Of Yeast and Yeats

16 February 2008 Rob Buckley Commercials 4 Comments

A while ago, I mentioned the fact that Paddington was giving Marmite a try. Well, Marmite’s PR agency cottoned on to this and decided to reward me.

They’re sending me a tub of “lovers’ Marmite”, which apparently mixes those two great tastes

  1. Marmite and
  2. Champagne

I hate Marmite, but I’m sure my wife will love it because it mixes those two great tastes

  1. Marmite and
  2. Champagne

But that’s not all. They wrote me a poem, too.

Last night we dreamt that

By you we were kissed…

Rob Buckley: The Studmuffin

(and freelance journalist)

Give us a kiss

Or we’ll get in a Huff

Make it a large one

(‘cos a Medium’s Not Enough)

Back in September

You gave us a mention

You may not remember

But we were paying attention

Reading your words

Made us smile with delight

In you Rob, we saw

A fellow lover of Marmite

So five months have passed

And we thought that we’d share

What we’ve been doing to Marmite

After the bear

We’ve brought out a special jar

For some Valentine’s fun

It’s laced with Champagne

(and it’s a limited run)

So spread it all over

A romantic sandwich

Reclaim your title

Of the stud of Cambridge

We’ve posted your jar

And it’ll be lovely ‘n smelly

For you to enjoy

While you review some more telly

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  • Rob Buckley

    I’m Rob Buckley, a journalist who writes for UK media magazines that most people have never heard of although you might have heard me on the podcast Lockdown Land or Radio 5 Live’s Saturday Edition or Afternoon Edition. I’ve edited Dreamwatch, Sprocket and Cambridge Film Festival Daily; been technical editor for TV producers magazine Televisual; reviewed films for the short-lived newspaper Cambridge Insider; written features for the even shorter-lived newspaper Soho Independent; and was regularly sarcastic about television on the blink-and-you-missed-it “web site for urban hedonists” The Tribe. Since going freelance, I've contributed to the likes of Broadcast, Total Content + Media, Action TV, Off The Telly, Action Network, TV Scoop and The Custard TV.

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