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Watch out....

Postby Geoff M on Mon Dec 24, 2012 12:06 pm

Watch out, watch out there's a Humphery about.

The British milk company Unigate produced a series of TV advertisements in the 1970s featuring characters called the Humphreys. The Humphreys were milk thieves whose only visible presence was a red and white striped straw with which to suck up the milk. TV personalities of the time, including Barbara Windsor, Arthur Mullard and Rod Hull featured in the adverts, but the campaign is best known for the slogan: "Watch out, watch out - there's a Humphrey about!"

My partner found some of the red and white striped paper straws in a store recently and my first thought was the advertising campaign. Who says advertising does not work! Any how these photos were inspired as a result of that recollection.

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Re: Watch out....

Postby aim54x on Mon Dec 24, 2012 8:22 pm

Interesting images....I am too young to remember the Humphreys though.
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Re: Watch out....

Postby tigerhue on Wed Dec 26, 2012 8:08 pm

Cool, amazing how you can remember such things from 30 years ago!

I've found the original advert https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpS2qH0DXpY
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Re: Watch out....

Postby Matt. K on Wed Dec 26, 2012 10:28 pm

I know how hard it can be to get a pure black background. The red and white pops off the black beautifully. Nice control.
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