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An archive of blog entries about TV and film commercials.


July 3, 2009

Friday's "bye bye hoodie" news

Posted on July 3, 2009 | 2 comments |

Happy fourth of July weekend!

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  • HBO launches on iTunes

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June 24, 2009

Lenny Henry does The Shining for Premier Inn

Posted on June 24, 2009 | 5 comments |

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June 12, 2009

Psychoville viral marketing takes a leaf out of Obsessed's book

Posted on June 12, 2009 | Post a comment |

Psychoville

Two of the League of Gentlemen - Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton - have a new show called Psychoville coming to BBC2 on Thursday. To promote it, they appear to have taken a leaf out of the lovely Ali Larter's promotional playbook and come up with a viral marketing campaign similar to that used for Obsessed.

Simply go to the Psychoville web site, enter a few details and upload a friend's embarrassing photograph, and they'll receive a mysterious warning from Graham Norton of a virus that will infect their computer - and a black-gloved man will threaten to expose all their secrets unless they do what he says. You can see a demo version done on David Tennant below.

June 5, 2009

Burn Notice's Michael Westen gives advice to Royal Pains' Dr Hank Lawson

Posted on June 5, 2009 | 1 comment |

How's this for cross-promotion? USA Network favourite Michael Westen from Burn Notice gives some advice to the network's new arrival, Dr Hank Lawson of Royal Pains, on how to survive in a new city after losing your job - in his own inimitable MacGyverish way. Short and funny but one for Toobworld to investigate, I think!

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May 21, 2009

Probably the cutest advert on TV at the moment: Robinson's Be Natural

Posted on May 21, 2009 | 2 comments |

The attention to detail in this ad for Robinson's Be Natural is lovely. Look what she has in the fridge!

May 14, 2009

Breath freshener ad spoofs 24 and The Office

Posted on May 14, 2009 | Post a comment |

It's actually quite funny.

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April 20, 2009

Zoeey Deschanel does Katy Perry

Posted on April 20, 2009 | Post a comment |

Don't you love Zoeey Deschanel, the better Deschanel sister (the other, unforgivably, starring in Bones)? She was great in Elf and Frasier, for example, and was one of the few good things about the movie version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. She's also a singer and for some reason the American cotton industry has hired her to promote their wares, which she's done by pretending to be Katy Perry.

Spooky, isn't it? [via]

March 27, 2009

Friday's chariot racing news

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  • Orange signs up Danny Glover, Juliette Lewis, Sigourney Weaver and Emilio Estevez for its film ads

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  • CBC to stop showing The Simpsons

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March 25, 2009

Wednesday's Animal Planet detective news

Posted on March 25, 2009 | 1 comment |

Lee Evans

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March 13, 2009

More Comic Relief sketches - commercials, Outnumbered, Smithy and the England team, and David Tennant as one of The Proclaimers

Posted on March 13, 2009 | 2 comments |

US blogging pal Toby has been paying far more attention to Comic Relief than I have, it seems. I feel quite shamed. So this is me, being shamed into action.

First up, as pointed out by Tobes, here's a selection of much-loved characters from British commercials – as well as Michael Winner – clubbing together to come up with an idea for Comic Relief. Can you recognise them all?

Outnumbered is also doing a sketch and here's some footage that didn't make it (thanks again Tobes!)

I can't embed this one, so you're going to have to go over to The Mirror's web site to see it, but James Corden does a turn as Smithy from Gavin & Stacey with the England football team, too.

And lastly, have you ever wondered what David Tennant would look like blond? Or as one of The Proclaimers?

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