Um Bongo Orginal Advert

[jabber4949]

Do they still make this?

[Evilmightyacorn]

I AM GOOD JUMP

[xmaxfactorx]

TAKEAMEWITHYOU!!!

[meekhog82]

yes

[0123MrDx]

kl

[dudedude270]

i miss adverts like these, they had a rhythm to them

[jsDX11]

Um bongo good jump!

[voon100]

Why do drink makers think it's clever to add FUCKING SWEETNER? It taste so fake. Some of us want real sugar!

[dementia2142]

...*Saw Um Bongo. Thought of Yogcast.*

[MrBenthebook]

Now I really want an Um Bongo, though it wasn't as good as Zig & Zag's Jelly Juice.

[TheRealSlimBrady1]

OHH MYY DAAYYZZZ OPAL FRUIT DAYYYYZ

[JamesL88]

Gentlemens, Welcome.. TO THE ELITE SELLING CREW

[WishingBiscuit]

TAKEA ME WITH YOU!

[Tinhatflat]

I listen to this daily when I'm running to work from the mountains of the Congo.

[daboiwunda72]

Phoneshop brought me back here!

[animalchin101]

@daboiwunda72 phoneshop is soooo baaaad!

[kober777]

FUCKING HELL!

[Willforbes296532]

The only thing the congo drinks is small amount of diseased water, while dying of aids and malnutrition

[doshgillio]

@Willforbes296532 Did you even watch this video...?

[Willforbes296532]

@doshgillio yes, its singing about people in the congo drinking um-bongo, which they dont...

[anonymousllama5]

Uh...

[lollypopsrockman]

OMG!! I love this and my Mum is obsessed with it!!!<3

[POOPDRAY]

Phoneshop!! hahaha

[heavymigration]

Yogscast sent me here

[RivTheDon]

do u see the unlike bar? nah neither do i xD

[DisturbedDenied]

WAIT WAIT WAIT I don't get how its racist....???

[cockshield]

The only good thing to come to Britain from Africa!

[ispeaknorsecode]

@cockshield you're a bit of a dickhead, aren't you?

[cockshield]

@ispeaknorsecode Not really. Bye.

[frogstamper]

@ispeaknorsecode Yep, I'll second that....sadly plebs like this get to vote, thats if he can lift his knuckles off the floor.

[ThePacmanClassic]

My childhood :-)

[TheCursedChosen1]

TAKE ME WITH YOU!!!!!!

[mutley2209]

Umbongo the official Congo genocide drink since 1998

[TheWarning230]

Im banned from this

[julesthemadman]

I am surprised too.

[derekclive35]

damn! I'm surprised they havent said this is racist too, like they did with the frigging kia ora ad! there is still some sanity then!

[Hazy992]

@derekclive35 this isnt stereotyping the same way the kia ora advert is though

[eclectica1]

@derekclive35 You haven't met my mother then. Back in the day, she used to claim that it was racist. I'll never forget the night when we were at some expo and there was a poster for Um Bongo up on one of the walls, and she pulled it down in front of everyone when she had no right to.

Oh the embarrassment.

[richievegas01]

@derekclive35 Racist! Lol. (Oi! Derek you c*** etc.)

[derekclive35]

@richievegas01 hahahahahahahhahahaha fackin cants!

[mrspivvy]

If you live in cheshire, you have to drink umbongleton

[GGMacarthur]

@mrspivvy i do and i aint got a clue what ya on about

[cyberskin1]

proper advert

[basshuntersuckscock]

ubuntu ubuntu they drink it in the cuntu

[2000ghoul]

@basshuntersuckscock lol lol

[ambientdweller]

My friend has just come back from a trip to the Congo, and not once did he see anyone drinking 'UM BONGO'...

[TheYorkMan]

@ambientdweller clearly he wasn't way down deep enough....

[Joelbenj97]

i am dave ! yognaught and i have the balls

[hardyboyz618]

Take A Me With You! I Am Good Jump! *Falls Out Of The World*

[danlynchmusic]

lol i can't escape minecraft haha

[dancingwizard3]

Is great that it's back!! Although cartons could be a little bigger

[thecrumpeteer1]

Memories.

[tallmario1]

This video is full of shameful RACIST stereotyping!

[Mickeanelamburtsters]

@tallmario1 explain!

[Tozzywozzy01]

@tallmario1 This is Um Bongo, not Kia-Ora! Why do they allow dicks to have youtube accounts?! ¬_¬

[lawrencesculpher]

@tallmario1 you sir are a twat

[XTheWarriorsCodeX]

I guess alot of people here are watching this cuz that awesome tiki man um bongo in shadow of israphel xP

[bairns1234]

I have always been willing to believe they do drink this in the Congo

[MrJordykid8]

I AM GOOD JUMP

[TheTeaBiskit]

TAKE A ME WIT YOU

[daisypop101]

hay this is a challenge is to u all um bongo lovers try learnin the words to the ad

[shiatsudave]

Has anyone ever confirmed with the Embassy of the Congo whether this advert is actually true?

[shiatsudave]

Has anyone ever confirmed with the Embassy of the Congo whether this advert is actually true?

[Precisionz24]

they still sell these in asda to

[IHEROBRINEI]

TakeaMeWithyou!

[thegirlonfilms]

6 people think they drink Ribena in the congo.

[asdfzxcv2009]

here's proof that they do drink it in the Congo

just google this

congo gabriel umbongo speechless

[AwesomeChannelTV]

0_0

[Disneyfanatic57]

i loved this as a kid! does anyone else remember the spin off drink Um Ognob? it had combos of animals on it like a snake body and a lions head.

[jessalcock13]

i had this in portugal yesterday, reliving my child hood

[pacificbeauty]

this drink was delicious

[86alison]

@pacificbeauty they still sell it in sainsburys but it's not as nice i dont think :(

[bazman85]

I've been to the Congo and i can assure you they do not drink Um Bongo.

[Henry1993bc]

@bazman85 but you've not been in the Congo

[cj150000118]

@Henry1993bc hahahhaha nice x



[ms255]

@bazman85 Too busy with all the raping, I would imagine.

[JACKANDJAY10]

@bazman85 ..are you absolutely sure about that ?;)

[A5Butterfly]

Asda sells it

[KeisukeNINJA]

He was good jump

[EvanProductions2]

I AM DAVE!yognaught AND I HAVE THE BALLS!

[dylandior123]

Loved this. When I wanted a carton of this drink me and my dad used to sing the song and dance to it hehe :-p

[MonkeyHunch]

@dylandior123 so you had to dance like a circus freak to get a drink?

[dylandior123]

No, but it was just a bit of fun. You would, too. Those were the days.

:)

[evilrobottolhurst]

Um Bongo, Um Bongo, they drink it in the Congo, and just a little sip of it can make you very wongo (Smash HITS!)

[toadbros2]

TAKE A ME WITH YOU!!!!

[DamianKenny8]

TAKE ME WITH YOU!

[UncleRecolour]

TAKE ME WITH YOU!

[legobaxter]

@UncleRecolour I AM GOOD JUMP!

[uprising95]

hahaha  tha drinks it in the congo lol

[Preacherjonson]

hahaha i remember renting out George of the Jungle on VHS and this advert was on it :P i think I rented it 2 more times just to secretly watch the ad XD

[hero28]

Way down deep in the middle of the Congo,

A hippo took an apricot, a guava and a mango.

He stuck it with the others, and he danced a dainty tango.

The rhino said, "I know, we'll call it Um Bongo"

Um Bongo, Um Bongo, They drink it in the Congo.

The python picked the passion fruit, the marmoset the mandarin.

The parrot painted packets, that the whole caboodle landed in.

So when it comes to sun and fun and goodness in the jungle,

They all prefer the sunny funny one they call Um Bongo!

[southaussieblue]

Can anyone else hear the sex pistols' pretty vacant in this?.......or is it just me? It's drove me nuts at the time and no one i spoke with back in the day could hear it........this version is a bit hard to focus on the background beat.........but it's there I tells yer

[totalimmortal2k1]

@southaussieblue It's definetly just you.

[ledatape]

@southaussieblue dude - sorry - you had too much um bongo...

[zapo147]

This entire channel is now owned by yognaughts.

[ObliviKeeper97]

the tiki guy in skylord_jaspers house??? (yoggy refrence)

[XzinteR]

@ObliviKeeper97 YES SIR!

[Atuumasa]

Ah memories of getting hyper off this drink.

[WatchRyder]

And they really do still drink it down in 'de congo'!!! :)

[bloxbox]

I ate chips once....... they were great

[stephizzal]

@bloxbox good for you. glad you enjoyed them.

[2008Sameoldfitup]

roy west

[Jimferd]

The ironic thing is that if this ad were aired now, it wouldn't be hated because it sucked, it would be hated because it was stereotyping people from the Congo as juice drinkers which of course is racist

[eisemanrenyardjake]

@Jimferd It doesn't suck! Adds like this inspired me when I was a kid to make cartoons, even to the extent of having a retro-80s look to them today. But I guess it would be boring if everyone liked the same things.

[CrimsomS]

@Jimferd What? First off there isn't a single human in the whole thing. Secondly, since when is juice drinking racist, since when? Also stereotypes and racism are not the same thing...

[eisemanrenyardjake]

They even had a blue lion and a purple crocodile!

[lumpfish99]

isn't he the president?

[roninmurphy]

Awesome, I love it so much I typed in Kia-Ora Dubstep and guess what happened

[1999themadman]

:-)

[a6l6e6x100]

Um Bongo is actually fekkin delicious, I need to find somewhere that sells it

[madridboy86]

@a6l6e6x100 they still sell them in TESCO where I lived but its no longer good :'(

[evilrobottolhurst]

Meanwhile, in the Congo:

[conorsmitheire]

flip me its been about 18 years since i see this ad!!!

[DJVM95]

Racists!1!!

[nok1888]

Heh heh great advert great drink

[randomandproudqueen]

This advert is to me what the tootsie pop advert is to Americans....classic and memorable. and the fact it still played in through to the late 90's meant it remained in my brain forever!

[timmots]

I'm in the Congo now and I can confirm there is a distinct absence of this mentioned drink. I think the statement that they drink it here is therefore a null hypothesis.

[WatchRyder]

@timmots

A guy wrote into FHM magazine with his photo and the drink carton next to the Congo River :D

It's there man, you just need to keep looking :)

[wootlanter]

This...This.....THis THIS DRINK IS TOTALLY FUCKING RACISTS!!!11111

[gloverthelove0007]

@wootlanter Why is it?

[hamster700]

@gloverthelove0007 it was a juice drink that was launched in North America in 1983 and it was later sold in Europe as well

[cyberskin1]

3 dislikes, they can F off.

[mathill01]

Quite literally the best juice to drink when you're stoned off your nut...

[AEF091]

This is one cool advert

[xXtricksta555Xx]

good rapping tho

[Floobegusted]

UM BONGO!

[oliviaw83]

way down deep in the middle of the congo an hippo took an aprcot a guava and a mango he stuck it with the others and he daned a dainty tango therhino said i know we'll call it *UM BANGO* um bango they drink it in the congo the python pick the passion fruit the marmoset the mandarin the parrot painted packets that the whole caboodle landed in so when it comes to sun and fun and goodness in the jungle they all prefea the sunny funny one they call um bongo!!..... my hand hurt now! +_+

[Dazwar4]

a friend of mine went to the congo and no of them liked the taste of um bongo

i myself tried feeding crows kia ora, it didn't go well

[featherstoned]

i am currently in the congo, and wish i had some umbongo :-(

[DackIsBack]

RACIST... !!

[singe95ify]

he is such a wigger (wanna be nigger) i'ts hilarious ! this drink is probs carcinogenic LOL 

[singe95ify]

is that westwood talking at the end?

[swantonbomb121]

@singe95ify No. Thankfully back then he was just a bad dream waiting to happen.

[BakusPT]

PORTUGUESE DRINK YAY!!!

[hamster700]

@BakusPT its American its sold in Portugal but its made in Illinois Mexico and Brazil

[BakusPT]

@hamster700 really? u just destroyed my childhood...x)

[hamster700]

@BakusPT sorry never meant to destroy your childhood

[KDCW3534A]

Best advert ever!!

[EASYJABBA]

UM BONGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!



[planetrob555]

Death by Bunga!

[OfficialJennaWiles]

haha this adverts awesome :D 

[TheSilasgoodison]

hahahaha remember this too

[trunksGav]

If that's the ruddy Congo, then why can you clearly hear an Australian Kookaburra cackling n laughing in the background?

I know Australia have a republic of Congo but Koobaburras are not in the Congo. lol

[ariesscorpiorising]

@trunksGav Yeah but plenty FRUIT in dee congo so NER  ;P

[charlottenash91x]

I love this drink :) xx

[CorporalArse]

Adverts like this were awesome.

Now we're stuck with fucking Meerkats

[xXhellokitty2k10Xx]

thumbs up if whataboutadam brought you here

[TAfTfilms]

Dude... UM BONGO!!!

[stickyd12]

I got a mate from Congo - he has never heard of this stuff!!! Has the advert been lying to us all this time?

[tartanwomble]

@stickyd12 does that not make it false advertising? should we not consider legal action?

[BobdeBilde]

@tartanwomble Libbys took a crate of the stuff out to the Congo to avoid problems with the advertising standards agency. The people of the Congo must have been wondering WTF was going on!

[jimmybloodyjimmy]

i can picture it now:a closeup on colonel madrudu fugamal'e as he lifts that straw to his lips... "after a tiring day of mass rape and genocide, we in the congo settle down with a nice um bongo".

[Bogmere]

They don't make adverts like this any more :(

[Bluequotations]

as a 5yr in the good precious 80's all i would drink after school was my um bongo!

[KaiyaAyame]

OMG, I can't believe I forgot about this juice. I found cartons of it in the supermarket last night and the song came flooding back and I just had to find it on here. I so love it!!!

[stepheng1483]

They love this stuff in the Congo.

[Tree1of4nerds]

XD Oh my god...I'm too young to actually have seen this on TV...but my older cousin sang it once and suggested I look it up when I asked him about it!

[IANT68]

One of the best ads of all time

[peatoire]

I have referred this to the advertising standards authority. I have found out that do NOT drink it In the Congo and so are making false claims and misrepresenting the product.

Gin & umbongo on the rocks

[DarkAngel182]

Aaah now this isn't actually the "original" version now is it?

When these ads were first shown they had a FEMALE voice doing the song, however these ads were quickly replaced with the male voice heard in this one.

Anyone else remember the first version with the female voice?

[eheadroom]

@DarkAngel182 I fear that one of us may have mis-memory here. I was the producer on it when I was a senior producer at Leo Burnett a very very long time ago and though its possible that the video shown here is a slightly adjusted / later version, its extremely close and the soundtrack is too...

[DarkAngel182]

@eheadroom well I definately remember when I first saw the advert all those years ago it had a female voice singing in a much higher pitch.

It was the same ad, same song, same everything, just a differant singer.

Then after only a few weeks, it changed to the deeper male voice, heard here.

Unless I'm going completely barmy of course (don't think I am yet though)..

[eheadroom]

Sorry but I don't think so.

It was recorded and mixed at Redwood Studios by Andre Jacquemin and the music was composed by the ad's copywriter Andy Blackford. They did the very first demo track with cardboard boxes instead of drums.

I regret that I've forgotten the name of the great session guy with the fantastic chocolate voice who sang it - but it was always he and never a female during the year or more that I was on the job.

If Andy or Andre see this, maybe one of them can confirm...

[DarkAngel182]

@eheadroom This is odd, as I distictly remember when the ad first played the backing track and lead voice sounded differant, perhaps not female as I originally said, but much higher. I remember wondering at the time why they'd changed the person singing the song.

Surely my brain can't be THAT defective?

[eheadroom]

@DarkAngel182 I'll ask Andre next time I see him. At my age there's always a possibility that it could be MY memory... but I hope not!

[DarkAngel182]

@eheadroom well if I've been imagining it all these years, then I I think I'm the one with cause for concern :S

[ojideagu]

@DarkAngel182 Nah it's your brain, this is EXACTLY how the advert has always been. Always a man and this tune. Everyone used to sing it lol I was a kid in the 80's lol

[fourthwind1]

tune!!

[jksikecy]

Um Bongo!

Deliciousness :D

[Armalizilto]

I wanna try out UmBongo! Where can I find it in stores?

[Stompgal]

This advert was an essential part of my childhood. It brings back so many memories.

[stifflersmum7]

You just know N-dubz are gonna remix this

[dbircham]

Because you drink Umbongo IN the Congo... Just to clear that up...

[Yogasophia]

lol omg I still remember ALL the words to this ad....and you have to take the biggest breath to get all the words in....Pure Class

[Heistdnb]

IT DOESNT TASTE LIKE IT USED - RUINED!

[ariesscorpiorising]

@Heistdnb Yeah, tastes like shit now. ;(

[adspems]

You know I went and bought some of this today <3

[73Hellsbells73]

Superb !!!!!!! I had forgotten how good this advert was!