Well, it's been a while since I posted, but I just had to share this one.

 

I was watching a program on Sky Travel tonight about Australia - "Aussies: Who gives a XXXX" and it reminded me of the old Fosters adverts that used to involve "ockers" going out beer drinking. Unlike the modern ads which are very slick, the ones I'm thinking of were quite a bit more....errr...rustic.

 

Scenes that I can remember are :

 

A bunch of guys are outside an off license loading up the ubiquitious "ute" truck with stacks and stacks of lager cans ready for a trip into the bush. I mean, we're talking hundreds of cans of lager here. One guy turns to the other and says "what about something for the Sheilas?" The other guy then says something along the lines of "you're right...." then shouts "BRING OUT 2 BOTTLES OF SWEET SHERRY FOR THE LADIES".

 

When the guy comes back outside and puts the two bottles of sherry for the 'ladies' on the back of the truck, weighed down by lager, the back of the truck collapses - at which point one guy turns to the other and says: "Looks like we've overdone it with the sherry..."

 

Next advert showed the guys out driving along a dusty track. Halfway across a rickety old bridge the timbers give way and the back of the truck (still laden with a LOT of lager) drops down and the whole car teeters precariously ready to fall at any minute. They guys inside the cab look at each non-plussed while a "sheila" sitting in the back looks panicked.  She looks round and takes stock and says to the guys in the cab "I reckon we'll be alright if we lose some weight off the back". One guy in teh cab turns to the other and says "mm...good sport your missus".

 

Classic adverts!  And thats not even mentioning the Paul Hogan series either....

 

Anyway, a quick search on Youtube and I couldn't find any of these but I did find one of the hogan ones - have a look at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj87yXaPyHk

 

If anyone knows a link where I can see some of the other adverts please let me know as I'd love to see them again.

 

Anyway, back to my beer....