The Yellow Pages advertising from the early 80’s would have to rate as strategically some of the best – not to mention memorable & enjoyable.

The Gogomobile commercial

The Fly

Songs of Love

And one of my favourites – Roboto

The “Not Happy Jan” commercial was targeted at advertisers in the Yellow Pages – to try and build a sense that really a Yellow Pages ad was the most important part of your ad campaign – a critical part.  “Not Happy Jan” was so popular as a campaign that the phrase exists today in common use.

Robbin’s Veterinary Clinic was part of another series which featured tradesmen running into problems and finding the solutions in the Yellow Pages

P&O

P&O

Take me away please P&O was created by John Bevins but in the 80's the account was handled by O&M. I remember another classic media planning...

American Express – Mr Wong

American Express – Mr Wong

This campaign was fraught with so much controversy. In the early 80's everyone wanted to ditch it and create a new ad - after all it had been...

Qantas

Qantas

Before "I still call Australia Home" and the Australian Children's Choir commercials Qantas were "the spirit of Australia, the flying kangaroo"....