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one of my favorite spots of the year:

boardsmag.com/screeningroom/commercials/1831/

― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 3 August 2005 19:22 (twenty years ago)

one year passes...

Those Holiday Inn guys are killing me... "I think I'll buy a ten-gallon hat...maybe some numchucks..."

― The Bearnaise-Stain Bears (Rock Hardy), Saturday, 7 October 2006 22:16 (nineteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

Shatner -- what a total fucking whore, btw -- sure looks puffy even when they digitally helped him back onto the Enterprise bridge in that direcTV spot. (his last head toss in the elevator is admittedly perfect)

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 19:19 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, well, we bought those All-Bran oaty bakes he's been peddling, and I can tell you if he thinks they're healthy, I may have found part of his problem. They're 27% sugar. It's like eating sugary biscuits for breakfast. Bleuch.

― accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 20:15 (nineteen years ago)

What about Ray Winstone whoring it about with some new oaty breakfast cereal?

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 20:17 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, u lucky Brits. Ray Winstone commercials!

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 12:28 (nineteen years ago)

two months pass...

I revived this thread just to talk about the return of Jonny Vegas and MUNKEH! And what should be the first two posts that appear before my eyes?

Johnny Vegas and his wool monkey cohort, since the monkey talks exactly like Sideshow Mel.

-- Al (doctor_groov...) (webmail), November 21st, 2001 1:00 AM. (link)

MONKEY!!!!! shurely the only way to get people to switch to digital, stuff the acres of football, 7 zillion channels etc etc GIVE THEM A STUFFED TOY!!!!!!

get yer monkey cheque book out!!

-- carsmilesteve (carsmilestev...) (webmail), November 21st, 2001 1:00 AM. (link)

How's that for yer coincidences thread Mr Grout!

― ledge (ledge), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 09:48 (nineteen years ago)

I felt a bit... emotional... when I saw that advert!

OK it was PMT time, but still! Well done PG Tips, JOB DONE etc etc.

― Bhumibol Adulyadej (Lucretia My Reflection), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 09:55 (nineteen years ago)

*chorus* "overtired..."

fuck i love them northern lads and their comedy parents.

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 10:14 (nineteen years ago)

I do too! Can the naysayers explain why they don't?

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 10:58 (nineteen years ago)

It's like telling the same joke over and over again, which merited a "heh, that's quite clever" the first time but rapidly becomes an irritant.

― === temporary username === (Mark C), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 11:02 (nineteen years ago)

I like Pedigree Chum ads because they have dogs in 'em.

― accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 11:47 (nineteen years ago)

They're solid nourishment.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 12:01 (nineteen years ago)

marrowbone jelly

― vita susicivus (blueski), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 12:01 (nineteen years ago)

the safira advert is also a rip of those two kids talking about insurance using the voices of fry and laurie, oh, years ago. ("choccy topping? oh, go on...")

― My Koogy Weighs A Ton (koogs), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 12:12 (nineteen years ago)

Oh yeah, I remember that. But "overtired" is funny, where "choccy topping? oh, go on..." is not.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 12:14 (nineteen years ago)

"oh, they're tired"! on second thoughts let's not start that again.

― ledge (ledge), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 12:15 (nineteen years ago)

It's not blimmin' "oh they're tired". The intonation would make no sense, and anyway "overtired" is exactly what parents say when kids are acting up and anyway they clearly say "overtired".

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 12:17 (nineteen years ago)

It's not blimmin' "overtired". The intonation would make no sense, and anyway "oh they're tired" is exactly what parents say when kids are acting up and anyway they clearly say "oh they're tired".

hohoho.

― ledge (ledge), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 12:18 (nineteen years ago)

it is overtired.

> But "overtired" is funny

even after they've trotted it out for the third time?

(besides, the 'choccy topping' was funny. they were kids, talking about insurance like grownups = juxtaposition. then he throws in the choccy topping and the juxtaposition suddenly has juxtaposition. minds are blown.)

(or do i mean 'irony'?)

― My Koogy Weighs A Ton (koogs), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 12:30 (nineteen years ago)

Oh yeah, I remember that. But "overtired" is funny, where "choccy topping? oh, go on..." is not.

couldn't disagree more

also WHERE IS HUGH POLLARD NOW?

― vita susicivus (blueski), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 12:36 (nineteen years ago)

nobody actually says 'overtired' do they? what a stupid word.

― vita susicivus (blueski), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 12:38 (nineteen years ago)

otm

― the original hauntology blogging crew (Enrique), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 12:41 (nineteen years ago)

The point is "tired" is just tired, with all the usual connotations of lethargy and sleepinesss. The parental theory is that when children are in need of a sleep, they often instead become fraught and badly behaved. They are "overtired".

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 12:48 (nineteen years ago)

Ooh, Alba's tired.

― Bhumibol Adulyadej (Lucretia My Reflection), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 12:50 (nineteen years ago)

if you're (over)tired you surely don't have the energy to behave badly. it suggests some other deficiency is at work.

― vita susicivus (blueski), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 12:57 (nineteen years ago)

Parents think otherwise.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 12:57 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Adverts/Question138297.html

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 12:58 (nineteen years ago)

Parents think otherwise.

no wonder their kids are bulky and dour etc.

― vita susicivus (blueski), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 12:59 (nineteen years ago)

Ha ha - that's brilliant. I love that people wrote to Vauxhall to find out.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:01 (nineteen years ago)

i love this idea that once you're a parent you gain access to all these absurd terms unknown to anyone else.

― vita susicivus (blueski), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:03 (nineteen years ago)

omg, someone in my office just said he was 'overhungry'.

― the original hauntology blogging crew (Enrique), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:03 (nineteen years ago)

I'm not a parent! I just remember being a kid and being told I was overtired and disagreeing fractiously with the assessment.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:05 (nineteen years ago)

You are overhungry -> you are too hungry to eat! I have known this.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:06 (nineteen years ago)

I always thought it was "Oh, they're tired". And it seems even the people who made the advert aren't sure!

― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:11 (nineteen years ago)

The people who made the advert are sure. The letter at the end is signed by Franco Zeffirelli and is a joke.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:12 (nineteen years ago)

i know that feeling too but that's not what he meant.

― the original hauntology blogging crew (Enrique), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:12 (nineteen years ago)

For anyone whose parents used the phrase overtired when they were kids you KNOW with the pure truth of a billion universes that they're saying "overtired".

― === temporary username === (Mark C), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:14 (nineteen years ago)

Overhungry is a nice word though.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:15 (nineteen years ago)

The difficulty parents face is when a fractious child is up past its bedtime and has pals over. Is is overtired or just showing off in front of its friends?

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:17 (nineteen years ago)

Ah I see. Oh well.

xposts

― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:18 (nineteen years ago)

The latter I think trumps the former - he may *be* overtired - to be revealed once everyone has settled down - but the need to impress means it's simply wilful bad behaviour and overexcitement.

― === temporary username === (Mark C), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:19 (nineteen years ago)

Mark and Nick, two of ILX's most experienced parents and natural patriarchs.

― === temporary username === (Mark C), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:19 (nineteen years ago)

I think we should feature in a remake of My Two Dads.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:21 (nineteen years ago)

Your catchphrase could be "Shall we just have it off?".

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:24 (nineteen years ago)

i can't decide which one of the two is 'loose' enough to play Greg Evigan's character.

― vita susicivus (blueski), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:28 (nineteen years ago)

I could be the disapproving neighbour.

― vita susicivus (blueski), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:28 (nineteen years ago)

The old pencilly animated Aquafresh one which they're re-screening at the moment. Now that's a proper jingle.

― Wingwalker (1977), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:29 (nineteen years ago)

I love that they brought that back, seems like a 'two fingers up' to modern methods. Or maybe they just didn't have any new ideas.

― vita susicivus (blueski), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:34 (nineteen years ago)

The Aquafresh ad did actually get me to pester my dad to buy Aquafresh, back in the day. I still feel a quiver of brand loyalty.

― === temporary username === (Mark C), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:36 (nineteen years ago)

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