Quick story on who's behind the suicide bomber VW advert that we had on here last week from the Grauniad.
Hoax ad takes internet by storm
Tinternet police have been informed!
please vote on which Officer Crabtree you prefer, winner goes into the icon selector :)
8 comments:
As we predicted VW distance themselves, blame ad agency and reap benefit of lots of free publicity.
If VW really are disgusted (which I doubt - Ford made exactly the same sounds with "their" decapitated cat advert) then they should sue the makers for bringing their brand into disrepute or something.
That's what it says they're considering... if you read the story.. ;)
Which 'allo 'allo icon do you prefer...? That's the question!!
(did you see we're virtually top in every form of Google search for this story too..? :)
I did read the story. If you read my comments I'm suggesting they won't sue because it was really them in an indirect fashion. This is just more spin on the story.
The truncheon one - as it looks like he's fapping. Rather appropriate for a comedy that was a load of wank.
Just get spaced - any comedy seems ok then.
'Allo 'Allo is shite - it relied on unfunny accents to provide humour. At least Sellers did it first and added crazy stunts to the accent. If you want basques get the Ann Summer's Catalogue on DVD.
Excellent comedies from recent years would include Little Britain (though not so much the new series), League of Gentlemen, Shameless (more comedy drama but...) and I know there've been a few more - but you know my memory is cack.
Maybe I need a 2Gb flash stick for a head dump.
Comedy, obviously, was better in the 70's and 80's. To suggest comedy is dead now, I think, is wrong. There has been lots of good comedy in the last 10-15 years. I'm remembering The League of Gentlemen, The Office, The Royle Family and much much more. I can't get away with 2 pints, I think it's awful.
The Office - how did I forget that? I think 2 Pints is ok - was definitely better in earlier series though.
And the 70s/80s probably were a golden age for British comedy - but I definitely wouldn't include 'Allo in any 'All of Fame.
LB has more to it than catchphrases and accents. It makes me laugh anyway. The second series is pretty much a pale shadow of the first - I thought the first was brilliant, the second OK.
LoG is sidesplittingly funny many times an episode. It's probably in my top 3 comedies along with Fawlty Towers and Some Mothers. The whole point of The Office is that it is like everybody knows but just exaggerated wildly. Which is pretty much what the best comedies, like say Fawlty Towers, do.
Other modern ones I quite like are Monkey Dust (I never done it!), the one about a backstreet pub which I can't remember the name of and erm.. that's about it.
I don't find any humour in half undressed women. I think 'ooh she looks tasty'. Like I said earlier if I wanted joke French accents I'd watch Clouseau. After that there's not a lot left in 'Allo.
Johnny Vegas may not be the best actor but he is very funny. He has basically played himself in everything I've seen him in so no acting required there then.
As for 70s/80s I like everything you mention plus of course Some Mothers (timeless stuff - the bairn loves it!), Monty Python, Yes Minister, Q7/Q8 (the Spike Milligan shows) and probably quite a few more I don't remember. :)
But there was a lot of rubbish about then too. Carla Lane anyone?
And I agree - the Simpsons have 'jumped the shark' as the sayong goes.
I'm exercising the right to add modern comedies I like as I remember them.
Phoenix Nights.
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