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Thursday, 30 March 2023

The World's Most Horrifying Advertising Animals #47: Wella Shockwaves Gorilla

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You might recall how, some years ago, the public's imagination was momentarily captured by a television campaign in which a drumstick-wi...
Sunday, 26 March 2023

Right Here, Right Now (This Is Your Life, Lenny!)

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"Right Here, Right Now" by Fatboy Slim (otherwise known as Norman Cook) is a curious artefact of the big beat era. The track, whic...
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Wednesday, 15 March 2023

Brother From Another Series (aka We Don't Talk About Pruno)

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Today is the Ides of March, and what better way to honor the occasion than by paying tribute to the two most endearing backstabbers that I k...
Saturday, 11 March 2023

Toyota MR2 Roadster: The Painful Prick of Earthly Pleasure (2000)

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I'm a staunch proponent of the notion that TV ads are at their most delectable when you can perceive them as miniature horrors in their ...
Monday, 27 February 2023

Drinking and Driving Wrecks Lives: Eyes

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As the "Drinking and Driving Wrecks Lives" series goes, the 1992 offering "Eyes" is a particularly unlovely one to have ...
Saturday, 25 February 2023

Texas: In Demand (Alan Rickman's Long Night's Journey Into Day)

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There are few music videos I'd rate as quite so silently haunting as that of "In Demand", a hit for Scottish pop rockers Texas...
Tuesday, 21 February 2023

Chief Wiggum, P.I. (aka When The Big Easy Calls, You Gotta Accept The Charges)

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Something I'm definitely aiming to achieve more of in 2023 would be greater in-depth coverage of The Simpsons ' Season 8. I've g...