I have no idea if that is a real commercial, but in my mind, it is.
Hahaha ... of course it's real.
I don't know if the Ariston brand is still going in the UK, but they had great adverts for a few years.
This is the one that everyone remembers, it uses the theme from the Gameboy version of Robocop ...
A deflemask version of the track is here ...
http://www.deflemask.com/forum/show-off-your-work/cover-game-music-on-a-different-system/msg4776/#msg4776And it sounds pretty-close to the original, although I always preferred Mat's GB Navy Seals title tune to Jon's GB Robocop title tune.
Ariston nailed it with the "on, and on, and on, and on ..."
I only know about that guy because he had a small role in The Young Ones...and a few episodes of some other show aired, like ONCE over here. I don't think anyone (in the States) knew him outside of the the Young Ones, so I kept wondering, "How did this guy get his own show?"
This would be late 80's-early 90's... He would walk on the sidewalk, talking to the camera (monologue).
"Alexei Sayle's Stuff" would be the show that you remember. I lasted 3 seasons, but I don't have fond memories of it.
It ended the year before "The Young Ones".
At this very moment, I am listening to the song "Momotarou" (Peach Boy) by the Japanese electronic group Wednesday Canpanella. I don't normally post in this thread, but I'm fascinated by the PC Engine references in this song and thought I'd share;
I am pretty sure I have a fever and your entire post is the product of my hallucinations.
That's one seriously weird song!
Ok, I don't even know who this is? And she is on TotP, so it can't be obscure, by any means.
Toyah Wilcox ... married to Robert Fripp (King Crimson, Fripp & Eno).
She was everywhere for about 12 months, and then dropped like a stone (although Wikipedia says that she has 20 albums).
This is my comfort food.
That's great to see, I don't remember it at all ... and it's very appropriate for the times.
