June 2008

A first in the industry, watch the live sky-divers ad . And the latest version. Honda Accord – Steer..Watch the ad…

Honda ‘Difficult is worth doing’ P.S. According to Wikipedia, it took 606 takes to get it perfect.

“Toblerone. Out on its own. Triangular chocolate. That’s Toblerone. Made with triangular almonds. From triangular trees. And triangular honey. From triangular bees. Oh, Mr Confectioner, please. Give me Toblerone.” Remember that? They do say ‘if you can’t say it, sing it’, but let’s look at what that particular song says… Read more…

I’ve travelled into London three times this week, catching trains into and out of Victoria and Charing Cross, and tubes on the Bakerloo, Northern, Central and Piccadilly lines. I saw adverts at the stations, in the corridors and on the trains. And I can hardly remember any of them! Even Read more…

Last September, I wrote about an artist’s postcard that I didn’t believe would win them any business. Maybe they read my comments, because this year I received another one. This time, the front has 20 square images butted together, showing snippets of different art pieces. The instructive heading reads: “See Read more…

Or does anyone else think that hair-colour ad is ridiculous – the one where the tall girl with the dyed red hair looks in the shop window, takes off her white woolly hat, faces up to the snooty sales lady, and buys the staggeringly high-heeled red shoes? I know they Read more…

New telly ad. A bottle of Surf Small & Mighty (accidentally) drops into a fountain. Presumably, the lid comes off. Bubbles go everywhere, turning the world around into a sweet-scented bubbly paradise. Oops. I seem to remember people used to empty their shampoo or washing-up liquid bottles into the fountains Read more…

A new TV ad starts with a close up of bare feet walking in the long grass. The camera pans slowly up a naked body in the sunlight. The beautiful young model turns to smile and we see her gap-toothed mouth (probably inked in with black pen). It’s advertising Corsodyl Read more…

I saw an animated TV ad for Canesten Duo thrush treatment last night. I’d just taken a swig of wine and nearly splurted it all over the carpet when I heard the voiceover: “Leaves you feeling yourself again.” Whoops! Are they sure that’s what they wanted to say? Having had Read more…