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garinda · 28-11-2008, 01:43

We are told we are in the grips of a recession.

Marks and Spencer, in a similar position to many other companies, are seeing their profits plummeting.

What do they do?

They release a mini-epic film advertisment. Sort of a Wham Christmas video, but with less big hair, and none of the biting political satire.

There’s Twiggy cracking her nuts in a leather chair. A sort of cut price Susan Sarandon matriarch, playing Marmee in Little Women. Little Zed List.

Lily is stood warming her mitts in front of the fire, after getting them wet playing snowballs with Take That outside.

Erin O’Conner and Noemie Lenoir are trying to find the end of the Sellotape, whilst the violin playing one from Hear Say is by the window, draping the tree with her Angel hair.

Laura Bailey must be in the kitchen, preparing sprouts with Shirley Bassey, as they are nowhere to be seen in this one. Bless ‘em. We'll have to wait until Easter, when Bryan Ferry brings West Life round for a goose. Not just any goose, but an M & S honey glazed goose, with a rustic herb stuffing .

Do you care that flame haired Oxford undergraduate and part time model, Lily Cole, is being paid a massive amount of money to be in the advert? Or would you equally understand the ‘lifestyle’ concept they are trying to flog just as well, if it was some unknown ginger in a baby lamb’s wool sweater?

Do you watch these celebrity advertisements and feel the urge to rush out and buy your granddad that dressing gown, and the vests he’s going to get?

Similarly do you watch Biggins offering his prawn ring to Coleen, Jason, and Kerry, no need for surnames, they’re that big, and think forget Farmhouse Foods and Jack Fulton’s, if it ain’t good enough for a smack head mum, it ain’t good enough for me, I’m off to Iceland to buy my Peking duck boats?

Are we taken in by these companies paying massive amounts of money to celebrities pretending they are having a party? When we really know it was filmed in May, and all those people wouldn’t be in a room together unless they were being paid bucket loads of money to be there.

Personally price and quality are the two most important factors, deciding where I shop. I’d much rather the savings they could make by using jobbing actors, was passed on to us, the customers.

What do you think? Do they decide where you shop?

28-11-2008, 01:43	#1
garinda Give, give, give member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Overlookin' ducks & geese Posts: 32,411 Blog Entries: 293 Liked: 27 times Rep Power: 16468	Celebrity advertisements. We are told we are in the grips of a recession. Marks and Spencer, in a similar position to many other companies, are seeing their profits plummeting. What do they do? They release a mini-epic film advertisment. Sort of a Wham Christmas video, but with less big hair, and none of the biting political satire. There’s Twiggy cracking her nuts in a leather chair. A sort of cut price Susan Sarandon matriarch, playing Marmee in Little Women. Little Zed List. Lily is stood warming her mitts in front of the fire, after getting them wet playing snowballs with Take That outside. Erin O’Conner and Noemie Lenoir are trying to find the end of the Sellotape, whilst the violin playing one from Hear Say is by the window, draping the tree with her Angel hair. Laura Bailey must be in the kitchen, preparing sprouts with Shirley Bassey, as they are nowhere to be seen in this one. Bless ‘em. We'll have to wait until Easter, when Bryan Ferry brings West Life round for a goose. Not just any goose, but an M & S honey glazed goose, with a rustic herb stuffing . Do you care that flame haired Oxford undergraduate and part time model, Lily Cole, is being paid a massive amount of money to be in the advert? Or would you equally understand the ‘lifestyle’ concept they are trying to flog just as well, if it was some unknown ginger in a baby lamb’s wool sweater? Do you watch these celebrity advertisements and feel the urge to rush out and buy your granddad that dressing gown, and the vests he’s going to get? Similarly do you watch Biggins offering his prawn ring to Coleen, Jason, and Kerry, no need for surnames, they’re that big, and think forget Farmhouse Foods and Jack Fulton’s, if it ain’t good enough for a smack head mum, it ain’t good enough for me, I’m off to Iceland to buy my Peking duck boats? Are we taken in by these companies paying massive amounts of money to celebrities pretending they are having a party? When we really know it was filmed in May, and all those people wouldn’t be in a room together unless they were being paid bucket loads of money to be there. Personally price and quality are the two most important factors, deciding where I shop. I’d much rather the savings they could make by using jobbing actors, was passed on to us, the customers. What do you think? Do they decide where you shop? __________________ 'If you're going to be a Kant, be the very best Kant there is my son.' Johann Georg Kant, father of Immanuel Kant, philosopher. Last edited by garinda; 28-11-2008 at 01:47.