Revels are inviting us to vote out our least favourite at Revels Eviction. (Takes a while but it’s worth it!) While Walkers want us to nominate a new flavour in return for £50,000 at Do Us A Flavour. In the words of Wolfie Smith, “Power to the People!”
Read these FAQs from their website and decide for yourself. Q6. What if I notice that a misleading advertisement is repeated after action by the ASA? You should bring this to the attention of the ASA who will take further action. The system overseen by the ASA is self-regulatory and Read more…
Hello. My name is Jackie and I like Nickelback*. So I can’t let another day go by without commenting on the DFS Rockstar ad. I don’t like the awful dancing. Even it it is deliberately bad. I don’t like the ads, which seem to have any old music clunked on Read more…
Advertisers around the world seem to have sat down and said: “Let’s do something topical around the Olympics.” I’d award a gold to SpecSavers: Short-sighted long-jumper ends up in sandpit. But I’d disqualify Scottish Widows: Muscular athletes morph into Little Black Riding Hood.
Specifically this one commercial about a man being reincarnated as a puppy. He’s in heaven because he’s being kissed and fondled by a gorgeous model. But then the model hands the puppy over to her hideously portrayed grandma, and the puppy wants to kill himself. What is the point of Read more…
I notice that Becks beer are doing their limited art labels again. Read what the V&A have to say about it. It’s like Harry Potter books that have two covers, one for adults, one for children… Or like Innocent drinks in Winter with their woolly hats, each individually knitted by Read more…
Coca Cola would ever be advertised as a healthy drink? The new ad talks about its ‘no added preservatives, no artificial flavours’. No mention of the added sugar then.
Worse. While Blogger was down, I’m sure I saw an Always ad with little blue dodgem cars* racing around on a panty liner. I can’t find it online anywhere. I can’t believe it was real. Was it just a bad dream? * In my day they were called bumper cars Read more…
The opening ceremony for the Beijing Olympics.
According to today’s Metro, the singer has been dropped from future Halifax ads because his cheeky chappy persona doesn’t suit the current economic climate. Does that mean we’re in for a commercial crunch as well as a credit crunch?