tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77529170752628013132024-03-19T08:16:24.763+00:00Hairyhand - Esther Rants-on...Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10121551744348314203noreply@blogger.comBlogger91125truetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752917075262801313.post-10157362114979035342011-01-25T16:23:00.000+00:002011-01-25T16:23:40.926+00:00old people driving commercial<iframe width="425" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/CMBXBGcFyao?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><div><br /></div><div>Can't stop laughing at this.</div>Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10121551744348314203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752917075262801313.post-2251216030994048092010-12-17T15:54:00.000+00:002010-12-17T15:54:40.513+00:00Pepto Bismol Commercial: Tummy Time with Ken Jeong<iframe width="480" height="295" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/thCXU2xgxBQ?fs=1" frameborder="0"></iframe><div><br /></div><div>Don't be put off by the unnecessary crutch shot...</div>Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10121551744348314203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752917075262801313.post-4683742545954002472010-12-15T10:25:00.000+00:002010-12-15T10:25:24.206+00:00Ads: Johnnie-Walker-Marc-Herreman<a href="http://www.bestadsontv.com/ad/33170/Johnnie-Walker-Marc-Herreman">http://www.bestadsontv.com/ad/33170/Johnnie-Walker-Marc-Herreman</a>Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10121551744348314203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752917075262801313.post-18218189166207192882010-12-14T14:45:00.000+00:002010-12-14T14:45:36.017+00:00Hairyhand: Highlights of 2010: Headless Giant Wins Wimbledon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgncP6fARbL3iVhnIp7b91Np47Eizo156-3GUG97AjuC0PT4Muwus0haoQEEFTVsrZ1CGpDwLDPIDJHza8VBFD2d6W0y35jQ2rSoV7tjEUxfnC5bcSy_UDSPr9H8Rug-KeE_k8QwHp1B7wG/s1600/Headless+Giant+Final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgncP6fARbL3iVhnIp7b91Np47Eizo156-3GUG97AjuC0PT4Muwus0haoQEEFTVsrZ1CGpDwLDPIDJHza8VBFD2d6W0y35jQ2rSoV7tjEUxfnC5bcSy_UDSPr9H8Rug-KeE_k8QwHp1B7wG/s320/Headless+Giant+Final.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10121551744348314203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752917075262801313.post-30686041470685494062010-12-09T11:04:00.000+00:002010-12-09T11:04:09.804+00:00Transformers: The Dark of the Moon Teaser Trailer (HD)<iframe width="480" height="295" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/6ARvEJ4TyXU?fs=1" frameborder="0"></iframe>Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10121551744348314203noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752917075262801313.post-44459856452272087232010-12-08T14:52:00.001+00:002010-12-08T14:57:38.834+00:00Apple - Taking the pips!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Becoming more and more angry at the constant emails from Apple suggesting that I should buy someone an Apple product</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">for Xmas "</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Give Mac for Christmas." or</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "iPhone 4. Everything they want in one gift."</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Have they not noticed the current economic recession? I can't even afford to buy myself a Mac/iphone, let alone buy one as a present for someone else!!!</span>Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10121551744348314203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752917075262801313.post-78891606556879460592010-12-08T10:14:00.000+00:002010-12-08T10:14:31.426+00:00Obama Kicks The Door Open<iframe width="480" height="295" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/zttMj_pV1Tw?fs=1" frameborder="0"></iframe>Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10121551744348314203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752917075262801313.post-85793621189419234402010-11-23T16:27:00.000+00:002010-11-23T16:27:24.788+00:00Funky Forest - After School Club (with english subtitles)<iframe width="480" height="295" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0W8fBsLYHcE?fs=1" frameborder="0"></iframe><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Funniest thing I've seen in ages.</div>Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10121551744348314203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752917075262801313.post-33777475730910777432010-10-04T16:17:00.000+01:002010-10-04T16:17:20.606+01:00Hairyhand Rants-on: TV: SimplyHealth Ad<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Gordon Bennet! At what point did it become a good idea to base </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">a campaign strapline on </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">a well-known comedy catch-phrase that has been used to ridicule a certain demographic of British society?</span><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">"Simplyhealth...we </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">can</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> be bothered."</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">How on earth</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> can this be suitable for any brand, <i>especially</i> of this nature?!?!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Maybe this was the thinking behind the idea; "Right, so Simplyhealth really care, and the flip side of not caring is ...I know, let's use "Am I bovvered?" but twist it... yeah that'll work!" </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">But sadly, no matter how you write it, or change the way you announce it through a VO, it still smacks of the negative chav catch phrase it came from. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">It just doesn't work.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">So based on this strapline, maybe the route the brand should have taken, was to just change their name to Simply 'ealth. </span></span>Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10121551744348314203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752917075262801313.post-8758303107114074962010-09-24T11:34:00.000+01:002010-09-24T11:34:30.982+01:00LEXICON: Cuckoo Agency<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think I've just coined a new 'Phrase', if that's the right expression;</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A Cuckoo Agency. </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">def; A creative agency that plants itself in the same building, sometimes the same floor, and gradually pushes the existing agency out.</span></span></i>Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10121551744348314203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752917075262801313.post-41789849217692847652010-09-19T08:53:00.000+01:002010-09-19T08:53:03.392+01:00Hairyhand Rants-on: TV: Talk Talk Idents<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">These Idents are sooooooo annoying.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The VO should be, " Talk Talk - Ruining your XFactor!"</span></span>Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10121551744348314203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752917075262801313.post-33840502538799009152010-09-19T08:50:00.000+01:002010-09-19T08:50:32.435+01:00Hairyhand Rants-on: FILM: Date Night<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Steve Carell's charcter does a Barry White impression over the intercom of Holbrook Grant (Mark wahlberg) "Hey yo-yo, I'm having sex, getting busy..."</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Brilliant. I haven't laughed so much in ages.</span></span>Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10121551744348314203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752917075262801313.post-90387464707754342912010-09-19T08:41:00.000+01:002010-09-19T08:41:38.167+01:00Hairyhand Rants-on: TV: Hairyhand on Eastenders!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Well sort of..</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">"Just take your hairy hand and leave" (said by Darren asking Jodie for a manicure, whilst wearing a Werewolf hand).</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Another Random moment in Eastenders.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Classic!</span></span>Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10121551744348314203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752917075262801313.post-34719267167577623912010-09-19T08:29:00.001+01:002010-09-19T08:59:19.349+01:00Hairyhand Rants-on: TV: Tena Lady Ad"...What's the first thing he'll notice... It certainly won't be my occasional bladder weakness!"<br />
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Er, I beg to differ there. I think the first thing he'll notice is that you speak like a Doctor's manual and unlike any other normal person would speak. Whatever happened to the old adage 'writing ads as if you we're talking to a mate in the pub'?Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10121551744348314203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752917075262801313.post-60071645080723382702010-09-19T07:39:00.000+01:002010-09-19T07:39:24.094+01:00Hairyhand Rants on: TV: Grand Designs<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Will someone please call the Police and inform them that Kevin Mcloud is about to be stranlged by his trendy grey jumper - he's wearing the tightest v-neck in TV history!</span></span>Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10121551744348314203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752917075262801313.post-15595973817841399682010-09-16T09:48:00.000+01:002010-09-16T09:48:42.086+01:00TV: Latest Plug in ad<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Isn't it disappointing when you stop smelling your air freshener?"</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Answer: No</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'd like to know who came up with that 'insight'?</span></span>Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10121551744348314203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752917075262801313.post-40581539157807371872010-09-15T14:48:00.001+01:002010-09-15T14:49:27.799+01:00WEB: Fangoria<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Foxes have done it again!</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Will someone please give these guys a monster-sized budget. :)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">http://www.deathtotheflippers.com/fangoria/</span></span></div>Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10121551744348314203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752917075262801313.post-40345802317978175422010-09-15T13:16:00.000+01:002010-09-15T13:18:52.682+01:00WEB: Creative juicesHere's the link... soz<div><br /></div><div>http://www.creativejuices.org.uk/</div>Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10121551744348314203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752917075262801313.post-47228688899458488212010-09-15T13:01:00.001+01:002010-09-15T13:02:32.956+01:00WEB: Creative juices<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">LOL!</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This is fantastic!</span></span></div>Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10121551744348314203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752917075262801313.post-58611539728419593162010-09-14T20:53:00.000+01:002010-09-15T10:16:13.614+01:00TV: Latest Flora Ad<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Will someone please tell 'the people' at Flora that we know what their product basically does, and therefore we don't need a clunking great segue into people spreading it on bread to make sandwiches?!?</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">It's really frustrating, as the 'glowing hearts' idea is really quite a nice, and really could be expanded upon.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Hopefully, this Maternal brand realises it can concentrate on producing ads that entertain, rather than telling us something we already know.</span></span></div>Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10121551744348314203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752917075262801313.post-80449792079780206232010-09-14T20:39:00.000+01:002010-09-14T20:52:54.985+01:00TV: Latest M&S AdWhoever suggested 'Got to be real' by Cheryl Lynn for this Ad deserves a pat on the back - It really makes it.Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10121551744348314203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752917075262801313.post-29669793402144689492010-09-14T20:27:00.000+01:002010-09-14T20:39:40.225+01:00TV: Lottery 'Cars & Cash ad<div>#I'm a road-runner hunny...# </div><div><br /></div><div>Yeah, and I wish you'd go for a long run off a short pier - I'm soooo bored with this ad now.</div>Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10121551744348314203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752917075262801313.post-12621501036511977562010-09-14T20:14:00.000+01:002010-09-14T20:27:34.906+01:00TV: X-Factor<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I never thought I'd say this but I'm genuinely warming to Louis Walsh this year. Maybe it's because Simon Cowell has become even more of an irritating jerk. Having said that, I still wouldn't want Louis managing my band.</span></span>Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10121551744348314203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752917075262801313.post-48288197771224566342010-09-09T22:47:00.000+01:002010-09-09T22:56:59.127+01:00TV: 8 out of Ten Cats<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Brian Belo just admitted to "shitting himself" on a train and posting the event on Twitter to get advice on what he should do about it! </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">LOL.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">If there was a dictionary definition of 'Loveable Baffoon' Brian would be it.</span></span></div>Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10121551744348314203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752917075262801313.post-86549919110763229862010-09-09T22:00:00.000+01:002010-09-09T22:01:17.100+01:00TV: Eastenders<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">I have just seen one of the best episodes of Eastenders ever! Not just because of the high drama... but because of the way Peggy spoke her lines at the end of the show, "Let it burn... Let it burn..." It was absolutely hilarious. Where did that voice come from - under her wig????? Has Peggy been body-snatched by an alien???? Surely this is the final twist that sees Peggy leave the show, not in a cab, but in a space ship - Gawd Bless e'r.</span>Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10121551744348314203noreply@blogger.com0