Leed lemonade (Australian ad, 1979)

[lumabi25]

It's funny seeing those old fashioned cans that were completely cylindrical, top to bottom, and the ring pulls that detached from the can. People often dropped the ring pull into the can after opening and I guess some of them got it caught in their throat so they were discontinued sometime in the early 80s I think, and replaced with what we have today.

[aussietv2]

@lumabi25 No that was a myth about drinking the ringpull. They got rid of them because there were millions of them lying on the ground everywhere. Those and cigarette butts everywhere.

[Maverick2kk9]

Ahhh, I miss this drink... nothing equals it nowdays.

[TheMichaelseymour]

"LOOK AT ALL THE WAYS YOU LOVE YOUR LEED" "its the shit more than faeces" It'll give ya's diabetes Was the drink of choice - of my mate keef but now i laugh at him - cos hes got no teef

[kaeVala]

Hahaha i found a leed can durring the last clean up australia day!

[venuecam]

If Coca-Cola re-released this it would sell like hotcakes in AU. No sh*t

[heresynco]

Sprite tasted nothing like Leed. no idea why, given it was allegedly merely a re-branding.

[jeremynobigdeal]

for some reason, the aussies call Sprite Lemonade 

[arualalways]

"having a filrt" lol

[hotandspicy666]

Is that girl topless at 0.03?? I can't tell...and if so...WTF??

[Dibby59]

@hotandspicy666

You really need your eyes checked haha.

[MattTheSaiyan]

Very good picture quality, very well-preserved!

[ZerqTM]

this would be a lot better if it was called L337

[SenhorBundy]

!7 w0uld c3r74!n1y b3 4 h!7 w!7h g4m3rz! n haxx0rz! :D

[stegatops]

Was that woman in the very first scene naked?  I saw no evidence of a bathing costume at all.

[rowie0210]

Drink it on the way to school..thats healthy

[SenhorBundy]

When did they stop making Leed? I was born in '91 and have no memory of it.

[venuecam]

Somewhere in the early 90s. Sprite killed it in the market.

[HalfEatenDimSim]

cunt

[stegatops]

Leed was bought out by Coca-cola in 1983..............from that time on it was called "Sprite" lemonade.  But nothing tasted better than Leed lemonade in a glass bottle........no contamination from plastic or aluminium..............the stuff we get today is shit.

[bloggaloggs]

@stegatops Not entirely sure that's correct actually. My information is that Leed was always a Coca-Cola brand, regionally targeted at the antipodean market.  Then in the early '80s they re-branded it as Sprite, like in the rest of the world. Only Sprite internationally is a lemon-lime flavor, whereas here it is just lemonade. What gives, Coke?? (Also, does anybody remember Big Boy lemonade...?)

[bengock2000]

@bloggaloggs Love the memories when Australia made so many things and sold locally.We had many products to be proud of.

[xxoxxsmash]

@bengock2000 and we where not so self aware....like the little Aussie battler punching above its weight...loved Australia when it didn't know itself in marketing terms.

[bengock2000]

@xxoxxsmash So many great things were made in Aussieland.Buying Australian is a source of pride.Driving a Holden Torana,mowing with Victa,my TV made by AWA and drinking my Leed showed the true Aussie spirit!

[Bemosaurus]

@stegatops

Leed was always a Coca Cola brand.

[GitarStu]

I remember having it up until about 84 or so I think. We also used to have Tab here, but I'm pretty sure it was canned (pun intended) around the same time.

Leed was much nicer than most of the other lemonades at the time.

[boob72]

@GitarStu TAB was replaced by DIET COKE in 1985.

[catey62]

@GitarStu Not sure if you live in Australia,but here in south australia we used to have a lemonade called woodroofe's...best lemonade you could buy...they still make it today,but since they were bought out by Coke,it just doesn't taste the same.

[GitarStu]

@catey62 - I live near Newcastle and haven't heard of Woddroofe's. But it wouldn't surprise me. Everything these big companies buy gets buggered up.

[catey62]

@SenhorBundy Not sure,back in the early 80's I think,havent seen it around for years!

[triggaz77]

I was born in '77 and one of my earliest memories is drinking Leed out of the green can. They used to have 2 punch-out holes in the top which were real thumb de-skinners.

[aussietv2]

@triggaz77 Oh yeah I forgot about those pop top cans. They were useless.

[xxoxxsmash]

@triggaz77 and if you just used the little hole it was called toothin it!!!

[milesborder]

I haven't seen this in 30 years, but started singing along. Amazing. Do I win $5?

[mubd1234]

Look at the first woman-YOU CAN SEE HER TITTY!

I'm not saying thats a bad thing.

[gangwarden]

Aha ha ha ha ha ! Ahhh, good to see someone else out there is the same as I

[cwegers1]

Yes life was GREAT in the late 70's.

[admanhawks]

On further watching....is there nipple at 0:03?

[admanhawks]

Drink on the way to school....How UnPC in this day & age. Hehe

[shux422]

Top hat, tails, and a can o' lemonade. If only the current generation understood THATS the way to enjoy a day at the races.

[GrubcoTV3]

I think the dude at 0.13 has other plans, other than just drinking lemonade with that lady.

[wekwafe]

hahahahah well said.

[yashi295]

Looks like afterglow.

[Gnorris73]

I have to ask. Do you have some secret 'source' for all this vintage stuff or is it from a vast collection of taped from TV stuff you personally own? I'd pretty much forgotten about the existence of Leed lemonade!

[bluebellrock]

I'm curious too. ;) PS: This 'Audio Preview' button is unreal. It can't say unreal properly. It can't say AustralianAds either.

[pckid888]

That is a great ad, catchy tune!

[Dodge76]

Fantastic. I've been looking for Leed ads

[bluebellrock]

Me too. Well, even just a good pic of the can/logo. I loved it - but these days I have to remember there's no 'S' on the end.