Good adverts again
Mike Plowman
We haven't had this thread for at least a month so I'd like to start
it off again.
Not really any really good new ones around.
The Levi's babe, The McDonalds 'babies' one are still probably the
best at the mo, however the one that tickles me at the moment is the
one for the Homepride Curry sause with the Asian couple with wife with
the broad scouse accent. 'Top scran' and 'Eat up, yer at yer aunties'
Excellent!!
Mike Plowman
Bicester
UK
Tony Marshall
That ad's rubbing salt into the wound around here - Campbells have
taken over Homepride and plan to close a local factory. Won't be many
takers in the Maryport area I bet!
"Hello-wah" - I can't get that Channel Four snippet out of my head..
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A.J. Kelk
ec...@dial.pipex.com (Mike Plowman) wrote:
}
}We haven't had this thread for at least a month so I'd like to start
}it off again.
}Not really any really good new ones around.
}The Levi's babe, The McDonalds 'babies' one are still probably the
}best at the mo, however the one that tickles me at the moment is the
}one for the Homepride Curry sause with the Asian couple with wife with
}the broad scouse accent. 'Top scran' and 'Eat up, yer at yer aunties'
There really are some marvellous adverts around. With reference to the
McDonald's "babies" one, is that guy just trying to be Hugh Grant or what?
His whole shuffling, nervous, stuttering nature is very reminiscent of him.
I have a friend from Liverpool (yes, I do have friends) and he has never ever
heard anyone say "eat up yer at yer aunties". Does anyone know what that
means??
Other good ads include pot noodle and touch and fresh (junglistic one)
To reverse the situation - bad ads -
1. Colgate Total with the woman who smiles a lot. (her last grin towards
camera is INFURIATING)
2. Chatline ads.(0891 27 27 27, etc)
3. Twix one that is always on during the break in the Chart Show
4. Lucky Lotteries "Lady Luck" campaign
Andy
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Dave Ewart
: To reverse the situation - bad ads -
: 1. Colgate Total with the woman who smiles a lot. (her last grin towards
: camera is INFURIATING)
: 2. Chatline ads.(0891 27 27 27, etc)
Been up late again have we? :-)
Dave.
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Steve Biggs
ICS...@leeds.ac.uk (A.J. Kelk) wrote:
>
>To reverse the situation - bad ads -
>1. Colgate Total with the woman who smiles a lot. (her last grin towards
>camera is INFURIATING)
>2. Chatline ads.(0891 27 27 27, etc)
>4. Lucky Lotteries "Lady Luck" campaign
5. The Head and Shoulders woman who throws her hat away.
6. The Coco Pops monkey who "turns the milk chocolatey".
7. "Never have multi-grained oats and wheat tasted so good" Cheerios.
8. Any other American ads badly dubbed with British voices.
Steve.
C
|> In article <4f21ns$6...@soap.news.pipex.net>,
|> ec...@dial.pipex.com (Mike Plowman) wrote:
|> }
|> }We haven't had this
|>
|> 1. Colgate Total with the woman who smiles a lot. (her last grin towards
|> camera is INFURIATING)
|> 2. Chatline ads.(0891 27 27 27, etc)
|> 3. Twix one that is always on during the break in the Chart Show
|> 4. Lucky Lotteries "Lady Luck" campaign
|>
|> --
|> Long is the way that out of hell leads up to light
I feel like chicken tonight. Chicken tonight!!!
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A.J.Blews
: I have a friend from Liverpool (yes, I do have friends) and he has never ever
: means??
Basically translated its: kids, your are at aunt ethel's house, so you will
be good and you will eat everything up.
: Other good ads include pot noodle and touch and fresh (junglistic one)
touch and fresh is that new highly addictive drug isn't it?
A.J. Kelk
}<bad ads thread snipped>
}Nooooo!
}Any minute now, someone is going to say "Echerlentay!" and
}it'll all start again...
}Let's stick with the good 'uns..
}Like The Walker's crisps/Gazza/Lineker one
}The 'clips' Colgate one ("Lucky man..she's a honey!")
}The Polaroid one, with hungover bloke in chemist
}The Worthington's Harry Enfield/dog food pisstake
}Um
}Can't remember any more...
How about the "Hula Hoops are round, not square. They'll stay round and
they'll be a-round forever!!!"?
Tris
or 'Oi loikes armadillos! Crunchy on the outside, smooth on the inside!
Armadillos!'
(mind you that one hasn't been on for a while.)
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Tris
ICS...@leeds.ac.uk (A.J. Kelk) writes:
>In article <4f7n43$o...@hyperion.mfltd.co.uk>,
>}>
>}>To reverse the situation - bad ads -
>}>1. Colgate Total with the woman who smiles a lot. (her last grin towards
>}>camera is INFURIATING)
>}>2. Chatline ads.(0891 27 27 27, etc)
>}>3. Twix one that is always on during the break in the Chart Show
>}>4. Lucky Lotteries "Lady Luck" campaign
>}
>}6. The Coco Pops monkey who "turns the milk chocolatey".
>}7. "Never have multi-grained oats and wheat tasted so good" Cheerios.
>}8. Any other American ads badly dubbed with British voices.
>Andy
>
Don't forget the 'Arn-drex ultra' ad (If you managed to catch them when
they were first shown you'll know what I mean) where the yank woman goes around
in the helicopter like something out of 'Treasure Hunt' on a european
quest to show that a piece of tissue can soak up a whole pint of beer in
seconds!!!
K. Quinn
Nooooo!
Any minute now, someone is going to say "Echerlentay!" and
it'll all start again...
Let's stick with the good 'uns..
Like The Walker's crisps/Gazza/Lineker one
The 'clips' Colgate one ("Lucky man..she's a honey!")
The Polaroid one, with hungover bloke in chemist
The Worthington's Harry Enfield/dog food pisstake
Um
Can't remember any more...
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Keith Aitken - SUN Scotland
=>In article <4f770c$87s...@leeds.ac.uk>,
=> ICS...@leeds.ac.uk (A.J. Kelk) wrote:
=>>
=>>To reverse the situation - bad ads -
=>8. Any other American ads badly dubbed with British voices.
For example, the ad for "Kinder Milk Slice", showing in the STV area at present, dubbed from German, and the dubbing is *appaling*, by far the worst I've seen in an ad (yes, even worse than the Juicy Fruit "We're meeting the girls later, what about your onion-breath" one.
KDA
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Julian Cracknell
>
>In article <4f7n43$o...@hyperion.mfltd.co.uk>,
> s...@mfltd.co.uk (Steve Biggs) wrote:
>}In article <4f770c$87s...@leeds.ac.uk>,
>} ICS...@leeds.ac.uk (A.J. Kelk) wrote:
>}>
>}>camera is INFURIATING)
>}>2. Chatline ads.(0891 27 27 27, etc)
>}>3. Twix one that is always on during the break in the Chart Show
>}>4. Lucky Lotteries "Lady Luck" campaign
>}
>}5. The Head and Shoulders woman who throws her hat away.
>}6. The Coco Pops monkey who "turns the milk chocolatey".
>}7. "Never have multi-grained oats and wheat tasted so good" Cheerios.
That Kinder Milk slice one is absolutely appalling. I never thought I would
see anything that made the Double Mint advert look good, but this is
undoubtably it.
--
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Smoke fags, drink beer, eat lard.
Martin Underwood
(for Alliance & Leicester?). You know, the one set in an office: "this is
the poison; this is the departure lounge". I'm sure I've seen her recently in
something, but I'm blowed if I can remember where...
Martin Underwood
: A.J. Kelk (ICS...@leeds.ac.uk) wrote:
: : I have a friend from Liverpool (yes, I do have friends) and he has never ever
: : heard anyone say "eat up yer at yer aunties". Does anyone know what that
: : means??
: Basically translated its: kids, your are at aunt ethel's house, so you will
: be good and you will eat everything up.
Not a very good advert for the product: "Even if you don't like this
curry, you WILL eat it because you're on your best behaviour"!
Simon Ritter
: We haven't had this thread for at least a month so I'd like to start
: it off again.
The one I like at the moment is one I'm not sure is being shown on the
terrestrial channels. It's an add for Budweiser (or Butt-wiper as an
American friend of mine refers to it). It has a group of ants carrying
a bottle back to the nest. They manage to upend the bottle into a hole in
the ground, then there's some movement before the familiar psst of the top
coming off. The bottle empties into the nest at which point Disco Inferno
starts playing and the ground starts jumping.
I must get out more...
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Dom Robinson
ICS...@leeds.ac.uk (A.J. Kelk) writes:
>In article <4f7n43$o...@hyperion.mfltd.co.uk>,
> s...@mfltd.co.uk (Steve Biggs) wrote:
>}In article <4f770c$87s...@leeds.ac.uk>,
>} ICS...@leeds.ac.uk (A.J. Kelk) wrote:
>}>
>}8. Any other American ads badly dubbed with British voices.
>Like the Fiat Bravo/Brava ad? And the Kinder Egg ones? Marvellous.
And if her father was really connected to the internet while he went out,
he must have one hell of an expensive phone bill!
His daughter is a babe though :)
TTFN,
Dom
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That's Carla Mendonca (cedilla on the 'c' in Mendonca). She used to be in
C4 comedy series "Pushing up the daisies" with Hale and Pace but she's been
in a few other things too (including radio). (It's not Alliance and Leicester
though - Allied Dunbar perhaps?).
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D Howat
Yeah, and talking of annoying overdubbing, I don't reckon it's her
that's singing the song! ;-)
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Martin Adamson
>: : I have a friend from Liverpool (yes, I do have friends) and he has never ever
>: : heard anyone say "eat up yer at yer aunties". Does anyone know what that
>: : means??
>
>: Basically translated its: kids, your are at aunt ethel's house, so you will
>: be good and you will eat everything up.
>
>Not a very good advert for the product: "Even if you don't like this
>curry, you WILL eat it because you're on your best behaviour"!
No, up here in Scotland the phrase means "Normally you kids have to eat
sensibly and you are not allowed to gorge yourself on trifle and chocolate
eclairs, but since you are at your auntie's you are getting a special treat and are
being allowed, nay, encouraged, nay, compelled, to stuff your faces." In that
context, it makes sense.
Martin
C
|> In article <4f7eva$2...@charlie.lif.icnet.uk>,|> }: To reverse the situation - bad ads -
|> }: camera is INFURIATING)
|> }: 2. Chatline ads.(0891 27 27 27, etc)
|> }
|> Andy
|>
|> --
|> Long is the way that out of hell leads up to light
Right. I guess someone has got to mention the new tango ad, you know, the
spanking one. Well weird.
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Matthew A Webster
the new Peugeot 406 ad. Why can't car manufactures stick to sex for selling
cars? Anything that tries to associate war/suffering around the world
(important) with luxury goods (not important) annoys the hell out of me. Or
perhaps I don't understand the ad. Anyway I think the ad execs should take a
406 to Bosnia and see how long it lasts amonst the mines & sniper fire ;-).
Alan Mockler
> In article <4fdbm7$s...@lorne.stir.ac.uk>, c...@cs.stir.ac.uk (C) wrote:
> > Right. I guess someone has got to mention the new tango ad, you know, the
> > spanking one. Well weird.
I too thought it rather dodgy, even for tango.
The new 406 one is quite good IMNSHO, some of the sequences are poor but some
are simply excellent. The little girl smiling at the oncoming jacknifed tanker
and the earthquake bit are very very clever.
Still won't have one though.
Alan.
Stuart Fotheringham
Underwood) wrote:
> A.J.Blews (cmt...@palantir.soc.staffs.ac.uk) wrote:
> : A.J. Kelk (ICS...@leeds.ac.uk) wrote:
> : : I have a friend from Liverpool (yes, I do have friends) and he has
never ever
> : : heard anyone say "eat up yer at yer aunties". Does anyone know what that
> : : means??
>
> : Basically translated its: kids, your are at aunt ethel's house, so you will
> : be good and you will eat everything up.
>
> Not a very good advert for the product: "Even if you don't like this
> curry, you WILL eat it because you're on your best behaviour"!
My wife's from Liverpool and she claims "eat up yer at yer aunties" is a
stock phrase she heard all the time when she was a kid; used whenever she
went for "tea" around a friend/relative's house.
Homepride curries suck anyway, and "Low Fat" who cares, do Homepride think
we're American food-fadists.
Stuart Fotheringham
> Right. I guess someone has got to mention the new tango ad, you know, the
> spanking one. Well weird.
>
Matthew J Newton
>Who is the woman in the latest "Let's face the music and dance" advert
>(for Alliance & Leicester?). You know, the one set in an office: "this is
>the poison; this is the departure lounge". I'm sure I've seen her recently in
>something, but I'm blowed if I can remember where...
She played the sidekick of the eponymous detective in the pilot episode
of "Wycliffe", although she was replaced for the series proper.
I also seem to remember that she had a regular role in the ITV Saturday
morning show "Motormouth" a few years back when they had an on-going
soap opera concerning some people who worked behind the scenes on the
show.
Matthew.
Matthew J Newton "People say that I'm too reasonable to have
Dorchester, Dorset, UK. opinions, but I don't know about that."
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d...@cybersurf.co.uk
>The new 406 one is quite good IMNSHO, some of the sequences are poor but some
>are simply excellent. The little girl smiling at the oncoming jacknifed tanker
>and the earthquake bit are very very clever.
Really - I thought it was one of the most offensive and exploitative adverts I've seen in several years...
>Still won't have one though.
Good. Shame - I used to quite like Peugeot.
dave
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>moc...@prl.research.philips.com (Alan Mockler) wrote:
>
>>The new 406 one is quite good IMNSHO, some of the sequences are poor but some
>>are simply excellent. The little girl smiling at the oncoming jacknifed tanker
>>and the earthquake bit are very very clever.
>
>Really - I thought it was one of the most offensive and exploitative adverts I've seen in several years...
>
I think that this ad is excellent, esp. with the backdrop music (M People - Search
for the hero, or something like that). How the hell can you see this as being
offensive and exploitive? The idea behind the advert is about peoples thoughts,
so how can you see this one mans thoughts as being offensive? But saying that,
logging onto the Internet via a cafe in Edinburgh is pretty pretencious, so I
suppose you are used to talking through that thing you sat on in the 'cafe'.
The full advert is 3 minutes long and is easier to follow, but has only been
shown in full once on British TV.
(The scene with the tanker was filmed with an eight year old stunt girl standing
motionless in front of the skidding tanker (she was also some Rodeo horse
rider as well, so knew what she was getting herself into)).
>>Still won't have one though.
>
>Good. Shame - I used to quite like Peugeot.
What do have against Peugeot? Is it because they are out of your price range?
A knackered VW seems to fit your image a bit more.
>
>dave
>
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>I think that this ad is excellent, esp. with the backdrop music (M People -
Search
>for the hero, or something like that). How the hell can you see this as being
>offensive and exploitive? The idea behind the advert is about peoples thoughts,
>so how can you see this one mans thoughts as being offensive? But saying that,
>logging onto the Internet via a cafe in Edinburgh is pretty pretencious, so I
>suppose you are used to talking through that thing you sat on in the 'cafe'.
>
Shurely, "Pretentious", n'est-ce pas?
At least Dave paid for his net access - he didn't write it in his office in the
middle of the afternoon when he was supposed to be working, unlike some people
not a million miles away.
>What do have against Peugeot? Is it because they are out of your price range?
>A knackered VW seems to fit your image a bit more.
>
I also found the ad somewhat offensive. It gives the impression that if you
drive a Peugeot you can do no wrong and that you're a 'hero'. Rather than
boosting the positive qualities of the car (if any) it panders to the male ego
and reinforces the idea of 'car as penis extension'. This sort of advertising
is banned when the product is an alcoholic beverage; maybe there would be fewer
road accidents if car ads were oriented more away from the ego of the purchaser.
Regards,
Pete [owner of a Rover Penis Extension].
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Alan Mockler
> zls...@meehpf.ee.man.ac.uk (Mark Whidby) writes:
> >> Who is the woman in the latest "Let's face the music and dance" advert
> >> (for Alliance & Leicester?). You know, the one set in an office: "this is
> >That's Carla Mendonca (cedilla on the 'c' in Mendonca). She used to be in
Now I might be wrong, but I thought her name was Carmen Mendonca.
Or am I confused with that bird with the fruit on her head?
Alan.
S.E. Morris
THUNDERCAT@ (Scott Jamieson) writes:
>In <4flh8f$p...@lemon.easynet.co.uk>, d...@cybersurf.co.uk writes:
>>moc...@prl.research.philips.com (Alan Mockler) wrote:
>>
>>>The new 406 one is quite good IMNSHO, some of the sequences are poor but some
>>>are simply excellent. The little girl smiling at the oncoming jacknifed tanker
>>>and the earthquake bit are very very clever.
>>
>>Really - I thought it was one of the most offensive and exploitative adverts I've seen in several years...
>>
>
>for the hero, or something like that). How the hell can you see this as being
>offensive and exploitive? The idea behind the advert is about peoples thoughts,
>so how can you see this one mans thoughts as being offensive? But saying that,
>logging onto the Internet via a cafe in Edinburgh is pretty pretencious, so I
>suppose you are used to talking through that thing you sat on in the 'cafe'.
(Is this really necessary? It's not even witty!)
I find it rather sickening and exploitative too. The music *is* nice
but I totally dissagree with the images used. There are *real* people
who put themselves in those kind of situations every day. (Well, okay
maybe not jumping infront of a tanker, but you get my drift!!). There
are people in the emergency services, and armed forces who risk their
life a little every day just to help others. I'm thinking particularly
about the rescue services and the troops trying to keep the peace in
hotspots around the world.
Personally, linking these brave people with the marketing of a
car is in my opinion cheap, expoitative and offensive. Buying the
car won't turn you into a hero, as the images and music are subtly
trying to suggest.
>The full advert is 3 minutes long and is easier to follow, but has only been
>shown in full once on British TV.
>
>(The scene with the tanker was filmed with an eight year old stunt girl standing
>motionless in front of the skidding tanker (she was also some Rodeo horse
>rider as well, so knew what she was getting herself into)).
Where did you read that? Those head-on shots look suspiciously like
they've been digitally altered. The shot of the tanker wizzing past
the girl and the bloke may well be _real_ though!
I thought UK law prohibited the use of child actors in dangerous
or potentially hazzardous scenes?? Maybe it was shot outside the UK?
>>>Still won't have one though.
>>
>>Good. Shame - I used to quite like Peugeot.
>
>What do have against Peugeot? Is it because they are out of your price range?
>A knackered VW seems to fit your image a bit more.
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>
>In <4flh8f$p...@lemon.easynet.co.uk>, d...@cybersurf.co.uk writes:
>>moc...@prl.research.philips.com (Alan Mockler) wrote:
>>
>>>The new 406 one is quite good IMNSHO, some of the sequences are poor but
some
>>>are simply excellent. The little girl smiling at the oncoming jacknifed
tanker
>>>and the earthquake bit are very very clever.
>>
>>Really - I thought it was one of the most offensive and exploitative adverts
I've seen in several years...
>>
>
>I think that this ad is excellent, esp. with the backdrop music (M People -
Search
>for the hero, or something like that). How the hell can you see this as being
>offensive and exploitive? The idea behind the advert is about peoples
thoughts,
>so how can you see this one mans thoughts as being offensive? But saying
that,
I agree with the previous writer on this one - it is exploitative and
offensive. Quick summary
"Here's some dead people
Here's a bloke who's about to die
Some tanks
More death
Small tot about to get crushed to death
More tanks
Buy our nice car", all accompanied by this "search for the hero" crap that
seems pretty patronising when set to images of people in a war zone.
>logging onto the Internet via a cafe in Edinburgh is pretty pretencious, so I
>suppose you are used to talking through that thing you sat on in the 'cafe'.
Ignoring the fact that you spelt 'pretentious' incorrectly, this is a wanky
thing to say. The bloke puts a reasonable case which you disagree with, so you
use the fact that he posted from a cafe as a way of slagging him off. Twat
>
>>>Still won't have one though.
>>
>>Good. Shame - I used to quite like Peugeot.
>
>What do have against Peugeot? Is it because they are out of your price range?
>A knackered VW seems to fit your image a bit more.
Again, a completely pointless and stupid slagging of the previous poster.
>
>>
>>dave
>>
>>This message has been posted from the public cafe account
>>at Cyberia, 88 Hanover Street, Edinburgh. The opinions
>>expressed herein are not necessarily those of CyberSurf Ltd.
>>Please report inappropriate use to d...@easynet.co.uk.
>
>
>Scott
>
Julian
Mike Plowman
What about the Clover ad with the veg in symbolic posing.
Oooo-er, missus!
Mike Plowman
Bicester
UK
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Ian Collier
> The music *is* nice
>but I totally dissagree with the images used.
I've only just discovered that I have encountered this advert, because
I'm not usually looking at the telly when it's on. I still haven't seen
all of it, but I must point out that I have rarely heard a singer with a
more irritating voice. The way that woman sings has me on edge within two
seconds. That sound is just not nice. Etc etc.
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>>>>The new 406 one is quite good IMNSHO, some of the sequences are poor but some
>>>>are simply excellent. The little girl smiling at the oncoming jacknifed tanker
>>>>and the earthquake bit are very very clever.
>>>
>>>Really - I thought it was one of the most offensive and exploitative adverts I've seen in several years...
>>>
>>
>>I think that this ad is excellent, esp. with the backdrop music (M People - Search
>>for the hero, or something like that). How the hell can you see this as being
>>offensive and exploitive? The idea behind the advert is about peoples thoughts,
>>so how can you see this one mans thoughts as being offensive? But saying that,
>>suppose you are used to talking through that thing you sat on in the 'cafe'.
> (Is this really necessary? It's not even witty!)
>
Er, FYI, I wasn't being 'pretencious' [sic] by logging on via an Internet Cafe. I was logging
on via the cafe in order to earn some money, seeing as I work here. (If that's OK with you?)
>Personally, linking these brave people with the marketing of a
>car is in my opinion cheap, expoitative and offensive. Buying the
>car won't turn you into a hero, as the images and music are subtly
>trying to suggest.
Exactly what I meant, but work meant I didn't have time to say.
>>What do have against Peugeot? Is it because they are out of your price range?
>>A knackered VW seems to fit your image a bit more.
Eh?
dave
d...@cybersurf.co.uk
Systems Administrator
Cyberia Internet Cafe
Edinburgh
Edinburgh Cyberia 1
>: At least Dave paid for his net access - he didn't write it in his office in the
>: middle of the afternoon when he was supposed to be working, unlike some people
>: not a million miles away.
Ta for t'support, but sadly, that's *exactly* what I was doing!
Dave
David E Newton
d...@cybersurf.co.uk
Systems Adminstrator
Andrew Boulton
> The oddest thing about the whole thing is that the slogan is "There's
> no such thing as an average person" when what they *so obviously*
> want to say is "there's no such thing as an average *man*". Any
> comments about how larger cars are always marketed for men and smaller
> ones always for women?
Well, men seem to prefer big cars and women smaller ones.
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Andrew Boulton
Julian Cracknell
<snip>
>Don't forget the 'Arn-drex ultra' ad (If you managed to catch them when
>they were first shown you'll know what I mean) where the yank woman goes
around
>in the helicopter like something out of 'Treasure Hunt' on a european
>quest to show that a piece of tissue can soak up a whole pint of beer in
>seconds!!!
The pathetic thing about his ad (apart from all the other pathetic things
about this ad) is that it quite clearly isn't true. When the woman swipes the
tissue across the bar you can see great smeary dribbles of beer being left
behind which magically disappear when they show the final shot.
I hope nobody gets the impression that I'm sad enough to study adverts to spot
flaws in them 'cos that would be quite wrong. A friend told me about it.
Definitely. Honest.
Chris Freeman
Chris.
