Lost 90's Woolworths (UK) Easter advert featuring CGI alien
Dec 7, 2021 19:41:11 GMT
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Post by guardian452 on Dec 7, 2021 19:41:11 GMT
As a child, I distinctly remember watching an advertisement for the company Woolworths (or Woolies as it was sometimes shortened to) which must have aired in the run up to Easter 1998. The advert featured a CGI alien crashing into a Woolworths delivery truck and examining the various goods within the truck. At one point, a stack of Easter Egg boxes crashes on top of him, prompting the driver to stop the truck and take a look inside the truck. At this point, the alien is dressed up in clothes and a wig disguised as a mannequin.
I have attempted to track down this advert to no avail, but have found out that the alien's name was Keith and he appeared in two other adverts for the company (including a Christmas advert that had a similar premise to the one I described): www.woolworthsmuseum.co.uk/1990s-Keith.html
However, the one I described doesn’t appear to be anywhere online. I’m certain it existed as I had it on a VHS tape throughout my childhood. The only other details I have are the instance that it aired at the time it was recorded onto the VHS - airing on the channel ITV in between a Looney Tunes short and an episode of 90's CGI Cartoon ReBoot at the end of that day's CITV schedule (back in those days, terrestrial TV channels aired dedicated programming blocks for children throughout the week). Based on the UK airdate of that specific ReBoot episode (that being The Episode with No Name), that instance would have been on Thursday the 2nd of April 1998 sometime between 4:30 and 4:45 in the afternoon.
Sadly, I no longer have that tape in my possession, and there is no record of the advertisement existing outside of my own memory, but I’m certain it actually exists. Anyone else remember this particular advert? Does anyone have it recorded somewhere?
I have attempted to track down this advert to no avail, but have found out that the alien's name was Keith and he appeared in two other adverts for the company (including a Christmas advert that had a similar premise to the one I described): www.woolworthsmuseum.co.uk/1990s-Keith.html
However, the one I described doesn’t appear to be anywhere online. I’m certain it existed as I had it on a VHS tape throughout my childhood. The only other details I have are the instance that it aired at the time it was recorded onto the VHS - airing on the channel ITV in between a Looney Tunes short and an episode of 90's CGI Cartoon ReBoot at the end of that day's CITV schedule (back in those days, terrestrial TV channels aired dedicated programming blocks for children throughout the week). Based on the UK airdate of that specific ReBoot episode (that being The Episode with No Name), that instance would have been on Thursday the 2nd of April 1998 sometime between 4:30 and 4:45 in the afternoon.
Sadly, I no longer have that tape in my possession, and there is no record of the advertisement existing outside of my own memory, but I’m certain it actually exists. Anyone else remember this particular advert? Does anyone have it recorded somewhere?
