Three Courage Best Ads

[blaggermouth]

Oh, the memories come flooding back

[mrbillhicks]

Does anyone recall the story behind the 'Gercha' ad ? I remember reading that they got an old guy in who used to do the lighting for old black and white films to light it. After watching him set up his lights they decided that the old boy had lost it but let him continue planning to re-shoot after he had gone so as not to offend him. When they watched the rushes they realised that the old fella had absolutely nailed it and they ran with the footage they had, But I can't recall the old guys name

[mrbillhicks]

@mrbillhicks

Robert Krasker (El Cid, The third man etc) was the name of the lighting guy I was trying to think of but I still can't verify if the story regarding the production team thinking that he was past his best and were only letting him go through the motions so as to be kind to the old chap. Bob came out of retirement to light the Gercha ad and sadly passed away the following year in 1981

[MaolchaliumsVidBlog]

Incredible. I used to drink Courage's . I drunk in pubs like that. Good beer. But now pubs have been killed by the healthy diet, no smoking brigade. Wood Green Jazz Club without fag smoke. It's just not real. Never ate a healthy diet and never been that keen on TV dinners. Drunk beer since I was 14 and smoked since I was 12. Now I'm 70 but I've got a hell of a lot of memories. None of them about lager or soya. Yeah I've got COPD but drive a 1980 kit-car. Lets live. 'I Have No Regrets'

[jcn01]

-when was this ad published?, wot year?,

-anyone knows?,

-is courage beer stil produced in UK? thanks in advance.

[timsarmchair]

@jcn01 They still sell Courage in my local, and it's sold in bottles at the off license. So I suppose they do, but maybe it's not commonly found?

Don't have answers to the others, but they might be on the Chas & Dave wiki...

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[jcn01]

@timsarmchair . thanks but, so corage dissapeared from earth?, how s that?

[boywoolner]

@jcn01 'Gercha' is from 1980, 'Rabbit' and 'Nothing More Important' are from 1981.

You can see the rest of them if you Google "Arrows Archive".

...and you can still buy a pint of Courage today.

[TheShittingbull]

pure class,i live next door to the pub in the first ad,it`scalled the pineapple in hercules road ,lambeth london and it hasn`t changed much in over 140 years,if you wannna visit a proper london pub look no further,

[edwards21416]

@TheShittingbull the pin apple what kind of name is that for a pub ?

[Zeldapete]

Awesome Ads'. I remember these, although it took some remembering!

Shame Courage is not still around as an out and out brewery. I hate the way many regional breweries have been merged or folded in the last 30 years.

[thoroughbredcrazy]

FOOKIN CLASSIC!!!!!!

[andyg3]

If only we had great ads like these nowa days.

Of course these days your hardly aloud to advertise alcohol, and the ones that are advertised are some crappy stuff, not a proper ale or bitter.

[MrMLD72MLD]

♥ .

[lustreboy]

haha those are hilarious!!!

;)

[peterdchecksfield]

Thanks for posting these! Courage Beer made adverts based around seven different Chas & Dave songs:

Gertcha

Rabbit

The Sideboard Song

What A Miserable Saturday Night

Margate (actually based on their earlier Massage Parlour)

That's What I Like

Wallop!

I've found the first 6 but I'm still looking for 'Wallop!', do you have this?

[MonolithicNWO4u]

So is this were the saying "Liquid Courage" comes from?

[MsLadykitty]

what briiliant adverts wish they were still aired on telly

[TROUSERFLAP]

Remember the second ad. Still funny.

[uarsman]

Blimey I could really do with a pint!

[boostah27]

took me ages to find this!

[deathtousernames]

Do they still make this beer & is it any good? Do you know if you can get it in the U.S.?

[mod97wullf]

it is still on sale, iwould not think you can get in the us,

[uk28skinhead]

Had a few pints down the pub last night. I dont reckon it'd sell in the US. Its not a cold lager, more a luke warm ale/bitter. Its lovely though, a real good ol english beer

[chilled99]

The dog at 0:21 always used to make me laugh. This is one of my top 3 favourite ads

[Hemulen40]

Mmmmm,... Sweet bitter !

[agfagaevart]

Nice to see these again. thanks.

[bobskins808]

thanx for posting

[baileybackwards]

FYI Music by Chas and Dave

[maolchalium]

I am so old I remember pubs like that. Sighh. The good old days.

Great youtube contribution.

[Italiasalbion]

Well, if you can't stand up to your wife, at least you can stand up to a pint!

[AGGeiger]

Totally amazing -- I saw the second and third ads here on a video collection but never knew who was doing the music (I thought maybe it was Steve Marriott in a light moment). THANK YOU!

[agfagaevart]

Chas & Dave had hit records off the backs of these adverts.

[Anarchy4daUK]

They were already songs that they changed actually. "Gertcha", "Rabbit", "If he comes round here". Wicked stuff, back to childhood in East Ham (Newham)

[agfagaevart]

"Turn That Noise Down" was another one of their hits, circa 1981 this time. I haven't heard it on radio since it came out.

[FatwNker]

These commercial make my neck hurt.

[1minhero]

classics!

[samcooke2000]

Thanks for this good quality version!