Are Television ads deteriorating? at one time you could get a laugh from them, they were witty, ironic and entertaining. The Hamlet series for instance - I once had to try to explain to an American colleague why fish jumped out the river when Russ Abbot played Des O'Connor underwater......this guy loved the ads even though he didn't always understand them.
The latest craze seems to be people just jumping about - maybe I need an interpreter now......
I watch very little telly. (Usually just my daily dose of 'Last of the Summer Wine' on Drama). However I still seem to see some impressive ads, even if the only thing being advertised is an advertising agency!
That was a little boy who wanted to go to Paul's house to poo - can't remember if Paul's mum bought better toilet roll or air freshener. Maybe it was moist toilet wipes.
My favourite was the Martini ad with Leonard Rossiter and Joan Collins. Poor Joan could never avoid the Martini, did she ever get her own back on Leonard?
I still think some ads are funny. My particular favourites at the moment are the current Aldi advert (the one with the teddy) and Vladimir the vampire ones, can't remember what he's advertising, I wanna say a phone company?
I too love the Aldi teddy - poor wee soul with his batteries chafing!
The 2nd Vlad ad isn't quite as good as the first, (It's not ketchup!), but I don't think it'll be too long before the lad gets his break on telly. He's got a very expressive face.
Vlad is brilliant! 'Its not ketchup'. Specsavers cat in the vets one is great too, makes me laugh every time. The one I don't understand is the one where the woman is explaining why she stopped wearing make up - the one with the tree. I drift off half way through as its so boring and irrelevant.
Thinking about it the one that gets right on my proverbials is the one with the kids asking how clean people feel after going to the toilet. Those and the nappy ones always seem to be on around mealtimes and make me want to puke.