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Showing posts with label Funny. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Funny. Show all posts
I Was Avoiding It
This is why you have to love Private Eye (that and the fact that one of our Timothy Taylor's ads is in the back)...
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chortle, etc...
Muppets Meet Crumpets
They say you should never go full Muppet, but Warburtons have done just that. I expect someone will probably come up with some boring reasons why I should not like this, but I really do. Entertaining, product at the heart of it, funny, did I mention the Muppets? What's not to like? I wonder if snooty ad awards-juries will feel the same?
The Beach Boys Shred I Get Around
The sun is shining. Get that Friday feeling by reacquainting yourself with The Beach Boys classic, I Get Around. Somebody just said that it doesn't sound as good as they remembered. Don't know what they're talking about. This version is amazing.
RIP RIK.
One year ago today Rik Mayall passed away. We still can't quite believe it.
As a small tribute LettersOfNote posted some of Rik's letters from years gone on twitter.
I thought I'd share them here for you lot to enjoy as well.
Happy Birthday Father Ted
It's hard to believe, but it has been 20 years to the day since Father Ted first appeared on the telly. To celebrate we thought we would get this classic back on the blog.
Here Is Your New Ad Campaign
We are nothing if not thoughtful here at Sell! Towers. We'd like to save our advertising brothers and sisters from the effort of going through endless strategy presentations, rounds of development and research groups. So we've made this handy template for the new campaign that you're working on, to save you the trouble. Now the whole of the advertising industry can fuck off down the pub...
Advertising 2015: phoning it in, one cute animal at a time...
"You Mean Just Say What The Product Does?"
Jamie Firth posted up this funny clip from Muppets Take Manhattan in reply to our post yesterday about content. Very funny. And sadly true...
Clement Freud joke
Listen to Sigmund Freud's grandson's perfect delivery of the perfect joke on the subject matter of the overindulgence of alcohol.
It's not giving anything away to say that with the Christmas party season upon us those £20 notes could come in handy.
It's not giving anything away to say that with the Christmas party season upon us those £20 notes could come in handy.
Emailing the fire brigade...
I know we're supposed to live in an "always-on, real time world" but isn't it rather ludicrous that emails have become the default way of contacting someone with an urgent request rather than speaking to them directly on the telephone?
Now That's Not What I Call Music - Volume 1
Apparently, in the late '80's, a UK record company once put together a compilation of the worst demo tracks they had ever been sent.
Worth a listen for its hilariously sheer awfulness.
You'll never think of Nothing Compares 2 U in the same way again. This version will forever banish Sinead O'Connor from your mind.
Brace your ears.
Via Robert Popper or is it just him pissing around?
Worth a listen for its hilariously sheer awfulness.
You'll never think of Nothing Compares 2 U in the same way again. This version will forever banish Sinead O'Connor from your mind.
Brace your ears.
Via Robert Popper or is it just him pissing around?
The Best World Cup Song Ever...
Not long to go now until the global jamboree of football begins.
As the opening kick-off looms it's time to celebrate the best World Cup song ever.
Step aside New Order, Fat Les, Baddiel and Skinner.
Bow down to the 1994 Germany squad who teamed up with The Village People, yes, The Village People to give us this musical gem.
There's only a snippet of this embarrassing masterpiece on the clip below but you can see the whole video in all its glory here.
As the opening kick-off looms it's time to celebrate the best World Cup song ever.
Step aside New Order, Fat Les, Baddiel and Skinner.
Bow down to the 1994 Germany squad who teamed up with The Village People, yes, The Village People to give us this musical gem.
There's only a snippet of this embarrassing masterpiece on the clip below but you can see the whole video in all its glory here.
Back with a bang
I know it's already been seen by 43 zillion people and shared by people that aren't even born yet, but this commercial is simply far too good not to appear on this blog.
To get all poetic, it's a shining beacon on a foggy hill overlooking a sea of piss.
Thank you, Old Spice and W&K. Thank you very much indeed.
Christmas Shit
Many of you cultured souls may already be aware of the Catalan Christmas tradition of the "Caganer" - a squatting, trousers-down defecating figurine that often accompanies the usual suspects beside the crib in a nativity.
Apparently the shitting figurine is a symbol of fertility and good fortune.
As a Christmas tradition it certainly beats leaving out a carrot for a reindeer.
There's a whole, thriving industry devoted to the production of these marvellous objects. And while the most popular example is the Catalan peasant wearing a floppy red cap, shops are packed full with versions of the good and famous all taking a dump.
Some highlights below.
Apparently the shitting figurine is a symbol of fertility and good fortune.
As a Christmas tradition it certainly beats leaving out a carrot for a reindeer.
There's a whole, thriving industry devoted to the production of these marvellous objects. And while the most popular example is the Catalan peasant wearing a floppy red cap, shops are packed full with versions of the good and famous all taking a dump.
Some highlights below.
Website Of The Year, Possibly All Eternity
The best website of this year by far. Possibly in all eternity.
Motherfucking website: find it here.
Motherfucking website: find it here.
Going Nuclear In The Sound Booth
This is a brilliant bit from Toast Of London, with Steven Toast (Matt Berry) in the sound booth. You can tell Berry has done loads of voiceover sessions as this is uncannily true to life. "Have fun with it" is such a lame/brilliant bit of absurd direction, I've heard it used in real VO recordings more than once. And I think we've worked with that Clem Fandango chap...
Monkey Hanging Tuesday
After Black Friday and Cyber Monday, we proudly present Monkey Hanging Tuesday.
You may or may not know that, according to legend and folklore, during the Napoleonic wars the good people of Hartlepool put on trial and executed a shipwrecked monkey as they believed it to be a French spy.
In fairness to the townsfolk, the monkey was dressed in full French military uniform so you can see how their suspicions were aroused.
Another theory abounds that they were only able to claim salvage rights if there were no survivors from the shipwreck and they needed to put paid to the monkey so they could fill their boots with the booty.
Either way, this act of simian capital punishment has given Hartlepool unique notoriety and fame. Fans of Hartlepool are affectionately labelled "monkey hangers"and its own mascot is a monkey named, you guessed it, H'Angus.
This ridiculous and bizarre incident has provided a rich source of comedy ever since 1810 as this witty little ditty from Boothby Graffoe demonstrates.
You may or may not know that, according to legend and folklore, during the Napoleonic wars the good people of Hartlepool put on trial and executed a shipwrecked monkey as they believed it to be a French spy.
In fairness to the townsfolk, the monkey was dressed in full French military uniform so you can see how their suspicions were aroused.
Another theory abounds that they were only able to claim salvage rights if there were no survivors from the shipwreck and they needed to put paid to the monkey so they could fill their boots with the booty.
Either way, this act of simian capital punishment has given Hartlepool unique notoriety and fame. Fans of Hartlepool are affectionately labelled "monkey hangers"and its own mascot is a monkey named, you guessed it, H'Angus.
This ridiculous and bizarre incident has provided a rich source of comedy ever since 1810 as this witty little ditty from Boothby Graffoe demonstrates.
Indoor League
Another blast of nostalgia to brighten up a chilly day. You can keep your Sky Sports Super Sunday nonsense. Televised sports doesn't get any better than Fred Trueman introducing Shove Ha'penny with pipe and pint in hand. You know he's deadly serious when he says it's "the biggest bonanza of sporting skill I've ever clapped eyes on". See for yourself and watch that bonanza of sporting skill right now.
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