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10-17-07, 03:41 AM
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| | David Morton Lifetime Premier Supporter
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| Chocolate advertisement - a classic
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10-17-07, 04:40 AM
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| | p thompson Administrator
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| Re: Chocolate advertisement - a classic
A great advert for sure! and I read that the 90 second slot prior to the Rugby last weekend cost Cadbury's £700K..... money well spent I think.
What's the betting there's another advert this coming weekend too?
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10-17-07, 05:49 AM
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| | David Morton Lifetime Premier Supporter
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| Re: Chocolate advertisement - a classic
Paul,
There may well be another but it would be an onerous task to improve on this one.
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10-17-07, 06:03 AM
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| | Paul B Gold Supporter
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Rep Power: 5  |  Re: Chocolate advertisement - a classic
I believe the gorilla is an actor who learned drumming in a couple of weeks prior to the take.
He has a small LCD screen inside the head via which he can see what he is doing!
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10-17-07, 06:39 AM
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| | Keith1 10 tenths
Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: United Kingdom GT40: Uh uh
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I'm a little confused here...
I thought it was a younger Phil Collins... 
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10-17-07, 07:12 AM
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| | delaneyp Peter D
Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Sydney, Australia GT40: DRB #27
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Rep Power: 20 | Re: Chocolate advertisement - a classic
Pure Genius !!
If only they had done the whole track 
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10-17-07, 07:14 AM
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| | delaneyp Peter D
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Keith - don't get too cute : severe hair loss can be a touchy subject amongst some of us older folk !!
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10-17-07, 12:05 PM
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| | David Morton Lifetime Premier Supporter
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| Re: Chocolate advertisement - a classic
My wife is deeply dismayed when I pointed out that it is not a real gorilla. She asked me how they managed to train a gorilla to play the drums - was it shown endless tapes of Phil Collins or whatever. Now, she says this advert is a waste of her time when previously it was funny. Strange things. Wives that is, not gorillas. | |
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10-17-07, 03:03 PM
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| | Mark IV Silver Supporter
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Rep Power: 15 | Re: Chocolate advertisement - a classic
I thought it was Phil before his morning coffee!
Years ago here in the states, Red Rose had a commercial with a bunch of chimps "playing" band instruments and "singing" the Red Rose song. My old Italian grandfather watched one day, thought long and sagely announced "I don't think those monkeys are really playing those instruments!!" To this day anything of dubious validity in our house is described as "I don't think those monkeys are really playing those instruments"
Gotta love digital effects..........
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10-17-07, 06:17 PM
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| | Keith1 10 tenths
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Quote:
Originally Posted by delaneyp  Keith - don't get too cute : severe hair loss can be a touchy subject amongst some of us older folk !! |
Hair?
Can't remember.....
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11-09-07, 04:10 AM
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| | p thompson Administrator
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11-09-07, 05:07 AM
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| | Malcolm Gold Supporter
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excellent!
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11-09-07, 06:06 AM
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| | huntsen 5 Tenths
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What's that banging noise in the background? 
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11-09-07, 05:42 PM
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| | Chrissimp Rookie
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I'm afraid she doesn't play the drums as well as the gorilla - but who cares?!
Chris
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11-09-07, 05:50 PM
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| | Steve26 A Tenth
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There were drums in the clip with the chick? | |
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11-09-07, 06:21 PM
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| | aero 2 Tenths
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HA HA - I completely forgot it was a wonderbra spoof and kept telling myself "Damn, they could have made it so her boobs bounced around more." 
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11-09-07, 07:31 PM
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| | Bill D I Have No Life
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I'm a happy camper!!
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11-09-07, 08:29 PM
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| | Mark IV Silver Supporter
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Will you guys PLEASE stop talking about my wife that way!!!!!!!
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11-10-07, 01:45 AM
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| | p thompson Administrator
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Oh well - I guess us guys all think alike....
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