Does You Does? TV Adverts

After the iconic Access and Money adverts, the next most memorable must surely be “Does you does or does you don’t?”, based on Louis Jordan’s 1944 song Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby? All of the Does You Does adverts were made by the agency Gold Greenlees Trott and produced by Rose Hackney/Aardman Animations. Here, a couple in a restaurant have racked up a pretty stiff bill.

• The restaurant bill caused frustration,
• I couldn’t pay for my crustacean,
• But flexible… is so digestible…
• Does you does or does you don’t take Access?
• Does you does or does you don’t take Access?

End voiceover by Paul Nicholas.

A man getting ready in his hotel room phones for tickets to a show at the Regent Theatre. The 1991 variant shows a different style of Access card at the end.

• I wanted tickets for tonight,
• I phoned so I could expedite,
• It wasn’t hard… I just flexed my card…
• Does you does or does you don’t take Access?
• Does you does or does you don’t take Access?

End voiceover for the 1990 advert by Paul Nicholas. Voiceover for the 1991 variant unknown.

A man checks into a hotel in France.

• You can’t rely on notes from banks,
• Pounds don’t work here – only Francs,
• Plus flexibility, mon plastique ici,
• Does you does or does you don’t take Access?
• Does you does or does you don’t take Access?

End voiceover unknown.

The last in the series is slightly different. It’s more musical, and ends with a new slogan, spoken in what now seems a rather condescending tone… Doesn’t everyone?

End voiceover unknown.