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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=YN759pveY1E

(Thanks to a couple of people who pointed that out.)

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And so do I…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPbDW_Y72Aw

You probably know that John Webster is the greatest TV creative this country has ever produced.

So here’s a little film about how that went down:

(Thanks, D.)

Here’s the new Drambuie ad from Sell! Sell! (Interest declared: I enjoy a very cordial and longstanding cyber friendship with Vic from S!S!):

It ticks a lot of the boxes required for a booze ad: it’s memorable, different and for this kind of booze I happen to think that the level of craft is important. It’s an expensive drink (compared to beer or wine), and they want to convey that the people who make it don’t just toss stuff off; they give due consideration to creating something of a high standard, and that ought to show up in their advertsing. Brand consistency, I think it’s called.

Personally, I don’t think we see enough of this kind of risk taking. These days ads are almost all safe and dull. Bat-shit craziness is a welcome sight.

Epic teatime with Alan Rickman (thanks, M):

How to battle creative blocks (thanks, V).

What does the internet really look like? (Thanks, C.)

Funny english errors (thanks, J).

Weatherman erection blooper (thanks, J):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmJT9_TGTZ4

How Larkin and Amis wrote Lucky Jim (thanks, T).

Awkward music to have sex to (thanks, M).

Excellent interview with Louis CK (thanks, D).

How does homeopathy work?

Best Amazon reviews ever (thanks, L).

16 things Calvin and Hobbes said better than anyone else.

Ice dude (thanks, B):

Indifferent cats in amateur porn (NSFW; thanks, R).

50 top impressions in two minutes (thanks, G):

Eclectic method, Bill Murray (thanks, G):

Such a dead performance.

Maybe he’s just phoning it in.

Or texting it in.

Or sending it in via farted morse code.

Whichever it is, I have a sneaking suspicion he wasn’t motivated by the script.

Here’s Bodyform’s response to an amusing pisstake-y rant about its years of rollerblading falsehoods (you can see the rant at the end).

Great writing, great performance and a refreshing lack of corporate blandness. The drink she takes at the end is priceless.

If I had need of such things I’d switch brands now.

(Don’t bother commenting about the resemblance to Blackcurrant Tango. It transcends that with what I can only call panache.)

Here’s an ad for some tablet that isn’t an iPad (thanks, D):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mSckyoAMHg&hd=1

You know what I remember from this ad: it makes a clicky noise.

That’s it.

People dance around and shit like that, and the thing makes a clicky noise when you connect that thingie to it.

But you know what’s really odd about this ad (besides the fact that they decided to build a very expensive commercial around an unappealing noise)? That tablet has something really interesting. Honestly, it does. Go back and see if you can spot it.

Got it? Well, if it’s still not obvious to you, I’ll tell you: the thing you click on to the tablet has a keyboard. Now, I’ve no idea if that’s going to be a game-changer or if it even works particularly well, but it’s different and it’s interesting.

Unlike the ad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZfkSAQWz9E&feature=share

From the brief, ‘Our interior looks like shit but we’d like to pretend it’s beautiful’, this is a great piece of work.

It has some un-annoying shots of the product, a darkly funny story with a real character (that happens to be one of those ugly cats you’d like to hate, but in this case you end up quite liking), and fine direction and editing bringing it all together.