I saw the new Cillit Bang advert and immediately felt like I’d entered an alternate timeline.
Because WHY is Barry Scott gone?!
That man wasn’t just advertising cleaning products. He was:
✨ a cultural icon
✨ a jump scare
✨ the loudest man on British television
“BANG! AND THE DIRT IS GONE!” wasn’t a slogan.
It was a national event.
Kids who grew up in the 2000s didn’t learn about cleaning from parents. We learned from a chaotic bald man aggressively shouting at limescale before The Simpsons came on.
And now he’s just… gone?
What’s next?
Replacing the Go Compare man with someone who sings quietly?
The meerkats becoming regular humans?
The DFS sale actually ending?
I reject this new reality. 💔
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