Puppets in adverts

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/jul/14/puppets-adverts-string-em-up

Is this article just taking things a bit too far?

I'd never thought of the Birds Eye polar bear as anything other than a
bit of a daft concept.

 

I don't like the Birds eye bear, but I do like the ones on the
travelodge adverts.

It's saying something when puppets are more eloquent/better spokesmen
than Lenny Henry ...

Paul.

 

Personally I agree with the writer, in finding most advert puppets
creepy, wierd or just generally unpleasant.

Unlike him, however, I see it in a positive light, as it underlines
even more that I'm not in the target audience, thereby reinforcing my
already huge feeling of superiority even further.

 

Puppets are for odd cunts.

 

I don't like the Birds eye bear, but I do like the ones on the
travelodge adverts.

It's saying something when puppets are more eloquent/better spokesmen
than Lenny Henry ...

 

But Punch and Judy is a Great British tradition.

Never quite 'got' ventriloquists though. Or Rod Hull. Or that twat
with the ostrich ..

Paul.

 

I liked Jay Johnson in Soap.

 

I think that bear is plain creepy.

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On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 19:44:55 +0100, Catman

[birds eye advert]

why?

 

I just thought "George Burns" when I saw the ad with the bear. I don't see
owt sinister in it.

 

I quite like "Alan" in Two and a half men.

 

Silence!

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique,

I KEEL YOU!

 

Well, apart from having an (apparently) unknown lodger [1] living in the
freezer compartment[2], he seems downright psychotic to me. Slightly
threatening, with a promise of extreme violence. 'I'll be watching you'

[1] Sort of Michael Keaton in Pacific Heights.
[2] Which would freak me out, for a start.
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Yebbut Lenyy Henry does Premier Inn

 

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It's a shame that Travelodges seem to be universally poorly maintained
and very shabby these days.

 

My delightful client's corporate travel agent has booked me into a
Travelodge in Edinburgh for a week during the Edinburgh Festival
because nothing else is available in the city.

The price? A merge £153 PER NIGHT!

 

Hmmm, that's probably why I want one.

Stalker polar bear, what's not to love?

As long as he didn't drink the limoncello he'd be fine.

 

On one level nothing, but as a conduit to sell processed shit food....

I reckon that would be the first to go.

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Refuse to go, or pull a sickie. Seriously.