, Toy Dolls style.

There was also a full page ad in The Beano around that time.

[tulip]

Re: Ready Brek advert

I think I remember that,I certainly remember Eddy.I loved Ready brek,shame you can't get the butter one anymore,I loved it.


tulip

[sf1378]

Re: Ready Brek advert

http://youtu.be/v8FQBiTVV10



Heres the 'Ready Eddie' Ad. Remember him well - he looked like a Chad to me. He was used as Lyons mascot for the brand back then, after that I think Weetabix bought the brand when Lyons sold off/went bust sadly.