Tango - Orange man

OK If you remember these adverts, you will understand what I am talking about, however, if you didn't catch any of them, you will think I am rather Puddled, and you may well be right! Orange Tango, is a very tangy very fizzy canned drink, and was rather popular, and still is. The advertising campaign for this drink was a little on the wild side to say the least. A character was invented, he was a fat man painted orange, wearing something like a nappy if memory serves. He went around surprising peple by issuing a sharp shock, usually by slapping them on the ears from behind. This was rewound and repeated for the benefit of the viewers, and was accompanied by a ...  Read the complete review

--Introduction-- As many of you should know, Tango is a very popular brand of carbonated drinks. They produce a number flavours including: the original orange and apple flavours as well as new flavours fruit fling, tropical and cherry. All of the flavours also come in the diet variety, for those who think that diet fizzy drinks are good for you. The brand ‘Tango’ is part of the Britvic drinks group. They also own brands such as Pepsi, Robinsons and J2O. The company has been running a series of adverts of late, to promote their orange and apple Tango flavours. They are probably among the most hilarious adverts on the television at the moment. I will ...  Read the complete review

So back in 1991 Tango thought the best way to advertise their drink was to get a man painted orange to slap another man around the face, after he had drank Tango. Enter the now commonplace catchphrase: "You know when you've been Tangoed." After much outrage due to the violence (kiddies on playgrounds were now trying to be this odd orange man, and were going around slapping each other) it was replaced by the orange man kissing the Tango drinker. This was meant to represent the taste of Tango as it "hits" you... What exactly was it a nation of fizzy drink lovers liked about this advert to make it the 3rd best advert of all time according to a ...  Read the complete review

Talk Tango and you get 5 minutes of free phone calls for your mobile! How brilliant! Tango is a very fizzy, prehaps over the top Carbonated drink. It comes in bottles and 4 different flavours. Orange, Apple, Cherry , Lemon. The taste is very strong and prehaps to much to cope with, but its still a fizzy drink that re-fuels you well when you need it. However the great thing about Tango, is you can Talk your Tongue into a Tango Twist, with free mobile phone calls. Bassically on the back label of every 500ml bottle there is a voucher with a free PIN number. This bottle costs usually around 70 pence, but of course it can vary. Then once you have the PIn ...  Read the complete review

I'm sorry but I just hate these adverts. I have seen a few over the years and I am of the opinion that they are getting worse. I thought ads were supposed to get you to buy a product, not go in the opposite direction. I think the worse one, for me, is that terrible cringing one (to promote the Tango megaphone) where a couple are eating out and the young man has to give a running commentary on everything that is going on around him. This, for me was even worse that that one where a boy is being bullied by loads of people with megaphones shouting down his ears. And to think - I used to think the little orange men were bad enough. ...  Read the complete review