NOSTALGIA HIT: 90's 'Have you had your Weetabix'

A great Weetabix ad now with none other than Bugs Bunny touting the cereal's benefits in a fun little sequence with Elmer Fudd. Enjoy.

NOSTALGIA HIT: 70's Typhoo Tea 'Gnu'

Here's some 70's nostalgia for Typhoo Tea featuring a civilised, tea-sipping mascot. The animations have a charm about them but what I love most about these ads is the choice of mascot, a gnu - or wildebeest after looking it up. It's as if some ad guy sat down and thought to themselves 'um, what can I rhyme with Typhoo...lets get the dictionary out'. Indeed, today, such a 'creative' piece of thought would be considered sufficiently random to be called 'outside the box thinking' and, consequently, worthy of a large agency fee.

NOSTALGIA HIT: Weetos

I love going through the decades and seeing how the advertising changes, therefore, I thought I would begin this morning with 3 decades in 3 ads for the Weetabix-owned breakfast cereal Weetos. From the fun animations of Derek and Professor Weeto in the 80's and 90's respectively to the 00's buffed-up wholegrain cereal mascot keeping physically active in the kitchen, you can certainly see the changes.

NOSTALGIA HIT: 80's Lyons Quickbrew Tea 'Giles' Ads

Back in the 80's Lyon's Quickbrew Tea - now owned by Tetley Tea - produced the following animated adverts, which were notable for employing the artwork of famous British newspaper cartoonist, Carl Giles. 

NOSTALGIA HIT: 80's Heinz Baked Beans

Kicking off the weekend are some absolutely stunning adverts for Heinz Baked Beans that feature the work of master animator, Eric Goldberg. The characters are full of expression and the hand-painted cells give the artwork a magic in warmth, depth and texture that today's digital inks, as handy as they are, struggle to conjure. Enjoy.