Jools and the Aldi Christmas Ad

[bassace]

You could have a band half as big and twice as good. But I suppose it provides useful employment to the musos. And what a crap rhythm section. All in my humble opinion, of course.

[Wonky2]

And a load of crap old singers.

(Must add, I haven't even sen the Christmas ad.... My opinions are based purely on the little imp in general)

He's got some sweet cars though.

Edited November 22, 2014 by Wonky2

[cheddatom]

Getting rid of a TV won't get rid of adverts. You'd have to stop watching anything online by channel 4, plus youtube and the rest.

You might enjoy the self satisfaction you get from telling others you have no TV though

[flyfisher]

Most youtube ads can be skipped after a few seconds, though some sites seem to force you to run through a full ad. Depending on my mood, I usually just go somewhere else - which is the other advantage of having an effectively infinite amount of online choice rather than being limited to a relatively few TV channels.

I only mentioned there is life after TV to give you the self-satisfaction of pointing out how self-satisfying it sounds

[Big_Stu]

Jools Holland, Clive Anderson and Sandy Toksvig had a race, Jools Holland won it by a short neck.

[Big_Stu]

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1416829134' post='2613908']
Most youtube ads can be skipped after a few seconds, though some sites seem to force you to run through a full ad. Depending on my mood, I usually just go somewhere else - which is the other advantage of having an effectively infinite amount of online choice rather than being limited to a relatively few TV channels.

I only mentioned there is life after TV to give you the self-satisfaction of pointing out how self-satisfying it sounds
[/quote]

Channel 5's "iPlayer" now forces you to allow ads on any AdBlocker. Bah, "Under The Dome" had gone cr@p anyway! Currently wallowing in nostalgia of an evening watching the whole of 1972's "Colditz" series on Youtube! Major Mohn has yet to make his appearance.

[UglyDog]

[quote name='bassace' timestamp='1416677128' post='2612585']
what a crap rhythm section.
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[quote name='Wonky2' timestamp='1416679885' post='2612619']
And a load of crap old singers.
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Quite literally speechless.

[PaulWarning]

I never watch TV ads, I record everything then skip through them, I'd like to thank everybody that does though, they help provide my programmes for nothing (apart from the Beeb ones obviously)

[yorks5stringer]

Having inadvertently stirred up a Hornets nest, I'd like to say Mr Swift has now been spotted on an updated version of the ad, bowing his DB. All is good in TV ad land.

Edited November 26, 2014 by yorks5stringer

[cheddatom]

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1416838980' post='2614080']
I never watch TV ads, I record everything then skip through them, I'd like to thank everybody that does though, they help provide my programmes for nothing (apart from the Beeb ones obviously)
[/quote]

Actually I wonder how many people [i]really[/i] watch ads. There's no way of knowing how many people are actually watching an ad. Companies just take a calculated guess that an ad at X time on X channel will get X views. They don't know how this is converted into revenue.

I'd like to thank the sales people at channel 4 for keeping the channel alive, and all the people in marketing departments that keep buying the ads. They help provide my programmes for nothing

[flyfisher]

Ah, that old advertising saying - 'half of all advertising is a complete waste of time and money. The problem is that no one knows which half'.

[UglyDog]

There's a masterpiece of advertising all over the various media this morning too. I refer of course to the 'news' that [url="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/bags-money-tetley-tea-insures-4694320"]Tetley have insured the tastebuds of one of their blenders[/url]. It was all over the BBC radio news this morning, on the hour [i]and[/i] half-hour, and is in several newspapers and their websites, not to mention Huffpost. And you can bet your bottom that the insurance premium was a microscopic fraction of the cost of taking out adverts in all those publications. Not to mention of course the completely free advertising on the non-commercial BBC. Tetley must be laughing their heads off. It's a stroke of genius.

Edited November 26, 2014 by UglyDog

[flyfisher]

Yep, nothing like [i]using[/i] the system to your own advantage instead of moaning or trying to change it

[Marvin]

I'm shocked that so many of you are watching commercial television...you uncouth lot.

[yorks5stringer]

[quote name='Marvin' timestamp='1417011250' post='2616048']
I'm shocked that so many of you are watching commercial television...you uncouth lot.
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The maid had it on as I passed through the Scullery. TV's were banned under the stairs until 2010 then young Mister YFS ( he's 94) relented. That said, they are allowed 30 minutes a day and have to pay for the license themselves...