October 2007

So Nicole Kidman curls up on the sofa and plays Nintendo brain games? I hardly think so. I believe her beautiful Chanel ad, but not this. Sorry. P.S. Watch the Steve Davis snooker parody

Do you know any women who sit around discussing their slow digestive transits? No. Me neither. In fact, the very thought of it gives me that bloated feeling.

…what big idea would you use for your ad campaign? Vodafone posters have a Work Naked headline and backview cartoon of a lardy naked body sitting on an office chair. Good point, well made. But not a pretty sight!

I keep seeing the Australia “So where the bloody hell are you?” TV ads. It seems there have been lots of complaints from we whingeing poms about the bad language – Wikipedia has a fascinating discussion on the subject. But remember this is from the country which got away with Read more…

30 years old but, with petrol prices rising again, it’s as relevant today as it was then.

Have you seen this ad about your carbon footprint? Very disturbing.

… do most mobile phone ads seem aimed at aliens or teenagers? I use a mobile phone too, and I probably have more disposable income than they do! I just don’t get it. Just two examples, one recent, one older: Phones 4 U ‘Ted the Squid’ ad. Strange colour, strange Read more…

I saw the new Aero Bubble ad last night, featuring three of my favourite things: 1. A muscled hunk (much better than the Diet Coke bloke I wrote about before, at least this one is a grown-up and he has a cute smile) 2. Chocalocahoc (mmm) 3. Humour (the conversational Read more…

“Hoik” Great script, great OTT acting, but such a shame that the lovely Nationwide will always be linked with that nasty bank manager (as I mentioned here.) Watch and enjoy the ad in full, on YouTube.

The current ads for TRESemme hair products claim to be ‘only for professionals’, and feature Ricardo from The Salon bursting onto a film set and wrestling the bottle from Georgia Goodall, beauty editor of Reveal. Watch it here. Trouble is, it’s badly written, poorly acted and quite obviously a set Read more…