John Smith's Yorkshire Bitter - The near complete set.

Gordon Rollings & Charlie Pemberton advertising John Smith's Yorkshire Bitter before Jack Dee and Peter Kaye.

Category:

Comedy

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• JS
• Adverts

[JustinRollings]

Hi, I would have liked to have met up with him to chat about his experiences working on these adds. Don't suppose you're still in contact with him?

[JustinRollings]

happy to join any campaign to get these on again. Although I have a biased view, I really don't think John Smiths ads have ever been as good. Got to give thanks to Pemberton & Webster the writer too!

[davidenespana]

Nice to see John Webster's work surviving on Youtube. And from the era before the 3MP rule oozed out the moronic focus group mind. The man was a genius and a gent. One of the few agency creatives I enjoyed working with. A straight talking Yorkshireman who enjoyed a quiet pint and a sandwich at lunchtime rather than some expensive Soho media hellhole. FYI John both wrote and art directed these ads, preferred to work as a one man band, very 'hands on' the entire production/post-production process.

[mrslmathers]

Love these. I had only ever seen the one with the dog before and didn’t know they did a whole series of them.

[monkeyboi282]

I love how it's the same cheesy tune on every clip. I love these adverts

[good64times]

LETS START A CAMPAIGN TO SHOW THESE ADS AGAIN ON TV ! WHY NOT VOTE FOR YOR FAVOURITE ONE ,MAYBE PETER KAY COULD CHOOSE ONE.......CMON LETS GET ARKWRIGHT RECOGNISED !

[Mousepie999]

The very urbane Tony Britton doing the voiceover the pack shots at the end of each one.

[Mousepie999]

Wonderful! Thanks for posting these.

[pendu87]

these remind me of andy capp

[darrencarr03]

Hi, I remember your dad, as went to school with grant and your dad and my uncle used to drink together every week end at the lamb inn, axbridge, will me and grant used to hang out in the skittles alley. Fond memories of that time in my life.