Alan Hansen Suits and other Celebrity Product Promos

[nagsheadwarrior]

In the mid 1990s I remember Liverpool Legend and Match of the Day pundit having his own range of black suits pedalled though Kays or Littlewoods Catalogue.
Yet I can find no evidence of this ever actually happening and no one else seems to remember, I've even tried contacting the man himself!
So anyone else remember this and whats the oddest celebrity product endorsements that spring to mind

[Proo freader]

Petrol station next to work sells water softener crystals with the strap line “the only water softener endorsed by Jimmy White” and a picture of the snooker legend

[gl20]

Jimmy Savile endorsed Velcro fasteners. It’s as if they knew..

[L1OFF]

I remember Kevin Keegan in my mums "club" book (Empire Stores?) flogging Afghan Coats.

[Turtle Shed]

I had a Keegan's Kicker soap on a rope for Christmas (around '81 I guess). Kept it boxed and in pristine condition for a quarter of a century and multiple house moves.

2007 comes along and I decide to use it. Why keep the thing? No later than a month after using it we visit Cornwall for a holiday, and happen upon Trevarno Gardens.

Home to, I kid you not, a soap museum.

That bar of Brut soap, in the shape of a footy boot could have lived out its days there. I was tearful.

Edited by Turtle Shed on Wednesday 23 February 15:44

[bigandclever]

David Beckham was the face of Cock Grease for a while.

[blue_haddock]

L1OFF said:

I remember Kevin Keegan in my mums "club" book (Empire Stores?) flogging Afghan Coats.

i can remember jason macateer and a few of the other liverpool spice boys modelling for a catalogue flogging shell suits back in the 90s too!

[Mallard126]

Proo freader said:

Petrol station next to work sells water softener crystals with the strap line “the only water softener endorsed by Jimmy White” and a picture of the snooker legend

Not seen one of these trucks for a while but they always make me imagine Alan Partridge saying "I know for a fact that Steve Davis got a conservatory out of them."

[StevieBee]

I'm fairly certain that there was a former Met Police Chief that started hawking blinds or conservatories or something.

[Mallard126]

There was an ex police chief who I think was from Yorkshire who advertised IIRC Nationwide Sun Awnings. Sitting in a deckchair with a paper. IS that the one you're thinking of? Again, must've had a freebie, or perhaps the business owner was a pal from the lodge.

[165gt]

Mallard126 said:

Proo freader said:

Petrol station next to work sells water softener crystals with the strap line “the only water softener endorsed by Jimmy White” and a picture of the snooker legend

Not seen one of these trucks for a while but they always make me imagine Alan Partridge saying "I know for a fact that Steve Davis got a conservatory out of them."

Mr Davis was still recommending all the Veka display windows when I was replacing all mine about 4 yrs ago...fairly long deal with them!

[dudleybloke]

John Stalker hawked the security blinds.

[bigandclever]

Mallard126 said:

There was an ex police chief who I think was from Yorkshire who advertised IIRC Nationwide Sun Awnings. Sitting in a deckchair with a paper. IS that the one you're thinking of? Again, must've had a freebie, or perhaps the business owner was a pal from the lodge.

It was John Stalker.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/feb/17/jo...

[Whats on Second]

on what footie channel is Hansen dispensing his punditry these days, havent seen him for a while

[cuprabob]

Whats on Second said:

on what footie channel is Hansen dispensing his punditry these days, havent seen him for a while

I don't think he does any punditry any longer.

[Dracoro]

cuprabob said:

Whats on Second said:

on what footie channel is Hansen dispensing his punditry these days, havent seen him for a while

I don't think he does any punditry any longer.

Which is absolutely magnificent.

[nagsheadwarrior]

Proo freader said:

Petrol station next to work sells water softener crystals with the strap line “the only water softener endorsed by Jimmy White” and a picture of the snooker legend

Haha superb

[nagsheadwarrior]

Dracoro said:

cuprabob said:

Whats on Second said:

on what footie channel is Hansen dispensing his punditry these days, havent seen him for a while

I don't think he does any punditry any longer.

Which is absolutely magnificent.

He's on the after dinner speaking circuit, in an attempt to confirm I hadn't imagined the suits I contacted his agent pretending to want to book him for my works Christmas Dinner while dropping in the suit question with no response gleaned!

[Tycho]

There was Henry Cooper promoting Brut in the 70’s with Kevin Keegan and Barry Sheene. "Splash it all over"

[Gareth79]

Johnny Ball flogging boilers:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k507F9xyP90