American reacts to Austalia's best Old Food Commercials
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The song "Mello Yellow" was written in the mid-60s & released by Donovan in 1966. It reached #2 on the Billboard charts that year. It's been a popular song used in various commercials for Coca Cola's Mello Yello, Cadburys Caramello Koala chocolates, The Gap and Lipton among others.
As for Vegemite & cheese - this has been a longtime favourite - the current commercial version of this is a "cheesymite scroll" sold by many bakers.
Caramello koala sounded like the original Yellow Wiggle Greg
You can buy a bottle of vegemite and cheese mixed together. Kid food is tiger toast, with butter, vegemite and cheddar cheese strips, under the griller, until it bubbles and browns a bit. You can eat just butter and vegemite on white sangers, you may need a bit more for a bun, the bread dilutes it a bit. Add avocado to vegemite toast, or cottage cheese, both turn down the strength of vegemite a bit. As pictured in the ad, you can add lettuce, tomato, avo, grated carrot etc, as you like it. We put a small bit in boiled veg- carrot, pumpkin, potato, for mashed baby food, add it to soups or use it in hot water as a wierd drink, swirl a spoon, with a bit on it, unti you have a good colour? Some of us eat lots of it others hardly any. The wierd bikkies in the ad, with black bits on top are vita-wheat biscuits, you butter and vegemite 'em, put 'em together, squish it and get "worms" on the outside through all the holes in them. If you had wheat bix, cereal bricks, you could butter them and top with what you liked, maybe peanut paste and honey, with banana on top. Put a big spoonful of peanut paste on the bread, make a space in the middle, put in honey and stir in, then spread out, (saves a dirty plate.) Add strips or rounds of banana, top and eat, try not lose any bits? Have you tried a Chip Buttie?, use buttered bread or a buttered roll, open a packet of salt and vinegar chips. Squash as many as you can get on there, layer them up. Squash your bread flat with your hand and work out how to pick it up and hold it together, try not to lose too many bits, stick 'em back in off the plate. For hot chips, try kfc and their gravy, on one of their dinner rolls, or on a burger roll. Try cold or hot chicken bits and avo cubes, add more salad if wanted, with mayo on one side of bread instead of butter, and gravy on the other side. Have fun.
I just love that song.
@@bronwyn6415Yep, "Mellow Yellow", never fails to make me mellow. "Catch the Wind", is a most beautiful Donovan song, too.
@bhsaproduction, "Mellow Yellow", is a classic, as is Donovan.
The US chain Burger King couldn't use their own brand in Australia, as the name had been trademarked by a takeaway chain based in Adelaide. The Hungry Jack's brand was established instead, and the first store opened in Innaloo, Perth on 18 April 1971
I grew up about 6 streets away from inaloo hungry jacks in the 70s. Kentucky fried chicken was also next door ..both stores still in the same location 50+ years later which is kind of amazing considering how built up that area is now
And being in Innaloo 20yrs ago really was like being in a loo.
@terencemcgeown2358 hey it's better than being up a swan😉 only Perth people will get that .did you live in Perth?.I lived in doubleview next door to inaloo but moved away in 1983 .wish I could afford to move back there now .very expensive now being so close to Scarborough Beach ⛱️
@@ACDZ123 yeah mate I grew up in Kenwick. I spent most of my time between Armadale & Cannington growing up until I moved to Bassendean (another toilet) I couldn't leave KGB area quick enough for Kalgoorlie. In Tassie these days.. I had a laugh at up a swan, haven't heard of that in years.
@@ACDZ123 with ACDZ in ya username have you been to Bonn Scott's grave site.? I was there the day they put up the statue of him.
A ‘Yowie’ is the mythical indigenous Australian equivalent to a Yeti/Sasquatch/abominable snowman etc.
Is it? I thought they made it up. Its hardly a common legend like the Bunyip.
"Mellow Yellow" was a song by the singer Donovan 👍
Haha, in your attemp at the aussie accent I heard , British, kiwi and South African accents but not anything resembling Australian.
My Dad picks the fruit that goes to 'Cottee's...that makes the cordial...that I like best
oh, i only know of their jams
That was one of the most catchy ones, as well as aeroplane jelly and Vegemite song.
@@suesmith7946 I'm a Weetbix kid
@@KingOfGamesss oh yeah! How could I forget that one!
@@suesmith7946 Not...happy...'Jan'!
Mellow Yellow is actually an old pop song, which is why Caramellow Koala has the same tune
A 60s classic by the artist known as "Donovan"
Around '67.
Mello Yello was available in Australia until the early 1990s, then got replaced by Lift, which stayed the same for a pretty long time until it got absorbed into the Fanta range for five minutes, then reintroduced as a reconfigured alternative to Solo (the other big lemon flavoured soft drink/soda/pop), then got replaced by a caffeinated lemon Sprite.
Vegemite and cheese on fresh buttered bread - absolutely! 'It goes on forever' is a dual message - the longevity of the product in the marketplace, and the value - a jar that size lasts us for 6 months.
Too difficult for this guy
Old food ads from Australia should always include Bananas- make those bodies sing! First produced in the 90s and reproduced over the years. Uplifting showing healthy, active aussie kids. Great jingle you should watch.
Wrigley's "P.K." chewing gum was named after Philip Knight Wrigley, the confectionery wholesaler's CEO from 1925 until 1961
I used to drive trucks for a wholesale grocery business in Brisbane. One of the supermarkets I went to was run by a immigrant Greek couple. When I turned up, the whole family turned out to unload the truck, ( everything came off by hand in those days. ) It didn't matter what it was that came off the truck, the store owners' two daughters knew the TV ad. jingle for it! And they would sing it! Their father used to look up at me on the back of the truck and, shaking his head, say, "Too much TV. Too much bloody TV!"
P.K gum is named after the son of the founder of Wrigley's gum - Phillip Knight Wrigley. Notice there is no full stop (or period, as you Americans would say, after the K). The Burger King name was already registered in Australia. Jack Cowin, the owner of the chain in Australia selected one of Pillsbury's food brands pancake mix - Hungry Jack. The oriental chicken wings were because of the dipping sauce. For your interest, Juicy Fruit gum in Australia is candy-coated pellets, similar to P.K. This is an advert featuring Nicole Kidman's sister, Antonia. She appears at the 4 second and 22 second mark. ruclips.net/video/8Iwb8QWXByM/видео.html
Mate you need to get out a bit ..get some excerise or something...and leave your phone at home lol
Wrigleys Gum is American Owned: Mars.
Ryan Australia pays workers way more than the US which is why burgers cost more.
I still remember people holding bags of chips saying chippie chippie chippie pretending they are gobble docs 🤣
"Mello Yello" coined a phrase used during in water restrictions to help kids remember to save water "If it's Yellow let it mellow, if it's brown flush it down".
There was also the Milky Bar Kid and Chokito ads I remember well.
The Gobbledok from the Smiths chips ad probably reminds you of ALF, that 80s sitcom about a fuzzy alien that looks kinda similar.
Regarding 'Vegemite Goes On Forever', Vegemite turns 100 years old this year. Invented in 1923.
Cheese & vegemite sandwiches are a staple of school lunches😊
So vegemite is the same age as disney
Our fast food is more expensive because australia pays a higher basic living wage, paid sick days and annual leave, free basic healthcare and we don’t have a tipping culture.
Things cost a little more because costs are a little higher.
The food prices sound expensive for the time compared to America because Australian companies have to pay a proper decent wages. Wages in Australia aren’t subsidised with tips.
mellow yellow was a song by donovan in the 60's.
Australian commercials really lifted its game in the 90s. Those targeted at children had catchy jingles. The ones aimed at adults were naughty and funny which made them more memorable. Mid 90's they began to make advertisements into series e.g. the gobbledock, where it was like watching short episodes of a show. A great example of one is "Rhonda & Ketut" from the AAMI ads.
Vegemiite can add flavour to gravy too. Nice with cheese ..the cheese kind of smoothes out the sharpness of the Vegemite..try it!
vegemite and cheese is actually pretty good 😊 aw I miss the gobbledock ad, he was so cute lol 😅
then also add on
onion and tomato 😋
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@@claire-christmas-august73haven't tried it like that, think i might but 😊
He's back too. Have seen some recent promos with him.
@@gregmccallum3124 i used to love watching him come on TV when I was a kid lol
Cute? Geez that things is scary af lol
You do know the Caramello Koala ''jingle'' was actually a Donovan Lietch song from the 1960s? (It was originally ''Mellow Yellow'')
Well, a whopper alone here is now $8.80 and a medium onion rings is $3.80.
"Mellow Yellow" was a song by Donovan, not just an advertising jingle in the US.
Funny story, I remember seeing that Caramello Koala ad right after (or possibly right before?) an appeal from Help Save the Koalas.
That vegemite slogan DID NOT STICK lol. I don't even remember hearing that one
Me either.
My brother used to mimic and dance to that caramello koala ad 😂 I haven’t seen that gobbledock ad forever, he used to imitate that voice too.
Mellow Yellow was the original song by Donovan. Many people used the song in commercials
When considering/judging fast food prices in the 90s, please remember that Australian employers were required to pay a living wage
Pizza Hut price includes home delivery we also don’t pay tips
Vegemite is great with anything that goes well with salt. Eggs, avocado, cheese (even leftover mashed potato on toast). Also a good umami boost in your cooking. It's actually pretty versatile. I don't remember that Vegemite ad and I'm an oldie - would have been a rare departure from the usual "We're happy little Vegemites" and versions thereof.
vegiemite on garlic bread
Peanut butter goes well,with vegemite
@@jenniferbell6832 I loooove peanut butter and Vegemite but didn't mention that one because most people think it is odd. Glad to see another fan!
@@merribell Whole family's spread of choice! Must be crunchy PB!
Ryan many of us have left comments about cheese, avocado or egg on Vegemite toast. Read the comments mate.
He doesn't read them. Your wasting your time. He's here for the cash and gifts, not your comment . Cheers .
He does read them! He mentions this often in his channel. Don’t forget he has a new born baby too and has to spread his time to work, this channel and family. We love Ryan ❤❤❤
@@carmie9759 he doesn't , otherwise he'd know more about Australia than we do. Love him, you don't even know him lol.
@@Watsupyoutube It's not that serious guys.
@@Watsupyoutube I agree. That became very evident back in the correct Emu pronunciation times. I still like what he posts and read my fellow Aussie's comments. Takes just a short time. One young baby (not newborn now) shouldn't stop him reading all comments.
Australia already had an independent burger place called Burger King, so the guy who wanted to set up the American Burger King here called it Hungry Jack's instead. The burgers are pretty good!
A bit weird they didnt just use Burger Queen to keep the association to BK.
They have the most amazing chips too
Its a copyright nightmare . If burger king in the states has it’s name Burger King copyright, then I don’t understand how another company in Australia could have used the same name anyway hungry jacks make great burgers and other food
@@user-oh2um5vj6g yup, makes no sense. Whoever made a chain of it first would own it globally you would think. Because normally its globally like Star Wars and Disney is not something you can just use in Italy or whatever. That's owned already. But idk about food related stuff. I kniw China don't give a flying fuck about who owns stuff. When Lucas had his premiere night on The Phantom Menace he noticed the queue was very short at the cinema but very long to some kind of video store. And he found out the queue was for the bootleg dvd of TPM that was getting a premiere that night. Thats when he found out China did their own shit. Apparently its not worth going into courts over as he was told he couldn't win. Weird but there you go.. 😎
@@ebbhead20you can’t own global trademarks - no such thing exists. Trademarks are by country and if you wish to register it in a different country you have to apply to that country and request registration of your name in their system. This is exactly what Burger King did- they went from country to country and registered their brand domestically in each. But they couldn’t do so in Australia because the name was taken.
Meals and snacks from Red Rooster are about a 100% improvement on anything KFC can throw together.
Haha I am sitting on my couch eating Smiths Chips watching this right now. Chippy chippy chippies!
"how are they doing this back in the days before visual effects?" *snort laugh* It was the 90s, not the 1900s!! And yes, vegemite goes with anything that can benefit from a salty/umami hit. Cheese & vegemite sandwiches are a classic as old as vegemite, vegemite on toast with a poached egg on top is pretty old school too, vegemite with smashed avocado is a modern update on the classic. And you should try giving any meat-based casserole a big umami hit with a tablespoon of vegemite dissolved into it.
Ummmm last I checked the 90's went from 1990 to 1999. Compositing which was used in that ad actually came into being at the start of the 1900's. Maybe you mean 1800's.
@@jackvos8047 No need to be so pedantic. My point was that he was amazed that such technology existed in the 1990s, which I found funny.
I am Australian and those Ad's are Early 90's when i was a kid.
I figured the "Vegemite goes on forever" slogan meant that if you buy large jar, it would last forever because you only use a little bit on your toast?
Vegemite goes on and on because it is so salty nothing can grow in it; and is typically used sparingly, so jars last a good while
Vegemite and avo on toast is pretty good.
The Vegemite ad with the endless Vegemite was probably done by having the Vegemite already on the bun but covered by something looking like white bun and they scraped the white covering off.
The “gobbledoc” ads were a series of commercials over several years.
I prefer hungry jacks over Macca's
@@lindamcgregor4080 ok
Nope that's not what they did at all. They used basic compositing techniques. They film the roll without anything on it then they filmed the knife moving along a pre -slathered roll. It's then a matter of masking out the Vegemite before the knife and removing the mask from behind it as it's moved along.
@@jackvos8047 you do know that ad is from like 40 yrs ago don’t you.
Compositing like that would have cost millions.
On saying that, I’m not sure how they did it. I would have done it with practical effects as cheap as possible. But that’s me. 😃
@@fugawiaus compositing has been around for 120 years or so now. If it's computer compositing they used then yes it probably would have cost millions at the time, not so much for other older technology that had been used in low budget sci-fi like Star Trek TOS & Doctor Who since at least the 60's.
Edit: A sure sign that it's not the type of practical effect that you propose is that the knife remains clean throughout.
Mellow Yellow was a 1960-70s song by Donovan. It started "I'm just mad about Saffron & Saffron's mad about me....not that I'm old enough to remember...
Congratulations! You are a fully accredited 'Honorary Aussie' when the first thing you yell while watching an old Vegemite Commercial is " OMG! That's Way TOO MUCH!"
I'd forgotten all about the Gobble Docks! There were MILLIONS of Aussie parents who wanted to climb through the screens and throttle the creators of those ADVTs - after their kids kept making creepy squeaky noises and hollering; " Chippy! Chippy! Chippeeeeeee's!'
wasnt there even a song in regards to the gobbledock? ruclips.net/video/LS76EY2SHOA/видео.html
Granted I haven’t watched all of the old commercial complications, but I haven’t seen much of the Ajax spray and wipe jingles among them, which were entertaining. Also have you seen the AAMI Rhonda and Ketut story? Those ads are also very fun :)
This was a review of old food ads. I agree the ads you've mentioned are great
Vegemite and cheese are a match made in heaven 😊
Wrigley’s is an American company. PK also stands for Pick-up Kit. The only gum strips in Australia are Wrigley’s Spearmint. The others are all pellets.
Great South African accent there Ryan, getting closer mate. We still have our poached eggs on vegemite toast, just this morning actually, great umami.
Donovan sang, “they call me mellow yellow, quite rightly….” It was released in 1967. We never had your mellow yellow, our jingle came from the Donovan song.
There’s an interesting story behind why Burger King failed in Australia and how it came to be Hungry Jack’s.
I remember the Samboy ads from the early 80s, simple and funny. Chicken flavor (a big chicken pops out and flattened the guy), salt & vinegar (guy is doused with buckets of vinegar and mounds of salt), BBQ (falls from above). Just to mention a few.
The flavour really hits you, that was the catchphrase I think.
Anyone confused about the Vegemite ad, means it goes on forever down the generations watching some of these drag me back to my childhood.
None of these ads, except for the Caramello, are iconic or memorable in any way. I do feel like Red Rooter though now.
Sourdough, Vegemite and smashed avo, yummm. We also rub Vegemite over rump roasts before roasting. Yum
TAB cola and Antz pants, two very good reasons to watch Aussie ads.
Man the chip monster scared the hell out of me as a kid. I would cry when it came on.
yes.... "Red Rooster's gone Chinese.... Oriental Chicken-wing snack". got me tooo! ahahahhaha
Oh Vegemite and cheese is awesome. But it is also great with egg and cheese, I had that only a few weeks ago. I also have it with peanut butter. Have loved peanut butter and Vegemite sandwiches since I was a little kid.
The Gobbledock campaign was from around the mid 80's. Brilliant campaign
"Mellow Yellow" is an old Donovan song.
The Red Rooster Oriental Chicken had an Oriental Sauce on it, you obviously weren't watching hard enough.
I haven't seen the Gobbledock ad in so long.
I remember as a kid you could get from KFC
10 pieces of Chicken,
2Lg chips,
Lg coleslaw,
Lg Potato and gravy,
4 rolls,
and a family sized cheesecake
for $19.95
Now you can get
10 pieces of Chicken,
2 lg chips.
For $19.95 ($13.30usd)
Aaaaah the olden days!!!
That ain’t enough Vegemite for my liking. I spread it on like I’m laying bricks…
probably shitting bricks too
Egg on Vegemite on bread is awesome. I do it regularly. On Turkish bread, lightly toasted, with sausages is my staple weekend brekkie. Cheese optional. I often include cheese (let it melt on the hot egg). Eggs usually scrambled but poached works well too.
Cheese and Vegemite sandwiches have sustained me for 60 years.
That Hungry Jacks Whopper and Onion Rings deal for $2.95 would cost roughly $16 now.
It goes on and on through the generations, as well as spreads well. Vegemite.
About the vegemite use in the old ad.
You have to remember advertising executives are often foreigners... and not all admen are Vegemite eaters.
Mellow Yellow is a song by Donovan released in 1967.
Mellow yellow was a song by British singer Donovan Leitch in the '60's
Mellow Yellow was a song by Donovan back in the sixties
Hilarious that most of those ads were imports from American culture!
Love the old Aussie ads the best btw yes we had mellow yellow I had it as a kid kinda like lemon squash haha 😂
Oriental chicken wings- marinated in garlic ginger soy and grilled/roasted (not deep fried)
The Burger King vs Hungry Jack's piece runs deeper than it seems. In fact, a later dispute between Burger King Corporation (the US company) and Hungry Jack's Pty Ltd (the Australian company that ran the Australian locations as BK's franchisee) is a really important case in Australian contract law that helped established implied 'good faith' terms in commercial contracts.
As soon as I seen him, I yelled at my phone. "I miss the Gobbledock,!"
Let's see if you can answer this crispy chips add. " Brothers and sisters have I none, this chip's farther is my father's some, who is this chip,??"
Quite a few people I know couldn't answer this question.!
Yes we do eat cheese and egg with vegemite...I like melted cheese with small amount of vegemite...after all its a salty umami flavour..wonderful with avocado on toast..you should try Ryan...😊😊😊
Wrigley's P.K. Chewing Gum is and American brand, thought to be named after Philip Knight Wrigley (December 5, 1894 - April 12, 1977). "Often called P. K. Wrigley, he was an American chewing gum manufacturer and a Major League Baseball executive, inheriting both of those roles as the quiet son of his much more flamboyant father, William Wrigley Jr." - Wikipedia
Cheers m8!
A burger and onin rings (plus a drink) in a meal is $13.80 AUD and for just the burger and onion rings is $12.90 AUD. (in Brisbane). So considering the $2.95 (AUD - USD$1.91) deal is about just over a quarter of the price back then, I think it's a pretty good deal. The Whopper in the US is around $5.95 USD (about $8.65 AUD) and onion rings are $2.99 USD (about $4.63 AUD), so in Australian dollars, it's actually cheaper to buy the burger and onion rings in AUD!!! Love your videos Ryan - keep 'em coming!
The "mellow yellow"/"Caramello" is actually the tune from British singer/composer Donovan's "Yellow Mellow". In the 60's we used to think it was a reference to smoking banana peel (thought to be hallucinogenic), which worked in well with your "what were they smoking" remark, alas it turned out to be a reference to a banana shaped electrical dildo of all things.
the Gobbledock was awesome,, chippy chippy chippy! he was quite popular back in the day. Also Yowies my kids went crazy over, they enjoyed the chocolate, but loved the animal inside, they learned a lot about them all, very educational. I still have boxes of them packed away.. waiting to have grandkids one day...
Vegemite and cheese is classic Aussie fare. Also lovely as a toastie.
We call it hungry jacks because there was already a burger king in Australia so they had to change the name.
Still say "Chippy Chippy Chippy"
Donovan's Mellow Yellow is funnily enough, a song about vibrators.
Ryan, you need to remember Australian pays their employees, a decent wage not like the Yanks have to rely on tips to get their money
Vegemite and cheese as a toastie is the hest. Also originally "Happy little vegemite" also it us 100 years old this year
90’s my teenage years. And we had Mellow Yellow soft drink
Vegemite with cheese is amazing. On toast with slice tomato is my favourite way to eat Vegemite. Can't say I've ever had it with egg though
Yeah we had mello yellow soda back in the 80s and 90s..haven't seen it around for years tho
I used to buy PK as a kid from the early '70's at the country footy
Toasted crumpet with Vegemite and cheese is amazing.
God I’m feeling SOooooo old 😫…. Everything from Caramello Koala onwards I actually remember seeing on my tv in the 90’s 😂😂…. Except Hungry Jacks, cos my town didn’t have a HJ’s in the 90’s…. That I remember lol
You could actually use Wrigleys PK chewing gum - or any brand of chewing gum - to fix a hole in the petrol tank of your car... or a small hole in your wall as it sets rock hard.
Hungry, hungry Ryan! 🙁 Yeah Caramello Koalas! 🎶😋 And "Chippies"!! 😁💕👍
Caramello koala is the only ad i remember of those. I certainly wouldn't call them classic if you can't even remember them.
you pay more than that now for the onion rings by them self.
G'Day Mate from Australia I remember some of those ads and they were funny and classics back in the 70s 80s and 90s' Australian ad writers had to come up with an idea to get the customers attention on that certain product you should see some of our other commercials us Aussies always love a good laugh and we made them big down under
Most Australian were brought up having Vegemite on toast evey morning