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Can anyone offer information or suitable links for Flake Girl adverts parodies. Partner's told me about one from 'Birds of a Feather' where Dorien was eating a Flake during a prison visit, and had all the male inmates watching her, can anyone add any more to that, or any other seductive parodies involving the Flake, or any obscure info on the Flake.

It's for here 'Flake - The Erotic Chocolate' - A13692549

It's a collaborative Entry, so if I use anyone's info they will be credited to the Entry.

CD/Em

you want the info here? Or on the link provided?

Jasper Carrot (Brummie comedian) did a spoof flake advert in one of his shows. He did the one with the woman in the bath that was overflowing as she lost herself in the delights of eating a flake. At the end, he pops up in a scuba outfit from the other end of the bath with a handful of flake wrappers to tell the woman her problem is the drain is blocked with flake wrappers.

I may have remembered slightly incorrectly though.

Posting them here is fine, Ictoan, now you mention it, I vaguely remember that one, I like Jasper's Commercial Breakdowns, or whatever they were called, and have watched most of them.

I'll credit your name to the Entry next time I sign in the Club's account.

Emmily

Ah, before anyone tells me, I've worked it out, it was from 'Canned Carrott'

CD/Em

Wasn't it flake that sponsored Anthea Turners wedding for the price of clutching a flake in every photo.

Didn't "Not The Nine O'Clock News" do something along these lines as well?

Sorry, no linkage, just a bad memory (a bad bad whatsitsname)...NTNOCN is poorly documented on the interwebnetworkthingy.

RF

I've got the info on the Snow Flake and Anthea's wedding, FamousFi

RF, I used to watch 'Not The Nine O'Clock News' but don't recall that sketch. maybe someone else will remember it. I spent quite a while searching 'net for it, no joy.

I know someone who sort of collects videos, he (says he) has over 2000, maybe he's got a few 'NTNOCN' or 'Canned Carrott' videos he can lend me.

Emmily

I've got vague memories of someone sticking a flake in a pint of bitter...but I could be wrong. That's all I've got.

Not what you want I think but Boddingtons did an ad where Melanie Sykes was in an ice cream van and this fit bloke was running after it - when he got there she gave him a Boddies with a thick head on it and asked "Do you want a flake in that luv?"

I loved those Boddington ads. Especially the one where Mel says "Ere Tarquil, have you got your trollies on back to front?"

Ah yes, the one with the ice cream van in the desert and a runner. Yeah, i liked the adds (shame the beer is not so good!) and I guess it could be mentioned as it was specifically a flake. But that's more a parody of 99s than chocolate.

I beg to differ on the quality of that particular bitter

But I think that might actually be what I was thinking of lady...

it's about on a par with Worthies and John Smiths!

Had no joy with the videos

Any suggestions for Flake trivia?

CD/Em

Hmm, depends. I've never actually found this out, are the flakes in '99s (the ice creams) actually flake flakes or are they something else? And is one derivative of the other if so?

Yes, they are actually Flakes, but half the size (3 inch) produced for the ice cream trade since 1930.

I should have included a link to the Entry, so you could read what's already there, and now it's difficult to post a link, as I don't at the present time have C&P capability. I'll post a link later, if no one beats me to it.

CD/Em

Link to flake entry

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