I loved the Weetabix gang... and was a proud member of the fan club.i have a load of Weetabix boxes and stuff featuring the characters thanks to eBay,but I had a bedroom full of stuff back in the day
I searched for the Crunchie ad featuring a young Toff showing off his quintessential English stableyard then mounting one of his horses whilst boasting something like “ this was given to me by Daddy and is all mine- including all the Young Fillies - hundreds that I’ve broken in ….personally ! “ With that , a huge Crunchie bar appears and knocks the big boaster off his mount. The ad was soon pulled and I couldn’t find it anywhere in YT. 👍
@@RetroSpectives i thought maybe the last one as there was no dialouge just music, in spitting image 1980s they had a weetbix skin puppet it was rude but funny, never found it on many youtube searches.
Weetabix always made me feel sick, partly because my father used to make something he called "Weetabix porridge" on the stove, mashing a pile of the things in with milk and then leaving it there for ten minutes. The stench was awful and me, my mother and my sister refused to eat it. I don't really like any cereals to be honest. I used to look forward to Saturday when it was either bacon and mushrooms on toast or sweet corn fritters. Yum.
So I think the skinhead thing around 1982 was a crossover with the kind of ska music fans, like the specials who has Ghosttown as number 1 in 1981and Madness who has number 1 with Our House in 1982, so later there was obviously a big split with the antiracist two-tone ska skinheads (leading to the formation of SHARP skin heads against radial prejudice in 1987) so I imagine that's why they gradually toned down the skinhead-ness of them until eventually by the end they were like a middle aged suburban family (around the time Bixie's voice changed)
In the early 80’s, around 82 or 83, I was a proud member of the Weetabix Club!!! Do you remember that? You got all sorts of Weetabix gang stuff. I wish I still had it all, it probably all got filed into the bin by my Mum though, at the earliest opportunity! 😂
Yeah, I've forgotten all about The Weetabix Club. Sounds like members received a lot of bonus goodies. That's the thing about childhood memories - we get rid of all our old stuff over the years, (then spend years on eBay trying to buy it all back! 🤣)
@@RetroSpectives Exactly! As I’ve got older, I’ve got more and more nostalgic for the 80’s and 90’s! I have even started buying stuff on eBay, though I agree, I wish I had kept my own stuff, I had loads of it! Gutted! You don’t think about it when you are a teenager or even in your 20’s. Nostalgia started creeping in my 30’s and went full blown in my 40’s!
@@London_Native I look at myself now and how nostalgic I feel and I remember 40-50 year-olds when I was a boy, reminiscing about their childhoods. I realise I've kind of become them. Natural cycle of life, I guess.
I suppose it can still happen these days and they call it .. Memes? Catchy ads are a good example of the 1980s' version of 'Going Viral'. As you say though, it'll never again be like it was when there were only a couple of TV channels and everybody watched the same things.
I loved the Weetabix gang... and was a proud member of the fan club.i have a load of Weetabix boxes and stuff featuring the characters thanks to eBay,but I had a bedroom full of stuff back in the day
I feel like I missed out, not being a member of the Weetabix Club. I used to love joining fan clubs back then.
I searched for the Crunchie ad featuring a young Toff showing off his quintessential English stableyard then mounting one of his horses whilst boasting something like “ this was given to me by Daddy and is all mine- including all the Young Fillies - hundreds that I’ve broken in ….personally ! “ With that , a huge Crunchie bar appears and knocks the big boaster off his mount. The ad was soon pulled and I couldn’t find it anywhere in YT. 👍
That sounds proper funny. Definitely one to use if it turns up in the wild.
Can still quote the Break Dancing advert from memory OK!
Yep! That track is still in my head now after making the video. 😂
Loved weetabix because of these characters. I entered a competition and won a glow in the dark poster of the characters.
It's those little prizes and free gifts .. I have a lot of fond memories of all those trinkets.
Thanks for this, its been interesting.
No probs. Always a pleasure making these videos.
@@RetroSpectives let me just ask, was the final weetbix advert, the one when they sang weetbix just do it??
@@markgreet3543 I'm not sure if it was the last ever, but it was definitely late in the run & probably one OF the last to be produced.
@@RetroSpectives i thought maybe the last one as there was no dialouge just music, in spitting image 1980s they had a weetbix skin puppet it was rude but funny, never found it on many youtube searches.
@@RetroSpectives end of the era im certain,there was no dialogue,and it seems looking back in retrospect the best way to end it.
Great video. I could never remember the name of the “hard guy” Weetabix, so thanks for helping prompt my aging memory!
To be honest, I couldn't remember ANY of their names until I started looking up info for this video. 😂
Great stuff mate, I still love my Weetbix now 😆
I'm a bit weird with mine, so I'm told. I like my Weetabix fairly soggy before I eat it.
Weetabix always made me feel sick, partly because my father used to make something he called "Weetabix porridge" on the stove, mashing a pile of the things in with milk and then leaving it there for ten minutes. The stench was awful and me, my mother and my sister refused to eat it. I don't really like any cereals to be honest. I used to look forward to Saturday when it was either bacon and mushrooms on toast or sweet corn fritters. Yum.
I've always been a cereal eater, but I have to admit you can't beat a good full English breakfast.
Shown on RTE advert breaks in Ireland & worldwide.
So they had quite the global reach, then.
So I think the skinhead thing around 1982 was a crossover with the kind of ska music fans, like the specials who has Ghosttown as number 1 in 1981and Madness who has number 1 with Our House in 1982, so later there was obviously a big split with the antiracist two-tone ska skinheads (leading to the formation of SHARP skin heads against radial prejudice in 1987) so I imagine that's why they gradually toned down the skinhead-ness of them until eventually by the end they were like a middle aged suburban family (around the time Bixie's voice changed)
Sounds about right. I remember reading something along those lines when researching this video.
In the early 80’s, around 82 or 83, I was a proud member of the Weetabix Club!!! Do you remember that? You got all sorts of Weetabix gang stuff. I wish I still had it all, it probably all got filed into the bin by my Mum though, at the earliest opportunity! 😂
Yeah, I've forgotten all about The Weetabix Club. Sounds like members received a lot of bonus goodies. That's the thing about childhood memories - we get rid of all our old stuff over the years, (then spend years on eBay trying to buy it all back! 🤣)
@@RetroSpectives Exactly! As I’ve got older, I’ve got more and more nostalgic for the 80’s and 90’s! I have even started buying stuff on eBay, though I agree, I wish I had kept my own stuff, I had loads of it! Gutted! You don’t think about it when you are a teenager or even in your 20’s. Nostalgia started creeping in my 30’s and went full blown in my 40’s!
@@London_Native I look at myself now and how nostalgic I feel and I remember 40-50 year-olds when I was a boy, reminiscing about their childhoods. I realise I've kind of become them. Natural cycle of life, I guess.
@@RetroSteveUK Yep. I think it’s human nature. I definitely miss those days, life was simple and straightforward, I also had no stress! 😂
Did anyone else have the Weetabix radio? It looked like a little cereal box! It was a pretty crappy radio, but I thought it was seriously cool.
Takes me back to happy days with only 3 or 4 channels on the TV - where everything we watched became part of the national consciousnesses..... 'Okay'.
I suppose it can still happen these days and they call it .. Memes? Catchy ads are a good example of the 1980s' version of 'Going Viral'. As you say though, it'll never again be like it was when there were only a couple of TV channels and everybody watched the same things.
Great stuff, was the later Bixie voiced by the actress who played Avaline in Bread, the comedy set in Liverpool?
That's what I was thinking, but there's not much info out there about the actors. It sounds exactly like her, though.
Brian always struck me as the annoying kid you reluctantly let join in things because you felt sorry for him.
He never really said much, did he?
@@RetroSpectives That way he said "OK!" was really annoying as well!