A Bank Account Kind of Guy -- or a Punk Rocker?

I'm trying to remember a commercial or public service announcement
I saw before a movie in London, England around 1983. I also saw an
abbreviated version of it on TV in England.

The ad was for a prestigious bank. An over-the-top punk rocker
(pierced everthing, spiked dyed mohawk, the clothes) was inspired
that he needed a bank account. So he needed to be a "bank account
kind of guy". So with great misery, he divested himself of all his
punker accoutrements and accessories. He even trimmed his awesome
mohawk down to nothing. Then he dressed up in a suit and tried
to get a bank account. Then into the bank walks another punker
(who still looks punk) and the protagonist chuckles, thinking he'll
never get an account looking like that. But his comeuppance is that
the other punker does get an account, and he discovers that anybody
can get an account, not just folks who look straight laced.

It was a very long advertisement...a couple minutes long.

What bank was it?
Did the commercial win a Clio?
How can I watch that commercial again? It was funny and entertaining.



NarniaFan

narniafan.RemoveThis@earthlink.net wrote:

> I'm trying to remember a commercial or public service announcement
> I saw before a movie in London, England around 1983. I also saw an
> abbreviated version of it on TV in England.
>
> The ad was for a prestigious bank. An over-the-top punk rocker
> (pierced everthing, spiked dyed mohawk, the clothes) was inspired
> that he needed a bank account. So he needed to be a "bank account
> kind of guy". So with great misery, he divested himself of all his
> punker accoutrements and accessories. He even trimmed his awesome
> mohawk down to nothing. Then he dressed up in a suit and tried
> to get a bank account. Then into the bank walks another punker
> (who still looks punk) and the protagonist chuckles, thinking he'll
> never get an account looking like that. But his comeuppance is that
> the other punker does get an account, and he discovers that anybody
> can get an account, not just folks who look straight laced.

IIRC that was Adrian/Ade Edmondson as his character
Vyvyan from the Young Ones TV series.

> What bank was it?

NatWest (National Westminster) I believe

> Did the commercial win a Clio?
> How can I watch that commercial again? It was funny and entertaining.

Dunno.

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