Generating interest for mashed potato is no mean task, this award-inning 1970’s commercial put ET into context. Who knows what might have happed if Dr Who or Mr Spock had wandered onto the set? As for the rest of us, we are “clearly a most primitive people”. Remember, this was before Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsay hit our screens.
Smash Mash Potatoes, 4.4 out of 10 based on 42 ratings
Ah, the early seventies, the conquest of space fresh in our minds and eveyone turning to dried space age foods. Wonder how many ads from 2010 will have the same longetivity?
great advert
Easiest way to make a shepherds pie – just add lots of butter and seasoning!
This was my favourite advert as a teenager. I hated Smash but made my Mum buy me the stuff because of the adverts. The power of advertising hey?!
This my second most favourite advert of all time.
insulting your audience isn’t generally a good idea but this pulls it off, just
Ah, the early seventies, the conquest of space fresh in our minds and eveyone turning to dried space age foods. Wonder how many ads from 2010 will have the same longetivity?
still love smash its my guilty secret
The all time classic! Love the advert but prefer real mash!
i used to love smash when i was little and ill never forget those silly martians things
didnt like smash back in the day, though it was ok in emergencies. shall never forget the ads for it though.
loved smash when i was little..but prefer prope4r stuff these days. The ad is an all time classic..
Smashing
Quite appealing but not as effective now as it would have been at the time.
Awful product but great advert
I never liked smash! Give me proper mash any day! Love the ad tho
I will never forget the “for mash get smash”