Talk:Milk Tray

Am I alone in thinking the Milk Tray Man deserves his own page? I'd say Milk Tray Man was of much greater significance than the chocolates. --Joeboy (talk) 14:23, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Removed references to Andrew Baker as it has no bearing on the actual topic. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.110.82.64 (talk) 20:07, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

'James Bond' reference
I'm not sure where we could find a reliable website that would say that the man in the ads was meant to be a James Bond-like person. Most of the references are on blogs and the like.

The references I can find on generally 'reliable' sites are shown below (all bold statements are formatted by me!):

"Milk Tray of course became hugely famous for its advertising, with its James Bond-style hero who dives off cliffs, pilots helicopters through storms and speed boats over waterfalls ‘all because the lady loves Milk Tray’. Today over 8 million boxes are sold every year."
 * Cadbury's own website mention it (but I'm not sure if they can be used as a source, as they are the makers of the product):

(|Cadbury: Cadbury Milk Tray, Flake and Crunchie)

"And if the Flake Girls appealed to men, what woman could resist the ‘Milk Tray Man’. This hunky James Bond-style character piloted helicopters, dived off cliffs and drove speed boats to leave his calling card – and of course a box of Milk Tray chocolates."

(|Cadbury: Cadbury Advertising in the 1970s

"In that 2000 commercial [for Milk Tray], he had also abandoned his James Bond-style antics in his attempt to woo his lady, simply handing her the chocolate box." (Cadbury denies the demise of Milk Tray's Man in Black)
 * Brand Republic, who carry information about the UK marketing, media and communications industries, say this:

"And all because the lady loves Milk Tray." A woman's confectionary inclination inspires a James Bond-alike to throw himself into the ocean on a suicide mission."
 * UK's Channel 4 TV also consider it to be a play on James Bond:

(Vintage Chocolate Adverts)

I don't know if any of these would count as being sufficient citations for the statement? I think anyone who has seen it knows that it's a James Bond-like figure - but obviously, not everyone reading this article would have seen it!  Phantom Steve  ( Contact Me, My Contribs ) 17:41, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Last “official” Milk Tray Man…?
The article says that “Alan Riley was officially the last Milk Tray man”. As James Coombes has returned in October 2015 to launch the search for the next Milk Tray Man, should that line be altered - does the “search” advert count as part of the series? Jock123 (talk) 09:37, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

External links modified
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