Simon Dunn

Scriptwriter and Comedian

Ridley Scott Adverts

Perhaps Ridley Scott’s most famous commercial is the 1984 one for Apple.

Or maybe it’s the Hovis one.

It’s probably not this one for Guinness, presumably before you could get it on draught.

But I think this one for Pepsi is the most Ridley Scott looking advert he ever did.

This one, made for a Super Bowl spot, was pulled by Nissan itself after one airing.

I like the punchline on this one for Benson & Hedges.

There is more than a bit of Blade Runner in the 1980 one for Barclays. I wonder if he was testing looks and design for the movie.

, ,
, , , , , ,

<

>

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