2008 Walkers Crisps ad Routemaster Bus

[novo2393]

wtf are walkers on? why add that end bit? i know 4 people who diedjust like that and it was my sis who was on and luckily she survived. Just rediculous walkers. U might of edited it but was there a need for the low bridge part in the first place?

[eden082006]

Routemaster Bus in The Music??

[Critchy39]

Walkers crisps are ludicrously good. A few years ago, i woke up one winter night and thought "i really want some Salt N Vinegar walkers".

So i got dressed, and walked 20 minutes down to tesco at 3am and bought some.

I treated myself to a big bag and sat opposite the beach eating them, then went home and went to sleep.

That's how much i wanted some walkers

[NSMerryweather4771]

Why do people think Cliff Richard drove a Routemaster? He DIDNT! Cliff drove an RT (Regent Type) the earlier bus to the RM!

Why waste a perfectly good routemaster! I hate that.

still a brilliant advert other than the low bridge!

[mastercarey19]

walkers are introducing a new 'semen' flavour and marketing them as ' diet crisps' as 97% of all women will spit them out XD

[BristolRE]

Lol! Their statistic would go out of the window with the women I know, then, cos 100% swallow! Maybe I'm just lucky.

[sucuruju]

well funny adv, though I can hardly imagine how terrible it would be to those who've suffered from such an accident, or lost someone to watch it on tv.

PS hey is it really Hugh Laurie? sounds a bit like him, but like he sounded 10 years ago

[xxxleaoxxx]

what a moron bus driver. .

[AcademyAwardsGirl]

So glad they withdrew this advert.

[VicodinMartini]

Is Hugh Laurie doing the voice over?

[wiganlad2006]

The Rapiers have been in my house when i was younger lol my dad good friends with them. my dads stage name is Gerry Sandon check him out :-)

[cripplewoox]

came off too cleanley,would of been lots more drag if it was real

[ericulcer]

The RAPIERS (the band playing in the bus) are a great band!!

[TeenieInABottle]

The guy playing the piano came to our college for a weeklong drama workshop :D he's fricken sweet haha.

[theOcompany]

There's a different one now, It's when Gary Lineker is in a football stadium and there was all shouting out flavours people requested then Gary said about the most favourite requested flavour was pork pie flavour.

[YuichiTaira]

i worked as an extra on this tv advert and ive never seen it, please can u tell me if its on youtube, i was on the set for 12 hours so would like to see it, Gary was only there for an hour.

[XxxDaniellewxxX]

lol

love this advert

Love everything british (i am british lol)

[citroenfanatic]

me too i lived in england but later we left too holland because sad reasons..

[Laurie98]

Hello from Belgium...

I love it !! like everything British !

[dunge0nmaster]

the bus is at a coach builders in Leicester being converted into a tour bus, so not a total waste. At least big ears did the hard part for them!

[thomasking55]

People from the classic car and classic bus movements complained to Walkers about this vandalism, which was a bit upsetting to have been done just for an ad.

[InspectorBlakey]

It's an RML (CUV ***C) but I wonder who the owners are? That roof came off a bit to cleanly, which suggests it had the original roof removed for the advert and a fibreglass one put in place. Take a look when it comes off, there isn't much glass!

[bartsimpson0123]

did they ban this completey or just edit it?

[BristolRE]

edit, I saw it on TV about 10 days ago

[bartsimpson0123]

did they ban this completey or just edit it?

[hammondlover07]

as is they've banned it lmao telly these days wot bout the advert where the womans got her kit off n they dont ban that lol

[Charliegirl101]

Apparently they're banning this Ad!!! Cos he's driving dangerously and not looking where he's going, and he took the top off the bus!

I thought that was the best part!!! Hilarious!!!

Thanks For uploading full version, its never on tv any more, they've already edited it!

[Braininabucket]

The band at the top of the bus are called the Rapiers, a 1950s band with a sound like The Shadows, that's why they were used for the advert. They're brill!

[burda001]

The Thorpe Park bit which lasted just a second. They closed off that park of the park until 11am, so we couldn't go on all of the rides.

[sharpshooter632]

wots the song called

[BristolRE]

The original was 'Summer Holiday' by Cliff Richard

[citroenfanatic]

NICE!!

[karlafoster]

yay my friend is in this :D

[deycallhimcolm1234]

hah tis is funny why did they take it off tv? i never even saw it :(

[Lovely12235]

they took it off the tv because it is eerily similar to an incident that happen in glasgow in 1994, which killed 5 girl guides and leaders, and injured more.

[stupidjunk978]

That's hilarious!

[Lovely12235]

so people dying is funny to you? what a sick mind...

[CopyriteInfringement]

lighten up, people die all the time, we'd all be lucky 2 be killed by gary liniker

[Lovely12235]

yeah, but these people didnt need to die. the bus driver should've known the bus was too freaking big to fit through the bridge. and 'lighten up' when FIVE innocent kids died for no reason?

no, sorry, cant' do it. (:

[CopyriteInfringement]

dont get the bus then, walk instead. kids today are too lazy.

[Lovely12235]

it was in 1994. and it was the brownies. on a trip. (:

[MinorDetour]

There was a bus?? I just remember the Morris Minor...

[shiloh7777]

Has anyone seen an edited version? Walkers was withdrawing the advert after complaints that the top ripping off was too similar to a real bus crash.

[Jonathanmcrf]

lol its great!!!!!

[leleleleee]

that makes me cry for the poor Routemasters they are idiot if they reall' destroyed it!

Not funny

[stickmasterDX]

lmao when i first saw this i actually thought he smashed the annoying musicians bodies in half lol

[dave4294]

I hope they wrecked the bus in one take and did not have to use several Routemasters until they got the shot they wanted !!!

One of Walkers best adverts though.

[marieluvschris]

@dave4294 the bus was not actually wrecked it was just a edit my husband is the manager of the company this route master was hired from all they did was put the banners on the side and the decorations on it the bridge seen was filmed with models and things notice at the end it does not show the top deck the bus came back to the company without a scratch

[greenberlina]

And as of today, according to BBC news, the nanny state euro-crats are banning it 'cos of the eating while driving scenes. (TO55ER5)

[jumbocruiser]

I can't believe they actually destroyed a Routemaster, looked like a tidy one too!

[shiloh7777]

BTW: That's actually singer Marty Wilde's voice on the soundtrack, not Gary Lineker's. True enough!

[369Ree963]

it did actually destroy the bus!! cost them quite a bit to make the advert. my dad knows the rapiers - they were telling him bout it the other day lol

[Janicecake]

total classic!!!!!!!!!!!

[neety42]

My son is the guy in the red trousers on the bike at the beginning of the ad, how cool is that!!

[singergrrrl123]

Aww so typically british. Cliff Ricahard song, a red bus, walkers crisps...I love The Rapiers on the top! Especially when the routemasters goes under the bridge.

[firstnickguy]

Oh please tell me you didn't destory the routemaster's top I wish it was a long bendy bus!!!!

[johncas1]

Well if someone wanted an open top routemaster then they got one

[ass486]

surely they didnt destroy a real routemaster?

[johncas1]

Yes

[Oscarell]

Hilarious! Anyway how dare you anyway destroy the top of a Routemaster?!

[justonedimple]

This makes me laugh everytime I see it. Fab.

[cgfmguy]

That was Fab!

Beat It Up and Happy Anniversary!

Anthony

[cgfmguy]

That was FAB!!!

Beat It Up and Happy Anniversary!!!

Anthony

[LouiseB]

of course Colin was in the Group Shades in the 70's...you never did buy our Black Caddy did you Colin...lol!!

[shiloh7777]

Just in time, The Rapiers are celebrating their 25th Anniversary this year!

[shiloh7777]

Brilliant! Glad to see The Shadows' legacy lives on to this day. BTW: That's London's Rapiers on top of the bus, standing in for The Shadows. The Rapiers are drummer John Tuck, rhythm guitarist Dave Lawes, lead guitarist Colin Pryce-Jones and bassist Nathan J. Hulse. For more on the band, plug in rapiers are go! on Google.

[Gnatterlee]

Note the fabulous Rapiers on the top deck. Thank god our boys were not harmed by that spectacular (but in reality very damaging to the railways) bridge strike! A life without the Rapiers is too much to contemplate!! What other group could you use to stand in for the Shadows? Check out Shadowmania 2008 to see this fine group in action.