Internet killed the video star

August 5, 2008 | 1 Comment

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This is just brilliant, sent to me by Will.  Poke New York have launched upl8.tv a site that takes the best absurd videos the interweb has to offer, and have combined them into one entity meaning that you no longer have to channel surf those random channels on YouTube.  The thing I love most about this is the ability to search within your own channels by simply adding words + more words to the URL string.

Posted by Jamie Coomber | Filed Under Blog, TV, Video 

Cadbury follow Gorilla with vanilla

March 30, 2008 | 1 Comment

It was never going to be easy was it? Everyone has been waiting for Cadbury to launch their follow up to their drumming Gorilla but after seeing it I can’t help but think….Vanilla.

The ad features a great song (Queen), but the ad left me feeling a little flat and I can’t help but think the song is the hero rather than the creative thinking or even the product. Fallon were always going to have a difficult time following up the Gorilla ad which was a brilliant execution but Trucks didn’t make me smile and I didn’t feel rewarded but maybe I wouldn’t have felt like this if my expectations hadn’t been so high?

Posted by Jamie Coomber | Filed Under Advertising, Blog, TV, Video