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Happy St. Patrick's Day 1987! Shut up. Sorry it's late, it has literally been uploading all day.

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The Hard Sell Episode Ninety-Seven: Guinness

Advertising: the rattling of a stick in a swill-bucket? Welcome to the show where the stick rattles back: The Hard Sell. Adverts from history, treated with the respect they deserve. This episode: Guinness! The iconic white-topped black stout that rules Ireland. Featuring zoo animals, cryptic Dutchmen and lucid dreaming, because not everything in black and white makes sense.

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Chris Oakley

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, Matthew, but it seems Arte have issues with their content in your video... :(

Daniel James Webb

A Franco-German television network blocking a British video about an Irish beverage? Must be something to do with Brexit!

Chris Oakley

Fantastic stuff, and thanks for your persistence with the re-uploading. I think Guinness might just be the most interesting brand of all from the point of view of British TV advertising. So many great ads down the years. Aside from the Rutger Hauer 'scarecrow' one, I think I like the Pete n Dud ads of the early 70's the best, but then I am a bit old.