Has anyone else noticed how, in the Rowntree’s Randoms directions advert, the man giving directions says “…go right past the Christmas tree…” while pointing left?

I do wish advertising agencies would get these things right!

Does it strike anyone else as slightly disturbing that the current Müller Corner advert starts off with a lady singing the line “I’ve got my berry, got my cherry…”? This point is reinforced a little later in the advert by another lady repeating “I’ve got my cherries”.

I would have thought that the alternative interpretation of this phrase would have dawned on someone, either at Publicis or Müller, well before the advert made it to mainstream television!

I like to think I’m not one to be taken in by TV adverts. In fact I don’t generally see many adverts on TV — the majority of things I watch are on the BBC, and those things which aren’t I generally don’t sit and watch, they’re just on in the background (Sunday’s omnibus of Come Dine With Me on More4 is the background to my weekly flat cleaning efforts). So I recon there are only two reasons I’d really notice what’s being advertised — an attractive young lady, or something a little bit different.  Both of these have caught my attention of late. Read more…

It’s strange how some people are trendy for a while and are all over the place.  It seems to be that the trendy idiot of the moment is Alan Carr.  Given that he’s not very good, his agent must be fantastic.  He really does get on my nerves — I’ve yet to identify anything with his act which isn’t just annoying.  While Justin Lee Collins moved on to make some light hearted documentary type programmes, Alan seems to have just gone on to do anything he possibly could.  And he doesn’t bring anything to any of them.  I thought that maybe I’d be safe listening to BBC Radio 2, but no — his irritating voice popped up there too.  Lets hope he’ll burn out reasonably quickly, although I guess that would just leave a gap for the next one to come along and be in everything… Read more…