When my eldest daughter was a child (1983 ish) we used to dread this advert coming on as she was nodding off to sleep as she would wake up to the music, then take HOURS to go back to sleep.
Exactly, one of those phrases which people of a certain age just know: "It's too orangey for crows". Similar to "The water in Majorca"! for sticking in your head
You must live in Ireland since they decided to stop selling it in the rest of the UK in 2019. I completely forgot about Kia Ora (a staple in my 80s household). But since Coca cola acquired them, I'd rather not buy.
This advert was always shown in cinemas just as the adverts were finishing for the intermission (when the curtain came down), before the main movie started or the short movie was shown. Back when they came around with a tray of popcorn, sweets and plastic cartons of Kia-Ora and Um Bongo. Good times!
The background music was written and performed by Michael B Tretow. The name may not ring a bell ... but he was ABBA's producer! He co-wrote and performed this with Swedish singe Ted Gardestad and together they were known as Caramba. They released an album together with a different version of this song.
I remember the song, I think it was a minor hit in the UK. I posted about it on another CZcams video of this commercial and no-one else remembered it and thought I had made it up :)
@@Jojoseahorse The song is called Fedora (I'll Be Your Dawg) by Caramba, it was released in 1983 and there's even a 12" extended version Caramba released in, The UK.
@@philiphubbard6234 Thank you, knew I didn't imagine it! The commercial was cute :) And interesting to hear about Caramba; I remember Ted Gardestad representing Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest, just as Abba did.
@@Jojoseahorse Fedora (I'll be your Dawg) got to 56 in The UK Chart's, also another Caramba song called, Hubba Hubba Zoot Zoot was used by, Quakers Harvest Crunch cereal advert in The UK, changing the song to, Hubba Hubba Yum Yum.
I always thought more specifically of Harmon-Ising's 1930s Happy Harmonies and Silly Symphonies. Just missing the bipedal cow playing the mandolin and wearing a grass skirt.
Oh man, what an advert. The nostalgia is strong with this one. Maybe the most memorable from my childhood.🤔 Well, this, shake n vac, the Levi ad, that Wrigley chewing gum ad with frees alright now playing, and that scotch tape advert with the skeleton. 😂
I've been wondering what this was for over 20 years because of the show spaced with Simon Pegg and Jessica Hynes. One of the episodes they make a reference for to Orange for crows and I never understood that back then. I just remembered oh yeah the internet exists now I can look that s*** up lol
I'm old enough to remember this advert - loved the reference to this in the comedy series Spaced, Episode 'Gone', Series 2: "It's too Orangey for crows!"
As a kid growing up in the eighties I feel i must point out that rather than being racist this advert actually glamourised being black for some kids . Its a fact that every white kid in the eighties wanted to be black. Hell I wanted to be jamaican cos of the cool reggae music and my dads mate was jamaican. I thought the crows in this ad were awesome because they looked like rude boys, all of them in suits and with cool lay'd back attitudes they reminded me of the Ska and Raggae bands I loved
I'm as white as a sheet. But these guys were cool as fuck. I dint give a shit what colour they were. As a kid it was obvious what personality they were portraying. They didn't disguise it. And they didn't make it negative. It was cool.... Well I think it was. I would take it as a compliment if someone needed my looks and personilty to make money....but I ain't as cool as them mo fo crows 😂😂
I was just thinking about how it made me feel as a kid because it was on the TV all the time and i don’t know if it was my age but I literally didn’t associate it with a different race I just saw a little kid with loads of cool mates following him. I hope no one takes offence from my words. (This is my husband’s profile btw)
What a great advert, everyone loved this when I was a kid. Think it came out about 1985 and I saved the promo tokens and sent off for the pencil case with all the characters on.
Weirdest thing about this ad is that it was for Britain and Ireland and we never understood these stereotypes. To us, they were just acting funny. We never even knew that it was a stereotype. Americans would have known and probably kicked off, even in the 80s. But we never even knew about, "mammy" or "dog" or the other bits in here.
A similar thing happened in Japan in the 80s. There were a lot of characters themed around racist imagery from American media. The reason these existed, was due to a lack of understanding, not realising the context of why these characters. While there was some media considered racist in the UK, a lot of the ideas from the US made no sense to us. Like how many people would realise one of the crows was based/ on the mammy character and understood the context of it
The 'mammy' reminded me of the 'mammy' character from old Tom and Jerry cartoons (who I thought was the owner of the house) and that's about it. Today I know it's got all sorts of problems with it, but I can't help enjoying it as 'kid takes a stroll in the sun, trailed by a bunch of birds desperate for a taste of orange squash'.
This advert came on every UK Cinema Commercial for years, Just before those Hot Dogs that had around 10% Meat and the stuff they swept up from the factory floor, Then Popcorn 🍿 A large box was as big as a Small Suitcase.
Like, I get the child is literally the hex color #000000, but the big red lips that usually accompany that stereotype aren’t there, so it would probably be fine? It’s definitely well-animated
+DrunkenMaster Yeah, the crows from Dumbo are racist too, something that has been talked about time and again. So doesn't really help Kia-Ora's case if they knew about them and based their commercial off of them.
@@roberttysec4122 Why racist? If they had black voices for dumb pigeons would that be better, or must black people always be portrayed as saints to please you?
Apparently Disney have labelled the black crows on Dumbo as racist, saying the lead crow(John crow) refers to racist segregation laws in the southern US. So any of you BLM bunnies who get off on something as innocent as Dumbo, get a life, get real, get treatment.
It's weird that this ad was made for the UK and Ireland because most of these stereotypes would be unfamiliar. I never made the connection to black Americans at the time because terms like 'crow', 'mammy', 'dog' etc. were not familiar to us
"The ad is what Uncle Remus's fever hallucinations look like. It's what Aunt Jemima sees when she drops peyote." But I admit, I want some orange juice now. Made by a different company.
The version on Caramba is a different mix The one used in the Kia-Ora add is the vocal version featuring members of ABBA. Michael Tretow their producer worked on several other projects in the ABBA studio and a few had members of ABBA doing backing vocals czcams.com/video/3p7hEZpHgbA/video.html
@@stuartgoswell1193 I have been a fan of ABBA years. They worked hard in the studio but also had fun trying out different things Bjorn wrote none sense lyrics to use until he composed the proper ones while in the studio Michael often messed about trying out different things. Some of these turned into the weird tunes like this. He recorded the barking dogs and on another tune he used different engine sounds I have it for my ringtone. czcams.com/video/w-I-u3FuDyI/video.html Must of been great fun in the studio I wish they would release some of the tapes made but Benny is very reluctant to allow it. There are several books that tell of these sessions
this was shown every time at the cinema i went to in quinton as a child.brings back many happy memories for me.especialy when that big white bag bursts open revieling the underwear wich always made me and loads of other kids in audience giggle big time!
@Jarvo Tunes BLM even take offence at positive things. For example, singing "Sweet Chariot" is considered by them to be racist because a slave originally sang it. BLM are their own worst enemy.
@Jarvo Tunes hmmmm... slave-esque stereotype from the deep south... Triggered much by someone identifying what is blatantly racist. As I am presuming you are not black/African-American you don't get to call the shots on what is offensive to them.
dbcox2009 You’re probably right. However, BLM aren’t interested in discussion. They play a game whereby anything you say or do can be perceived as racist and everyone (from both sides) comes off badly. Therefore, in the words of War Games: "the only winning move is not to play."
Yeah, or maybe just leave it in the archives where it'll cause less trouble. Seen only by people actively searching for it, rather than shoved in the faces of those who will be offended. Yawn, I know!
i just love that we all think @spaced@ and not some racist stuff. honestly, if this comments section is an accurate cross section of Britain, then long rule Britannia.
I remember this advert. I loved it. It was super cool. Perhaps it has some stereo-typical imagery, but as a kid at the time, this advert just seemed awesome. If anything it helped a white kid like me see how fashionable a pork-pie hat was & how steel drum had such a great sound. I dont see how this advert can be negative, it has such a party atmosphere & just good times!
Yer I get what you are saying as they are having a good time and it seems positives. Just like when I was a kid, I didn't have a problem with Thomas's owner from Tom and Jerry. But when you find out she's based on the slave character mummy from Gone with the Wind, then you can't help be feel glad she's been replaced. Stereotypes themselves aren't that bad but racist stereotypes are, no matter how happy and upbeat it seems. I'm glad you've taken positive things away from this but it is racist and you wouldn't subject a child nowadays to this sort of material, well at least I wouldn't and I hope most people wouldn't to 🖤
@@LouFriend you took the words out a black mans mouth. thankyou. this comment shows that not all who are white are wrong. something i thing needs highlighting in these times.....how times have changed eh?
"Well, johnson, I think that we should advertise our orange drink by including every black stereotype ever in one commercial." "ah, fuck. why not? let's do it."
And yet, back then, it was just nice to have a bit of black representation on the telly, even if it was through the medium of a surreal animated juice advert. We were *very* white round here back then. It was ridiculous. We loved the Um Bongo ad too - literally the only contact we kids had with black culture, apart from Tigh & Boomer in BG, Mr T and the puppet Barry Hercules in Star Fleet; I am not even joking.
@@KrillLiberator we were much happier back then, murder rates were way lower. So many prisons had to be built that the whole country now is just one giant open air internment camp. Back then we could afford to kid ourselves, that these people just need some love. Well we gave it, and now look at us. Being slowly invaded and replaced by the very worst of humanity. An evil so depraved so insatiable, and seemingly irresistable to the whores they made of us
I loved this ad as a kid. I still hear the dialogue and music in my head. And there is simply no denying that this is a literal parade of black stereotypes from the late 1800s and mid 1900s. Whether that's racist or not us up to you to decide. However, it was certainly not created to put black people down or in their place as someone comments below. it was created to sell orange juice, and be funny and memorable. Think of it from another perspective. Exact same commercial, but it's Irn-Bru and a bunch of Scottish stereotypes are chasing it. Guy with bagpipes. Guy in kilt. Old skinflint. Rich miser. Etc. etc. Or it's Guinness and a parade of Irish stereotypes are chasing it. Or Vodka and a parade of Russian stereotypes are chasing it. It's either racist for all these things, or it's not racist. Just because it's Black does not automatically mean it's racist.
James Bigglesworth no but it was slightly insensitive, that's why the future versions of this add were amended slightly to make the kid actually look black rather than this caricature
I appreicate what your saying however racial mockery and cultural mockery are too different things. Scottish people have a rich culture, they are still white, the Russian stereotypes you mentioned (Eastern European Russian) are also white. You can logically compare them (mocking any race and/or culture is wrong) but they are not the same thing. I grew up with this advert and as an adult - we should all be able to point at this ad and say its wrong. It hosts a variety of racist depictions of black jim crow stereotypes, that were created to undermine and incorrectly impersonate black people. Please give this wikipage a read and comment with any questions x en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crow_(character)
@@cherrykuroink theres a big difference between jim crow characters and actual crows. "The character conventionally dresses in rags and wears a bed hat and torn shoes"....that's the jim crow depiction, tell me where you see that in this advert.
untill recently i never ever thought as a child when i saw this advert at the cinema that it was offensive, its part of all 80,s kids great memories from the cinema.
Watched this 10 times in a row now. Replayed the first 20 seconds 20 times. 0_0 this music is hypnotizing. Now I find you can keep pressing 1, to make your own beat. This advert has got me hooked now. If only there weren't negative overtones to it......
As in one of the comments below, at school we used to go around saying 'I'll be your dog, woof, woof'. It was just a fun advert and I am sure lots of school kids did this. Nothing whatsoever to do with race, we didn't even think about it.
I used to love this ad when I was a kid - at school we'd go round singing: "I'll be your dog"! I had black school friends. We all sang it together. I idolised Public Enemy, Ice T and De La Soul - loved the sound. Attitudes change. This ad now reminds me of Spike Lee's film Bamboozled. Makes me think now that the UK has always been a strange place to live when it comes to racial attitudes. It's still not the same hot potato that it is in America, but unfortunately it still exists here .
I was 5 or 6 when this ad was on tv. I didn't see black, or white. Or yellow or green or blue or pink. I just saw a child, exactly the same as me (white by the way), and some seriously cool crows with a catchy tune. I loved it. Naive? Yes probably. Rascist? Only if you make it so. To me though, it was pure delight. Never drank it, but loved this ad every time I saw it.
Thanks for the clarification. I was aware of the apartheid-style segregation laws in the USA, but I didn't know what they were called. The disconnect probably comes from our experience as black British people being very different from that of African-Americans (I'm not saying that no black British person would know about the Jim Crow laws, just that they don't form a part of our history and culture).
@@GhastlyCretin My local shop does import drinks, chocolate and beers from around the world and Kia Ora was very popular, so I was in two minds if the owner imported Kia Ora from Ireland, has I've not seen it sold anywhere else, also Caramba who did the music released it has a single called, Fedora (I'll Be Your Dawg) great extended version they did.
Still sing it now. I saw and still see nothing but a lucky Caribbean kid drinking orange juice. Growing up as a pale white kid in a grey skied council estate in the North East I could only dream of being him.
People moan if it's racist to blacks and others,but when it's whites we just get on with it,I mean this advert isn't meant to be racist,if I was black I would be enjoying the video!
Absolutely bloody loved this advert as a kid!
"It's too orangey for crows. It's just for me and my dog".
Takes me back to being about 14 again. Brilliant!
"I'll be your dog!"
I'll be your dog
@@barricade643customs *BARK BARK BARK BARK*
When my eldest daughter was a child (1983 ish) we used to dread this advert coming on as she was nodding off to sleep as she would wake up to the music, then take HOURS to go back to sleep.
I thought these would be on in the daytime?
You could've turned the telly off ;-)
@@robinlawson7624 No way I LOVED the advert lol
@@stevelewis7263 :-D :-D
I was born in 82 and when the Scotch video tape skeleton came on I hid behind the sofa, was terrified of it!
The marketing team got it spot on as nearly 40 years later I still buy Kia-ora based on this advert.
Exactly, one of those phrases which people of a certain age just know: "It's too orangey for crows". Similar to "The water in Majorca"! for sticking in your head
You must live in Ireland since they decided to stop selling it in the rest of the UK in 2019.
I completely forgot about Kia Ora (a staple in my 80s household). But since Coca cola acquired them, I'd rather not buy.
You’ve been their dawg?
@@sensimaniathere's still some in england
Go through a bottle a week loved it being a kid and still love it
I can't stop watching it either...It is the most catchy and visually entertaining advertisement I have ever seen.
How many stereotypes do you want?
Kia Ora: yes
This advert was always shown in cinemas just as the adverts were finishing for the intermission (when the curtain came down), before the main movie started or the short movie was shown. Back when they came around with a tray of popcorn, sweets and plastic cartons of Kia-Ora and Um Bongo. Good times!
Happy days
Ohhhh... you've brought back memories now 😅
Um bingo also a classic along with TRRRRIOOOOOO
I still know the word's too um-bogo.😅
Cinema snacks were better in those days!
Whisper ‘Kia-ora’ in someone’s ear in the morning and they’ll still be singing it in the evening!!
This goes with the Umbongo ad and the Vitalite ad. Oh the days of much better, actually entertaining adverts.
They drink it in the Congo.
Was literally think about the vitalite ad after watching this then read this comment
Ooooh oohh vitalite... That's right
And anchor cows 😂
How about Trio? "Trio! Treeeo! I wanna Trio and I want one now!"
"Hey mister, can I have some of your Kia-Ora ?"
"No, it's too orangey for crows. It's just for me and my dog"
"I'll be your dog!"
The background music was written and performed by Michael B Tretow. The name may not ring a bell ... but he was ABBA's producer! He co-wrote and performed this with Swedish singe Ted Gardestad and together they were known as Caramba. They released an album together with a different version of this song.
I remember the song, I think it was a minor hit in the UK. I posted about it on another CZcams video of this commercial and no-one else remembered it and thought I had made it up :)
@@Jojoseahorse The song is called Fedora (I'll Be Your Dawg) by Caramba, it was released in 1983 and there's even a 12" extended version Caramba released in, The UK.
@@philiphubbard6234 Thank you, knew I didn't imagine it! The commercial was cute :) And interesting to hear about Caramba; I remember Ted Gardestad representing Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest, just as Abba did.
@@Jojoseahorse Fedora (I'll be your Dawg) got to 56 in The UK Chart's, also another Caramba song called, Hubba Hubba Zoot Zoot was used by, Quakers Harvest Crunch cereal advert in The UK, changing the song to, Hubba Hubba Yum Yum.
I used to work at the Kia-Ora factory in Bermondsey, and go out to deliver to cinemas on the vans.
Why did they stop making it . It was the best orange ever
Bermondsey boy, nice. :)
Did you get any orders from crows??
Donna Gibson
Still make it in Ireland apparently.
I bet you have seen a change around bermo since the Kia ora days
This advert is an awesome blast back to my childhood.
This song is still in my head 30 years later, reminds me of WB cartoons
I always thought more specifically of Harmon-Ising's 1930s Happy Harmonies and Silly Symphonies. Just missing the bipedal cow playing the mandolin and wearing a grass skirt.
No, those cartoon crows remind me of those crows from Dumbo cartoon movie.
It reminds me of the video for Seaside Woman by Wings
And the Tom and Jerry cartoons
I loved this add as an 8 year old; probably why I like dub reggae 3 decades later! If only cheap orange-squash was so potent these days lol
Oh man, what an advert. The nostalgia is strong with this one. Maybe the most memorable from my childhood.🤔
Well, this, shake n vac, the Levi ad, that Wrigley chewing gum ad with frees alright now playing, and that scotch tape advert with the skeleton. 😂
"Re-Record not fade away" ?
@@joe18425 lol, that's the one. Classic. 😂👍
Haha, all good, but I raise you Ariston in the style of Da Da Da.
@@leeosborne3793 when you buy an ariston, the guarantee is five year's long.😂
@@TheRetroManRandySavage 300 servicing per-sons!
"Damn, that's way too orangey.".
- _Crow_
I've been wondering what this was for over 20 years because of the show spaced with Simon Pegg and Jessica Hynes. One of the episodes they make a reference for to Orange for crows and I never understood that back then. I just remembered oh yeah the internet exists now I can look that s*** up lol
Another childhood memory re-visited. Keep 'em coming. Skill.
I loved this advert when I was a kid. Born in 1978. Still
I'm old enough to remember this advert - loved the reference to this in the comedy series Spaced, Episode 'Gone', Series 2: "It's too Orangey for crows!"
*****
Muuuthaaa-fu?!@r!
That was the best episode. Lee Ingleby and his mob causing trouble!
Brian : all men is do is destroy things
Mike : *thinking* Yeah 😄
That was a great scene, in the toilet with that menacing druggie!
As a kid growing up in the eighties I feel i must point out that rather than being racist this advert actually glamourised being black for some kids . Its a fact that every white kid in the eighties wanted to be black. Hell I wanted to be jamaican cos of the cool reggae music and my dads mate was jamaican. I thought the crows in this ad were awesome because they looked like rude boys, all of them in suits and with cool lay'd back attitudes they reminded me of the Ska and Raggae bands I loved
I'm as white as a sheet. But these guys were cool as fuck. I dint give a shit what colour they were. As a kid it was obvious what personality they were portraying. They didn't disguise it. And they didn't make it negative. It was cool.... Well I think it was. I would take it as a compliment if someone needed my looks and personilty to make money....but I ain't as cool as them mo fo crows 😂😂
Tbh I was well aware these ads were racist as fuck in the 90’s - I even remember them being the butt of standup jokes in london
@@Bobby-wn5yr It's a made-up word by Leon Trotsky mate, calm down.
@@hunkyhaggis2161 every word’s a made up word
I was just thinking about how it made me feel as a kid because it was on the TV all the time and i don’t know if it was my age but I literally didn’t associate it with a different race I just saw a little kid with loads of cool mates following him. I hope no one takes offence from my words. (This is my husband’s profile btw)
that advert was pure animation and musical genius
What a great advert, everyone loved this when I was a kid. Think it came out about 1985 and I saved the promo tokens and sent off for the pencil case with all the characters on.
Think it's a little bit older than that. It got shown for a long time, though.
1983, actually
This advert would make SJWs cry
Weirdest thing about this ad is that it was for Britain and Ireland and we never understood these stereotypes.
To us, they were just acting funny.
We never even knew that it was a stereotype. Americans would have known and probably kicked off, even in the 80s. But we never even knew about, "mammy" or "dog" or the other bits in here.
A similar thing happened in Japan in the 80s. There were a lot of characters themed around racist imagery from American media. The reason these existed, was due to a lack of understanding, not realising the context of why these characters. While there was some media considered racist in the UK, a lot of the ideas from the US made no sense to us. Like how many people would realise one of the crows was based/ on the mammy character and understood the context of it
The 'mammy' reminded me of the 'mammy' character from old Tom and Jerry cartoons (who I thought was the owner of the house) and that's about it.
Today I know it's got all sorts of problems with it, but I can't help enjoying it as 'kid takes a stroll in the sun, trailed by a bunch of birds desperate for a taste of orange squash'.
I love the first 2 crows, especially how they dressed! Also the crows with the piano, so awesome :) Kia-ora is delicious!
Can you imagine this in the 21st century...Twitter will have a meltdown!
Hahaha they do would! Everyone would be sacked
I know right??!!
Twitter's a far left cesspit with overzealous moderators.
But it would be glorious to watch!
Hahaha put it on there.
This advert came on every UK Cinema Commercial for years, Just before those Hot Dogs that had around 10% Meat and the stuff they swept up from the factory floor, Then Popcorn 🍿
A large box was as big as a Small Suitcase.
Yup - Westlers hotdogs and Butterkist popcorn. "Butterkist, Butterkist, rah-rah-rah!"
Westers ad - czcams.com/video/nLSgaCQi9yw/video.html
Butterkist ad - czcams.com/video/H3nWy-UHiiU/video.html
Absolute effin' classic!
Lawyers would have a fieldday with this if it were made now.
You mean snowflakes would go into meltdown 😂
why?
Can you please tell me what im supposed to be offended by because i dont see it
@@um8778
oh.. there doesn't need to be anything actually offensive in it...
just the mere suggestion of possible offence is enough...
Like, I get the child is literally the hex color #000000, but the big red lips that usually accompany that stereotype aren’t there, so it would probably be fine?
It’s definitely well-animated
always thought they were ripping off the smart assed crows on dumbo
+DrunkenMaster Yeah, the crows from Dumbo are racist too, something that has been talked about time and again. So doesn't really help Kia-Ora's case if they knew about them and based their commercial off of them.
@@roberttysec4122 Why racist? If they had black voices for dumb pigeons would that be better, or must black people always be portrayed as saints to please you?
OMG same! :D
Apparently Disney have labelled the black crows on Dumbo as racist, saying the lead crow(John crow) refers to racist segregation laws in the southern US. So any of you BLM bunnies who get off on something as innocent as Dumbo, get a life, get real, get treatment.
It's weird that this ad was made for the UK and Ireland because most of these stereotypes would be unfamiliar. I never made the connection to black Americans at the time because terms like 'crow', 'mammy', 'dog' etc. were not familiar to us
I always wondered what that big crow who comes in just at the end looked like.
Me too.
The one in a dress is presumably a Mammy
I always thought that too. There was another version where the foot had a trainer on and did exactly the same thing.
Me too, haha, as a kid I always wanted to know what it would have looked like.
My guess is; mildly racially insensitive. 😆
Wow! When I watch Spaced I really thought they were making this up as a joke, but no it's a real advert.
I had such nostalgia when I read a 90’s copy of the Dandy comic and this was advertised on there as a joint story/advert
Omg I used to drink gallons of this stuff as a kid. Those hot summers cooling off with Kia ora and loads of ice cubes.
"The ad is what Uncle Remus's fever hallucinations look like. It's what Aunt Jemima sees when she drops peyote."
But I admit, I want some orange juice now. Made by a different company.
That is literally theeee best ad ever.....
oh my god i used to love this add, brings back fond memories!
Boy is this ad straight up dope. The animation is just perfect and so is the art style.
For anyone who might be interested - the original song is called "Fido" by Caramba. Brilliant, if not very weird, tune!! 😁
Nice, thank you!
@@CHRISDABAHIA no worries 👍, it's on Spotify too!
The version on Caramba is a different mix The one used in the Kia-Ora add is the vocal version featuring members of ABBA. Michael Tretow their producer worked on several other projects in the ABBA studio and a few had members of ABBA doing backing vocals czcams.com/video/3p7hEZpHgbA/video.html
@@cedarcam cool, I never knew that...! Must be great to just mess about in a music studio and see what happens!
@@stuartgoswell1193 I have been a fan of ABBA years. They worked hard in the studio but also had fun trying out different things Bjorn wrote none sense lyrics to use until he composed the proper ones while in the studio Michael often messed about trying out different things. Some of these turned into the weird tunes like this. He recorded the barking dogs and on another tune he used different engine sounds I have it for my ringtone. czcams.com/video/w-I-u3FuDyI/video.html Must of been great fun in the studio I wish they would release some of the tapes made but Benny is very reluctant to allow it. There are several books that tell of these sessions
this was shown every time at the cinema i went to in quinton as a child.brings back many happy memories for me.especialy when that big white bag bursts open revieling the underwear wich always made me and loads of other kids in audience giggle big time!
That crow does a great dawg impersonation.
The best ad. on TV ever !
This really takes me back! Wow, knowing what I know now about American minstrel shows and the stereotypes it's pretty amazing this got onto telly.
+David Terrasidius Bit like the Crows in DUMBO
@Jarvo Tunes BLM even take offence at positive things. For example, singing "Sweet Chariot" is considered by them to be racist because a slave originally sang it. BLM are their own worst enemy.
@Jarvo Tunes hmmmm... slave-esque stereotype from the deep south...
Triggered much by someone identifying what is blatantly racist. As I am presuming you are not black/African-American you don't get to call the shots on what is offensive to them.
@@morsmagne not really racism, cultural appropriation. A much lesser sin.
dbcox2009 You’re probably right. However, BLM aren’t interested in discussion. They play a game whereby anything you say or do can be perceived as racist and everyone (from both sides) comes off badly. Therefore, in the words of War Games: "the only winning move is not to play."
Good lord , it seemed so innocent when I was a kid
still is
I was singing this, and my son thought I was barmy!!!
I don't see the problem. Those crows are fly as hell.
Still never found out if they got to drink the kiaora
I used to like those little pots of Kia-Ora you used to get in the Cinema during the interval.
Should be back on TV, true classic
Yeah, or maybe just leave it in the archives where it'll cause less trouble. Seen only by people actively searching for it, rather than shoved in the faces of those who will be offended. Yawn, I know!
Maybe with a few touch ups, just to keep it non racist.
@@HatofMemes And that was always the problem with this ad.
@@emm_arrthere's nothing wrong with this and. If you think there is why are you here?
Simon Pegg was the one saying, "It's too orangey for crows", but you probably already knew that.
A drink manufactured by Coca Cola, that originated in Australia using the native Maori greeting from New Zealand. What the actual fuck.
Kia Ora is the only cordial that I drink because it’s great.
A blast from the 80s past! Thanks for posting this - I'm not sure my son thought I was sane when I started singing the song!
i just love that we all think @spaced@ and not some racist stuff.
honestly, if this comments section is an accurate cross section of Britain, then long rule Britannia.
I remember this advert. I loved it. It was super cool.
Perhaps it has some stereo-typical imagery, but as a kid at the time, this advert just seemed awesome. If anything it helped a white kid like me see how fashionable a pork-pie hat was & how steel drum had such a great sound.
I dont see how this advert can be negative, it has such a party atmosphere & just good times!
Yer I get what you are saying as they are having a good time and it seems positives. Just like when I was a kid, I didn't have a problem with Thomas's owner from Tom and Jerry. But when you find out she's based on the slave character mummy from Gone with the Wind, then you can't help be feel glad she's been replaced. Stereotypes themselves aren't that bad but racist stereotypes are, no matter how happy and upbeat it seems. I'm glad you've taken positive things away from this but it is racist and you wouldn't subject a child nowadays to this sort of material, well at least I wouldn't and I hope most people wouldn't to 🖤
could not get away with that now day,s because off PC
@@LouFriend they are of their time!
@@LouFriend you took the words out a black mans mouth. thankyou. this comment shows that not all who are white are wrong. something i thing needs highlighting in these times.....how times have changed eh?
@@damiankimmins3880 this is true. also, go f*ck yourself.
Love the wee wifey in this fab advert. And I still sing I'll be your dawg 😂
"Well, johnson, I think that we should advertise our orange drink by including every black stereotype ever in one commercial."
"ah, fuck. why not? let's do it."
And yet, back then, it was just nice to have a bit of black representation on the telly, even if it was through the medium of a surreal animated juice advert. We were *very* white round here back then. It was ridiculous. We loved the Um Bongo ad too - literally the only contact we kids had with black culture, apart from Tigh & Boomer in BG, Mr T and the puppet Barry Hercules in Star Fleet; I am not even joking.
They used to call it 'racialism', lol
I thought those kind of stereotypes in media like this died out by then (1980s).At least in 1980s America.
@@KrillLiberator we were much happier back then, murder rates were way lower. So many prisons had to be built that the whole country now is just one giant open air internment camp. Back then we could afford to kid ourselves, that these people just need some love. Well we gave it, and now look at us. Being slowly invaded and replaced by the very worst of humanity. An evil so depraved so insatiable, and seemingly irresistable to the whores they made of us
I absolutely love this advert
I loved this ad as a kid. I still hear the dialogue and music in my head. And there is simply no denying that this is a literal parade of black stereotypes from the late 1800s and mid 1900s. Whether that's racist or not us up to you to decide. However, it was certainly not created to put black people down or in their place as someone comments below. it was created to sell orange juice, and be funny and memorable.
Think of it from another perspective. Exact same commercial, but it's Irn-Bru and a bunch of Scottish stereotypes are chasing it. Guy with bagpipes. Guy in kilt. Old skinflint. Rich miser. Etc. etc.
Or it's Guinness and a parade of Irish stereotypes are chasing it.
Or Vodka and a parade of Russian stereotypes are chasing it.
It's either racist for all these things, or it's not racist. Just because it's Black does not automatically mean it's racist.
James Bigglesworth no but it was slightly insensitive, that's why the future versions of this add were amended slightly to make the kid actually look black rather than this caricature
I appreicate what your saying however racial mockery and cultural mockery are too different things. Scottish people have a rich culture, they are still white, the Russian stereotypes you mentioned (Eastern European Russian) are also white. You can logically compare them (mocking any race and/or culture is wrong) but they are not the same thing. I grew up with this advert and as an adult - we should all be able to point at this ad and say its wrong. It hosts a variety of racist depictions of black jim crow stereotypes, that were created to undermine and incorrectly impersonate black people.
Please give this wikipage a read and comment with any questions x
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crow_(character)
@@cherrykuroink theres a big difference between jim crow characters and actual crows. "The character conventionally dresses in rags and wears a bed hat and torn shoes"....that's the jim crow depiction, tell me where you see that in this advert.
@@cherrykuroink You must be a blast at parties. I mean, if someone invited you to a party.
This ad is pure genius.
When this came out no one would have been offended.
untill recently i never ever thought as a child when i saw this advert at the cinema that it was offensive, its part of all 80,s kids great memories from the cinema.
Most of us didn't know any better. I never asked any Black people what they thought of it at the time.
I'll be your dawg.
Kia ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA.
😂
Does anyone else get Ralph Bakshi vibes from this?
Not really..
Nah, this is too well animated to remind me of Bakshi.
Watched this 10 times in a row now. Replayed the first 20 seconds 20 times.
0_0 this music is hypnotizing.
Now I find you can keep pressing 1, to make your own beat. This advert has got me hooked now. If only there weren't negative overtones to it......
As in one of the comments below, at school we used to go around saying 'I'll be your dog, woof, woof'. It was just a fun advert and I am sure lots of school kids did this. Nothing whatsoever to do with race, we didn't even think about it.
Exactly!
Jam spoons would have a field day with this these days.
Holy shit, I remember this advert.
Love it! Classic advertising! I miss seeing this
Richard William's animator's survival kit book brought me here
All of us.
"Too orangey for crows!" #spaced
ill be your dog woof woof woof lol
Simon Pegg is the reason this has been stuck in my head for hours.
bom “‘It’s too orangy for crows!’ Brilliant!”
"What are you talking about?"
Great memories 🤣🤣🤣growing up in the 1980s with this 🤣🤣🤣
I used to love this ad when I was a kid - at school we'd go round singing: "I'll be your dog"! I had black school friends. We all sang it together. I idolised Public Enemy, Ice T and De La Soul - loved the sound.
Attitudes change. This ad now reminds me of Spike Lee's film Bamboozled. Makes me think now that the UK has always been a strange place to live when it comes to racial attitudes. It's still not the same hot potato that it is in America, but unfortunately it still exists here .
Well said. Ten years on 😁🤜🤛
De La Soul, PE and Ice T? Good on you!
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@@Hellwyck All good music, for anyone who wants to listen! 🔊👍🙂👌
Me too i was born in 77
Hit the nail on the head there .
I miss the 80-90s sweets music and films
Love the kiaora
Look on the bright-side. At least Kia-Ora isn't a grape flavored drink.
Then what is it? I have no idea even after watching it 6 times.
It's a fruit drink.
Khoabang Tranluong the line "too orangey for crows." may give you a clue...
Orange flavoured
@@kelseygallo813 Grapes a fruit
I used to get up and reinact all of these singing birds.
I knew a bloke who did some of the drawing on this ad, Pete the Artist, hello Pete if your out there.
huh, neat :)
He was here a couple of years ago. He's been cancelled since then though 🤷🏻♂️
@@MarcoNegrisEye Interesting, thanks. Do/did you know Pete by any chance? Haven't seen him in years.
please bring this back
If they did there’d be carnage.
Okay, the crows' voices are scaring me.
i can't get this out of my head, thanks kia ora
"arf-er-arf-arf-er-arf-arf-arf" I'll be your dog!
To this day i STILL use the phrase "i'll be your dog"
Sign of a good advert that.
Or maybe you’re into kinky stuff
Lol reminds me of the Iggy Pop song “An’ I Wanna Be Your Dog” ..
I was 5 or 6 when this ad was on tv. I didn't see black, or white. Or yellow or green or blue or pink. I just saw a child, exactly the same as me (white by the way), and some seriously cool crows with a catchy tune. I loved it. Naive? Yes probably. Rascist? Only if you make it so. To me though, it was pure delight. Never drank it, but loved this ad every time I saw it.
Bet they are hoping this ad doesn’t resurface lol 😂
must be 20 odd years since I last saw this ad. Cheers for posting it
Thanks for the clarification. I was aware of the apartheid-style segregation laws in the USA, but I didn't know what they were called.
The disconnect probably comes from our experience as black British people being very different from that of African-Americans (I'm not saying that no black British person would know about the Jim Crow laws, just that they don't form a part of our history and culture).
I remember this so well growing up in the 80s
Kia Ora bosses in the 80s: "We don't see colour!"
Unless it's silver and gold and on little metal disks! :)
Who gives a fuck, really??
Except orange, of course.
Endless childhood summers.
They only make and sell Kia-Ora in Ireland now!
They sell it in my local shop in England.
@@philiphubbard6234 My bad. I just checked and it's only produced in Ireland now but sold in England too ✌️
@@GhastlyCretin My local shop does import drinks, chocolate and beers from around the world and Kia Ora was very popular, so I was in two minds if the owner imported Kia Ora from Ireland, has I've not seen it sold anywhere else, also Caramba who did the music released it has a single called, Fedora (I'll Be Your Dawg) great extended version they did.
@@philiphubbard6234 That song has been in my head for at least 30 years lol. Amazing how these ads stay in your mind. Great advertising.
Still sing it now. I saw and still see nothing but a lucky Caribbean kid drinking orange juice. Growing up as a pale white kid in a grey skied council estate in the North East I could only dream of being him.
what is jotaro's favorite juice
kia-ORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORA
Back in a time when people weren't offended by everything!!!
People moan if it's racist to blacks and others,but when it's whites we just get on with it,I mean this advert isn't meant to be racist,if I was black I would be enjoying the video!
Those cartons of juice were epic as a kid.
I had to get all my baby teeth extracted because of This an Ribena 🤣🤣🤣
"Drink it then convert it to pee!"
I showed this to my mum and she said she remembers it from when she was 20
Can I just say, I worked with one of the animators on this add years ago, and guess what... he was black.
And?