Retromercial: Persil (1958)

[TheMrZyper]

das waren noch zeiten...

[RacheRahel]

alter nervt das washes even whiter even whiter alter verwalter -.-'

[mol1dol]

i really love these old commercials, total camp!

[sameoldfitup2008]

VOTE BNP

[fairhillnorrie]

great advert... now persil were wrong.... we have to buy the latest washing powder to be even more whiter and whiter and eventually our clothes will be transparent they will be so white... WDF.... LOAD OF BULLSHITE.... You like many millions are like kids who believe in SANTA....... BAN ADVERTS FFS. get real 30 years ago we had none of this shit..... dont you see you are being conned by today's adverts.....

[neonrider93]

i love 1950's ads too @MrBookHD and @rednosy171 i dont really agree because i think it smells

[Ladyblue17]

Don't suppose anyone could tell me what the cartoon children are saying at the begining?

[palsee]

my mum knows does yours??

[purplecarrot123]

its a shame that nowadays on these washing adverts that mums have become less mumsy if you know what i mean. they have become more pretty and model like.

[hebneh]

To my American ears, it's very noticeable that Persil "washes even whitah" (as opposed to "whiter", with a hard "er" sound at the end of the word.)

[Blankfrack]

Your point?

[thibaulthalpern]

Hmm...interesting. I notice the difference when you point it out but to me, both would be written as "whiter". Well, I am schooled in the British colonies :)

[IainGCSEenglish]

Hmm your complaining about this when you spell alot of words wrong like colour and centre?

[MrBookHD]

I love these 50 ´s ads. It´s not just a commercial it is almost an opera. Super shiny !! super adorable!!!

[thibaulthalpern]

That's right! It's very sing-songy and one could dance with it. I like them too.

[redrosy171]

persil smells good

[whichwasher2007]

new persil washes even whiter.

funny that this was made in the fiftys where there was just black and white TV's. today those whites will look a little grey. we have Daz and ariel to keep our clothes white. oh and persil as well. and for those stains on those white shirts we can use vanish oxi action crystle.

[bongomanfromdalou]

I don't know if this was the case when this ad was made, but I once heard that they used light blue shirts for filming detergent commercials because they looked "even whiter" (or grayer) on black-and-white television. Really white shirts would have dazzled the image pickup tube in the first TV cameras in the 50s...

[bongomanfromdalou]

If I understand correctly, Persil is made by Unilever and is to most Brits and Australians what Tide is North America...

This is a classic 1950s detergent commercial, no matter where it came from!

[STEVEMHI]

Hi bongomanfromdalou,

Persil in Australia has been called Omo for many years now, but you arte right it was Persil for quite a long time, I cannot tell you the reason why,but this was told to me by a Unilever rep when I was in charge of the cleaning aisle at the supermarket I worked at in my younger days.

[thibaulthalpern]

Persil is made by Unilever when sold in the UK, Ireland, and some parts of Europe and Africa. In other parts of Europe and Germany, Persil is made by Henkle (spelling?).

[donut698]

Henkel.

[thibaulthalpern]

Thanks :)

[donut698]

KK,np :)

[rogerthecyclist]

There was a version of this in 1957 or 1958, in Britain, using real girls instead of cartoons. The script was the same. Does anyone have a copy, or can anyone direct me to where I could find it?

[juliet8]

I was wondering what Persil is. But once I heard the accents I knew it wasn't a American commercial. Neat. Thanks for posting.

[bam1957]

Great to see - thanks for posting, LOL!!!

[stepne82]

okaaayyyy

[funkpuck]

cute

[chao1987]

just good

[Nigo82]

Anybody remember an ad for Persil around 1992 I think, which was about a family on a yacht getting their clothes stained with all kinds of food and drink. If anyone has that particular then please post it here as I'd like to see it again.

[chilipeppers5000]

lol

[mrbigarms]

I just love these old ad's

[RegisCartoons]

I'm going to buy one right now! :)