Speight's Southern Man Ad

[Thejoshman7]

Check out some more kiwi ads. Type this into youtube -> 'Classic Kiwi ads'

[flawnstar]

Such a great ad. That fact that people still remember this ad is a tribute to how great an actor Frank Whitten was. RIP Frank.

[alcobaseta]

@flawnstar NZ acting is usually embarrassingly overdone because we are still not sure of who we are. I love the understatedness of this simple little classic however. Frank Whitten is definitely good but who is his offsider?.. his timing and delivery is just perfect.

[TheXmanKids]

Sad to hear of Frank Whitten's passing... Good on ya mate!

[alicetw945]

RIP Frank Whitten, you will be greatly missed Grandpa Ted

[JimmyCaravan]

RIP Frank Whitten...Good on ya mate...

[looniebear]

RIP Frank xx

[rosetentoes]

@looniebear I JUST googled this after I heard about Frank Whitten - so so sad. but it cheered me up a little to see this :)

[looniebear]

@rosetentoes I know so sad :( I didnt even realise he was the speights guy! lol

[thedailyenglishshow]

OMG I just found out this is Ted!!! I love him even more now.

[Brookersex117]

my oath

[WhyAreYouSoTrivial]

Wow, the Speights man in Grandpa Ted West! I only just clicked to that

[alexjwest]

who plays the "boy", looks familiar

[maggiesausage]

Isn't that Marton Csokas, aka Dr. Leonard Rossi-Dodds, aka Various Eurotrash Hollywood Villains?

[OpFor4]

whats a kiwi?

[craftsman1989]

a kiwi is 3 things

its a fruit

its a bird

and its what a new zealander is called

like an american is a yank

where u from??

[OpFor4]

im a yank :} and my last name is speight

[craftsman1989]

fair enough

Speights is a beer made in New Zealand

mainly drunk in the south of the country

[jamblamb]

Mate, it is only 2 things. A Kiwi is not a fruit in this corner of the world. You can call it a kiwifruit, a chinese gooseberry, a melonette, a sunny peach or Actinidia deliciosa, but you will never eat a Kiwi

[kLemon]

the fruit is actually called kiwifruit

[weezynz]

Good on ya, mate!

[JakeRaven1970]

The original. And in my opinion, still the best.

[powdrhound73]

SEIGHTS

Special Piss Enjoyed In Great Hotels Throughout Southland

[beckyh79]

Ahhh I miss home, isnt NZ so much more beautiful than the flat brown land of oz!

[bifkinoz]

Love the ads but the beer isn't great unless your constipated and need something to help you pepper the toilet bowl,the old speights morning dump it's a horrible thing.

[sillysp8]

I need to try this stuff its my name =D

[mangalese]

SPEIGHTS

Some People Enjoy It God Hates The Stuff

[chopster900]

because its above god and he doesnt like whats above him i pleage allegiance to the pride of the south and to the bottle for witch it stands 1 berwery above god irresistible with speights and good tmemories for all

[quine63]

The beer's crap but the ad is a classic.

[joespeights]

fuck i love speights

best add ever

[kiwibigboy]

hear youv'e been seeing a city girl

[Noblenight]

Mate

[kiwibigboy]

true blue kiwis mate!

[thedailyenglishshow]

Here's the script for this ad for anyone using it to study English:

I hear you've been seeing a city girl.

Yip. She wants me to go up to Auckland with her.

Oh yeah. What's the attraction up there?

A place on the harbour, 500 SL Mercedes, 80 foot yacht and her old man's got a box at Eden Park.

Oh yeah.

She doesn't drink Speights, but.

She's a hard road finding the perfect woman, boy.

Reckon. Still, no hurry aye.

Good on you, mate.

[rpbrown54]

Actually, the line is: She doesn't drink Speights, *bud*.

[mackmackmackmack]

I think you might find he did say "but" rather than "bud". I believe the Kiwis use "but" in that way to mean something like "however".

[AUB220]

never heard of that one.

[chopster900]

neither and im as kiwi as they come

[peacebuntou]

Im a Kiwi living in Sydney now for 4 years and I notice the Aussies say But at the end of a sentance, kinda like an exclamation mark. I had to ask WTF they mean by having 'but' at the end? Bloody aussies cant speak shit 'but!' lol

[moomar1]

No we don't....Bud.

[stungaf]

it's "but"

mack(x4) is right.

sometimes the word "but" is transposed to the end of a sentence when it traditionally would have started it.

so in effect the meaning is "but she doesn't drink speight's"

[rpbrown54]

Fair enough

[Kinlochbervie50]

@stungaf that's a right scottish (more specifically west-coast, glasgow sort of area) thing to do, put "but" at the end of a sentence instead of "though".

good to see the scottish influence on our southern hemisphere friends is still quite healthy!

i love NZ!

[maverickmaster]

good on you mate...

[thedailyenglishshow]

Ahhh thank you! I've been looking for this for so long. One of my all time fave ads. Do they still play this on TV in NZ?