Reply With QuoteIntensely.Originally Posted by bindeweede
Almost as ubiquitous is "Here Come The Girls" which I don't find quite so grating.
I wonder if anyone else finds the "Go Compare" advert immensely irritating. That yukky "Italian" tenor.
Well, here is Caruso singing the original song from the First World War. Recorded in 1918, I think. Enjoy.
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear
bright, until you hear them speak.
Intensely.
Almost as ubiquitous is "Here Come The Girls" which I don't find quite so grating.
The tenor in question is apparently Wynne Evans.....who's Welsh!I wonder if anyone else finds the "Go Compare" advert immensely irritating. That yukky "Italian" tenor.
Well, here is Caruso singing the original song from the First World War. Recorded in 1918, I think. Enjoy.
Not that there's anything wrong with being Welsh of course. And I gather he's jolly good.....
So it's not 'here come the squirrels then ...'?
I have a rather distorted view of adverts because I rarely watch anything on ITV/C4 that hasn't been pre-recorded. So I just fast-forward through the adverts. One benefit - no music!
I have wondered how many other people do this, and whether or not advertisers take it into account in producing their videos - like making sure the product name stays visible for long enough...
Anthony G Williams
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I do that aswell. My machine also has the added benefit of a button which can skip the adverts at a single press.
As the technology becomes cheaper and more people acquire it I do wonder how the advertisers will get round the problem of no one watching their ads.
skb
"I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer" - Zaphod Beeblebrox
"This post may be edited to make it more wrong" - skb
"Ignorance is no basis for rewriting the laws of physics" - Pebble
"I am a scientist, with a beard to prove it. This makes me an authority on nothing other than the growing and maintenance of facial hair" - skb
More and more advertising is moving to the internet!
Let me guess - a collapse in TV advertising will nicely coincide with the BBC being forced to rely more on commercial income rather than the licence fee...
And of course, will be a great help to those zillions of commercial TV channels being established in our new digital age.
Where is the money to fund decent programmes going to come from in the future?
Anthony G Williams
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There was an interview on Radio 4 the other evening which mentioned this. It is already the case that TV programmes have to get an instant good audience or they are canned. It is used to be possible to build an audience. Also, expensive programmes have to have more an international appeal so they can be sold overseas. So expect more 'transatlantic' style programming.
I can't help thinking that the trend within TV of making ever cheaper programmes dumbed down to the lowest common denominator is an instance of civilisation sliding back down the hill...
Anthony G Williams
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Who remembers these? Those Hamlet ads were special.
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear
bright, until you hear them speak.
Yeah, thanks for that. Way to go making me feel old
skb
"I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer" - Zaphod Beeblebrox
"This post may be edited to make it more wrong" - skb
"Ignorance is no basis for rewriting the laws of physics" - Pebble
"I am a scientist, with a beard to prove it. This makes me an authority on nothing other than the growing and maintenance of facial hair" - skb
A selection of "Hamlet" ads, using the same JSB tune. The classic Gregor Fisher one, and some classed as "18". The music might not be for the purists, but it has something.
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear
bright, until you hear them speak.
Perhaps those of us with access to UK TV should be grateful that we have quality programmes funded other than by advertising.
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