Thank you Richard Branson

The Virgin Atlantic 25th Anniversary TV commercial is genius, not only because it features one of the best 80's tracks ever, but because of the stunning girls and the repertoir of 1980's memorabilia. Count them:

The miner's strike.
The Austin Princess and Ford Cortina cars, and the old single-decker green London bus.
The brick for a cellphone.
The polka-dot tie and suspenders.
The guy talking about a telex, not a fax.
Our Price record shop, Flock Of Seagulls hair do and Big Country vinyl album.
Asteroids and PacMan standup video games.
Beat bobbies with their original ultra-tall police hats.
Wimpy's hamburgers.
Pencil thin ties.
Rubic's Cube and very briefly a handheld Vectrex video game.
Flipover-type airport departure board.
Madonna-style and Blues Brothers Rayban sunglasses.
The model with white high heels, short leggings and giant hair.
And last but not least, Relax, by Frankie Goes To Hollywood, who are reported to be considering a one-off comeback tour and CD on the back of the massive popularity of this advert alone.

In all it's glory, complete with carefully synchcronised jiggling of all the girls boobies:

Comments

Paul said…
And the suitcases that are being carried, not wheeled!
11:39
Chris said…
Oh yeah - good point. I'd missed that.
12:20
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