The Madness Of Ronnie, Sekonda, And The Honda City

I have an ear worm, and sometimes the best way to exorcise those burrowing nuisances is to share them. So, this is what’s eating into my cerebral cortex right now – Madness, only it’s Madness flogging us a watch.

Which reminded me that Ronnie Barker once tried to flog us the same thing.

It’s not the first time that Madness have retrofitted one of their songs for an advert either. Here they are wanting us to buy the new Honda City. (Warning: May Contain Noel Edmonds).

,
Buy My Books
  • Nineteen 90s Shows
    Nineteen 90s Shows

    I wrote another book about television. I like television. I like television so much that the first thing I modelled and printed on my new 3d printer was this … I made some more after that too. There’s a few more, including TVS, ATV, and HTV, but I bought you here to talk about my…

Follow
Most Read
  • Re-Casting Keanu
    Re-Casting Keanu

    Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him eight years older than Clive Dunn was when he was first cast in Dad’s Army. But don’t panic, Clive Dunn was always playing much older characters than his own age. Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him seven years older than Stephanie Cole was when she was first…

From The Archive

Sign up for my FREE newsletter