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Comment on Fresh Start Wales by Ben Thatcher

Ben Thatcher — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:08:16 +0000

Definitely. Peer pressure is very powerful.

Comment on Ferris Bueller at Fifty by Why no ads for the olds? | ABC Copywriting blog

Why no ads for the olds? | ABC Copywriting blog — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:42:48 +0000

[...] his role from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. This sparked righteous outrage from some quarters, while others noted that the ad had not really captured the film’s ‘charm, energy and humour’, and that Broderick [...]

Comment on I Want To Sell You A Tory by Shelley Burrows

Shelley Burrows — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:49:14 +0000

Despite the distractions the Daily Mail try offering in the form of headlines like this gem: ‘Heavily pregnant Jennifer Garner rubs her back’, I particularly enjoyed the poster offering me the opportunity to bask in Conservative sunshine and goodness. If only they still made them like that.

Comment on Stars Who Sell. #4: Tony Hancock by Huw Sayer (@HuwSayer)

Huw Sayer (@HuwSayer) — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:02:41 +0000

I’d watch more TV if I thought the ads were still this good (better than many programmes).

Love the way Hancock even takes on the idea of selling out and makes it part of the story. While the woman in the mad hat is a real gem with her broken English and dreadful teeth (perhaps she didn’t eat enough eggs as a child).

As Tom says, you’d probably never get an ad like this approved today.

Cheers – H

PS: Did this ad introduce the fad of arranging food in funny shapes, as later popularised by Annabel Karmel?

Comment on Light Relief by Huw Sayer (@HuwSayer)

Huw Sayer (@HuwSayer) — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:48:00 +0000

That has to be the most bizzare ad I have ever seen – yet, oddly, it works in getting the message across – what fun. Thank you – H

Comment on Stars Who Sell. #4: Tony Hancock by Tom Albrighton

Tom Albrighton — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:28:27 +0000

Imagine how radical this sort of thing would be today. An incredibly long ad, all dialogue, reasonably long shots with no insane jump-cuts all the time. One of the actors says a great line three (four?) times – ‘Happiness is egg-shaped!’ – but that’s not even the pay-off slogan, which is ‘Go to work on an egg’. You’d never get it approved – but it’s brilliant.