Response to Quinny's adverts

My friend Quinny makes a fine point in all of his blogs, and someone a fine husband one day. But I was writing lots of feedback, silly jokes, and tattle in his comment box when I felt it deserved its own blog. So let's call this a semi-homage to the themes Quinn brilliantly picked out.

Let's go through some of your adverts Quinn, as I felt they needed some analysis.....


Are you kidding me. First off, I don't care where the milkmen come from, that's unhygienic - being in someone's cereal.
"I've Got The Power’ is only heard in gay-bars (so I’ve been told). I’m sure It's never played in 9-5 society, and I'm as sure as Sugapuffs make your wee smell, that I’ve never heard it over breakfast.

As for the Argos ad - ‘At Argos we make a little less fuss’……talk about the understatement of the fucking year! The only gift-wrap you get is when an employee leaves his subway wrapper in that overly bright bag they give you. And I like to think that if you play the advert backwards Steven Fry is actually speaking Latin and saying "I'd never shop here, it's ghastly". To finish my Argos analysis I'd like to quote Michael McIntyre's view regarding the bingo system/in-store collection point: "It's the theatre for poor people"

Quinn. You made a sound argument about the porn/food advert regarding M&S, but did you ever see the video you uploaded all the way through? toward the end it cuts to a scene where it sounds like that punk Peparami off TV has car jacked and kidnapped someone. Well, he is a bit of an animal…

As for Northern Dad! Well, he’s Dave Ellison (my dad), Ray Quinn (Quinny’s dad) and Peter Kay rolled into one. Yes like that Jason Manford fella. There’s a couple of Northern Dad’s in adverts now I admit, but I fear it’s due to the credit crunch, advertisers just can’t afford thespians in the current economic climate.

Weetabix - Britains ..
Watch the ad...

And as for this Weetabix advert being voiced by a Northerner, well, I think it’s dangerous. Do advertisers not know that Northerners count Fish and Chips as 2 of their 5-a-day?

Woah! This cancer research advert stuff. All the women on it said they were invited to the event, but I don’t even know if they went? Surely if they were that excited they’d be running past a park bench rather than getting their hair done. Maybe they're getting a Goody. Does the advert want me to pick them out of that massive crowd at the end? I’ve no time for that. And it’s a bit sexist anyway.