Drinks (soft)
Bird’s Eye Florida Orange Juice: 1969
Pour yourself a double before breakfast.
Sip it slowly.
Remember it’s concentrated 100% pure orange juice —
freshly squeezed and frozen.
Bird’s Eye Florida Orange Juice —
For the serious orange juice drinker!
Britvic Juices: c.1960
Cartoon man bouncing on his nose is interviewed during his marathon:
Interviewer: Mr Claude Thrush is nose-bouncing from York to Truro.
Claud Thrush chants: Britvic Juices are juicedly good!
Britvic 55: 1960s
55% pure orange juice — 100% sparkle!
Canada Dry (1)
Emigrate to Canada Dry — for the sake of your Scotch!
Canada Dry (2)
Something smoother happens with Canada dry,
The … …. …. that you've gotta try,
So just ask your barman for whiskey and Canada Dry,
Something smoother happens, something smoother happens
Something smother happens with Canada Dry.
Club Orange: 1982
Finding my place
And a drink in my space
Double light to the very last bubble,
Club'll be there anywhere I go,
The big O (big O, big O, big O),
Coming through with the taste,
Gonna peel me some more,
It’s the big O flow — Club Orange,
It’s the big O flow — Club Orange,
Yeah, it’s the big O flow — Club Orange….
Coca Cola/Coke (1)
Feel really refreshed
Work and play at your best,
It’s the refreshingest,
Pause for a Coke, ice cold, Coca Cola,
Pause for a Coke !
Coca Cola/Coke (2): 1963
Things go better with Coca Cola,
Things go better with Coke!
Coca Cola/Coke (3)
Birds and bees and all the flowers and trees,
Fishes on the line,
Girls and guys and yellow butterflies
Saying“Hallo summertime “.
Ice cold Coke on the back of my throat
Saying “Hallo summertime “
Hey summertime, hey summertime,
Like …………………. and you and me and summertime.
Coca Cola/Coke (4): 1971
I’d like to buy the world a home
And furnish it with love,
Grow apple trees and honey bees,
And snow-white turtle doves.
I’d like to teach the world to sing
In perfect harmony,
I’d like to buy the world a Coke
And keep it company.
(I’d like to teach the world to sing
in perfect harmony,
I’d like to buy the world a Coke
and keep it company.)
It’s the real thing! Coke is what the world wants today.
[New Seekers]
Coca Cola/Coke (5): 1970
Give me dat ring!
Coca Cola/Coke (6): 1982
OK kids take it away….
Coke is it!
The most refreshing way
To make the most of every day
And wherever you go, whatever you do
There’s something big waiting — for me and you,
Coke is it!
The sweetest taste you've ever found,
Coke is it!
The one that never lets you down,
Coke is it!
The most refreshing taste around
Co-ke is it! Coke is it!
Coca Cola (7): Diet Coke: 1984
The world is changing, the time is right —
Introducing Diet Coca Cola!
The time is right … for Diet Coke,
For looking good and living good,
It’s Diet Coca Cola!
Real Cola tastes so good you'll feel refreshed,
One calorie to look your best,
For you and me the time is right for Diet Coca Cola!
Corona: c.1960
Corona — sparkles up with joy,
Corona — for every girl and boy.
Come drink it up to the very last drop,
It’s got a sparkle in the middle
And a tingle at the top!
Corona lemonade: 1976
Let’s get fizzical!
Fizzical trainer: C’mon, c’mon, c’mon, move, move, move.
These aren't just any old bubbles getting into this bottle of Corona
No sir! are they fizzy! Every one has passed the Corona fizzical
Mmm — nice!
Boy it’s really tough back there!
Voice-over: Corona — every bubble’s passed its fizzical.
Fizzical trainer: Ah, that’s it boys — let’s see you fizz, fizz, fizz!
Cremola Foam
Cremola foam fizzes and foams, foams and fizzes….
Cresta: 1974
(A bear is talking to farm animals)
Bear: Do you know what all the bears up at the North Pole drink when they're thirsty?
It’s the sea man — the Arctic Ocean!
Now me, I'm really into this frothy Cresta — like this strawberry flavour.
(Cows moo and chickens cluck etc.)
The day they start making the Arctic Ocean in strawberry is the only day this young bear’s going to drink it!
Voice-over: Cresta in five fruity flavours.
Bear: It’s frothy man!
Crusha
I want some Crusha, a little Crusha
It’s tough enough to make milk shake!
Evian
(Middle aged people enjoying themselves in a swimming pool)
Wouldn't it be nice (ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba)
Drink Evian, live young!
(Tune: Wouldn't it be nice (if we were older etc.) by the Beach Boys)
Fanta
Welcome to the world.
Idris lemonade
I drink Idris when I’s dri,
Idris is the drink to buy,
I drink Idris, I drink Idris,
Idris when I’s dri.
Irn Bru [then called Iron Bru] (1)
Made in Scotland from girders,
Unpronounceable too!
Made in Scotland from girders,
It’s called Barr’s Iron Bru!
Irn Bru [then called Iron Bru] (2): 1960s?
(Mother is seated at the piano, husband and children sing along)
Mother: Ready everybody?
Everybody in the world loves Iron Bru
(I do, I do — me too!)
Everybody in the world loves Iron Bru
(He does, she does — me does!)
Mother: And I ’specially love Iron Bru —
Even though I used to be a man —
Even though I used to be man!
(Mother is then shown whistling while shaving)
Irn Bru (3): 1984
We're walking in the air
I'm sipping on an Irn-Bru
My chilly snowman mate
Says he would like some too.
I tell him: get your own,
He looks like he is going to cry,
I tell him once again …
The Irn-Bru is mine.
Now I'm falling through the air,
I wonder where I'm going to land,
He nicked my Irn-Bru,
And let go of my hand.
(crash)
[Tune: We're Walking in the Air — from the animation film, The Snowman]
Irn Bru (4)
Think different, drink different.
Irn Bru (5)
Wouldn't you know it, it’s one of those ads,
Lots of kids with white teeth and giant shoulder pads,
It’s not a drink by those crazy Yanks,
It’s made right here, you know it’s tougher than tanks,
Made in Scotland from girders,
Unpronounceable too,
Made in Scotland from girders,
Barr’s Irn Bru.
Kia-Ora (1)
A-u-r-o-r-a
Don't forget the Kia-Ora!
Kia-Ora (2)
[Cartoon]: “It’s too orangey for crows, It’s just for me and my dog.”
Crow: “I’ll be your dog!” [starts barking]
“We all adora Kia-Ora!”
Lilt
The totally tropical taste.
Orangina
Shake the bottle — wake the taste!
Pepsi (1): 1967
Come alive! You're in the Pepsi Generation!
Pepsi (2): 1974
Er — excuse me I hope you don't think I'm trying to pick you up or anything as a matter of fact normally I find it quite difficult to talk to girls but I bought you this Pepsi and came over to try to get to know you because well it’s — you look like the kind of girl I could talk to….
[The Girl replies in a foreign language — he hasn't a clue what she is saying!]
Lipsmackin'thirstquenchin'acetastin’motivatin'goodbuzzin' cooltalkin'highwalkin'fastlivin'evergivin'coolfizzin' — Pepsi!
Pepsi (3): 1978
Well, they can supercharge our hot-rods, they can fuel-inject our motors,
But all I need’s an ice-box to cool my Pepsi Colas,
Well, a fistful of Pepsi makes the chicks miss a beat!
(Nice motor, fellas, wow Pepsi — that’s neat!)
So when you're cruisin' with your buddies and you wanna jump the queues …
Lipsmackin Pepsi cures the summertime blues
(Lipsmackin Pepsi cures the summertime blues).
[Tune: Eddie Cochran’s “Summertime Blues “]
Pepsi (4)
Geek: Hey Eddie, how come you're such a big hit with girls?
Eddie:
Well you can tell by what I'm drinking that I'm really kinda smooth,
Oh yeah, Uh-huh-huh.
I take a Pepsi from the counter and I stroll up to the booth,
Oh yeah, Uh-huh-huh.
And when I get to where they're sittin'
That’s my chance to treat those kittens
To a …
Girls in booth:
Cool Pepsi Cola
Lipsmackin' Pepsi Cola.
PLJ Lemon Juice: c.1970
PLJ cares so naturally for your beauty!
Quosh (1): c.1963
Quosh for flavour — Quosh for fun,
the party drink for everyone.
Orange (orange) lemon (lemon) — bitter lemon too!
It’s the capital taste with the capital Q —
(Q-be-dooby-doo)
It’s Quosh!
Quosh (2)
(Cricket)
Hitters and knitters all agree: Quosh — that’s better!
Quosh (3): 1970s
(An ape-like creature from another planet)
We cannot survive without the drink you call Quosh:
Any drink can quench the thirst
But only one can Quosh it.
Help us … if only for the sake of our children!
Ribena (1)
The blackcurrant health drink.
Ribena (2): 1985
I'm a one-horn, two-eyed, Sparkling Ribena drinker
(one-horn, two-eyed, Sparkling Ribena drinker)!
New Sparkling Ribena!
Sure tastes good to me!
[Tune: Purple People Eater]
Robinson’s Lemon Barley: 1970s
Ken Rosewall: If you've ever wondered where players sweat it out before their Centre Court match, it’s here —- the Wimbledon waiting room. This is where you sit and feel the tension building up. Luckily, they think of everything at Wimbledon, and I always made a bee-line for this Robinson’s Lemon Barley … the refreshing glucose and barley drink … invented for Wimbledon over forty years ago. It really helps you keep your cool!
Voiceover: Robinson’s Lemon Barley —- good and refreshing!
Robinsons Barley Water
(Wimbledon — Ladies' Singles final)
Umpire: Advantage Miss O'Winnit. Quiet please!
Linesman: Net!
Umpire: First service!
(A tired ball boy goes off to the rest-room where he pours and gulps down a glass of Robinsons barley water. He pours similar drinks for the other ball boys and spots a tray to place them on. The tray is actually the sliver salver / Rosewater dish / Ladies' Singles trophy!)
Umpire: Game, set and match …
(The ball boys rush to grab the Robinsons drinks, and an official takes the empty tray … the trophy)
Voiceover: Robinsons Barley Water — anything else just isn't tennis!
Robinson’s Orange Barley Water
Robinson’s Orange Barley Water — it’s worth getting thirsty for (song).
R. White’s lemonade: 1973
I'm a secret lemonade drinker,
(R. White’s, R. White’s)
I've been trying to give it up,
But it’s been one of those nights
(R. White’s, R. White’s).
R. White’s lemon-a-a-ade,
R. White’s lemon-a-a-ade,
I'm a secret lemonade drinker,
(R. White’s!).
[Sung by Elvis Costello’s dad]
Schweppes (1): 1962
(A child is dreaming on Christmas Eve. Jingle bells jingle and a sleigh with reindeer appears)
Dashing through the snow
On a one horse open sleigh
Through the fields we go….
Child: It has to be, it can only be!
Santa: Schhh…..You-Know-Who! Ho-ho-ho-ho-ho!
Schweppes (2): 1963
Schhh….You-Know-Who!
[With “Top Secret” star William Franklyn as a secret agent]
Schweppes Tonic Water
Schweppervescence lasts the whole drink through!
7-UP (Seven-up) (1)
Now that’s refreshing.
7-UP (Seven-up) (2): 1982
(Featuring Pak-Man game)
Play to win. You never lose when 7-UP is the one you choose.
It’s a natural kind of taste — nothing else comes near.
7UP cools your thirst — 7UP the difference is clear.
Does what only it can do — nothing else comes near.
It’s a clean refreshing taste — 7UP the difference is clear.
7UP cools you … 7UP suits you.
7UP —- the difference is clear.
Sprite (1)
Cool, crisp, clear: obey your thirst.
Sprite (2)
The lime and lemon taste of Sprite
Joins our celebrations,
The taste of limon mix is right
On holiday occasions.
Sprite makes brighter holidays,
Limon is the reason,
Sprite goes well so many ways
To bring you cheer this sea-ea-son.
[Tune: “Good King Wenceslas “, and advertised at Christmas]
Tab
Tab, Tab cola, as good as can be,
Tab, Tab cola, one calorie.
It’s only got one calorie.
Tizer (1): 1960s
Tizer — The surpriser
Tizer (2)
Drink Tizer — The appetizer!
Tizer (3): 1970s
We can tell it’s Tizer when our eyes're shut!
Tree Top
There’s more fruity flavour in,
Fresh fruity flavour,
True fruity flavour in,
Tree Top!
Tropicana (1): late 1970s
100% pure squeezed sunshine.
Tropicana (2)
If it tasted any fresher, it would still be on the tree!
Um Bongo
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!
Vimto: 1960s
It twinkles right up your nose!
Vimto: 1981
Vimto’s gonna get'cha in the end!
7-Up (1)
No matter what the time of day
7-Up your thirst away!
7-Up (2): 1980
Get up and go!
Canada Dry
Cariba
Cocopina
Fresca
Panda Pops
PLJ (Pure Lemon Juice)
Ribena
Roses Lime Juice
Tiptree orange drink
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