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Chat => General => Topic started by: kevvosa on November 05, 2006, 10:41:04 am

Title: M&S adverts
Post by: kevvosa on November 05, 2006, 10:41:04 am

Have anyone seen these? "This is not just food...this is M&S food" They are so over-the-top it's hilarious. The woman speaking is practically having an orgasm.

And then there's the new Haagen Daz advert, which has a similar theme.

Title: M&S adverts
Post by: oldspice on November 05, 2006, 11:13:43 am

I have been laughing my socks off about these and my son and I even came up with a spoof M&S advert:

Butter, roasted with a butter centre and rich butter sauce;

Butter, coated in butter crumbs and deep fried in best butter;

Butter sponge, with a liquid butter centre and double butter sauce.

This isn't just food, it's heartattack-inducing, butter, butter. butter

It reminds me of the spam sketch in Monty Python.

Title: M&S adverts
Post by: smurfboy on November 05, 2006, 12:18:04 pm

I agree they are ridiculously over-the-top, and Rory Bremner did a great spoof of them called 'S and M - this is not just food; this is pornography'. However, they have worked brilliantly. M and S's food sales have soared since the ads were introduced. Loads of copycat ads have sprung up; the Haagen Dazs ones Kev mentioned, plus the current Aldi and Morrisons ads.

Title: M&S adverts
Post by: robbie on November 06, 2006, 05:39:34 pm

The woman speaking is none other than Dervla Kirwan.

Title: M&S adverts
Post by: oldspice on November 07, 2006, 06:50:40 am

Who ever she is.

Title: M&S adverts
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on November 07, 2006, 08:30:08 am

The woman from Ballykissangel?

Title: M&S adverts
Post by: smurfboy on November 07, 2006, 12:33:37 pm

That's her. I hadn't realised, but when Robbie said it it suddenly seemed obvious.

Title: M&S adverts
Post by: oldspice on November 07, 2006, 05:51:04 pm

I've never seen that programme.

Title: M&S adverts
Post by: smurfboy on November 07, 2006, 06:37:50 pm

She was also the original Phoebe in Goodnight Sweetheart.

Title: M&S adverts
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on November 08, 2006, 08:12:49 am

Did you see when she was in Father Ted, she was in Ted's dream sequence when he was dreaming of being the priest in Ballykissangel?

Title: M&S adverts
Post by: goldencup on November 08, 2006, 12:48:50 pm

Quote from: smurfboy

She was also the original Phoebe in Goodnight Sweetheart.

Ah, now I know where I've heard the name.  She was much better than the one who replaced her. 

Title: M&S adverts
Post by: smurfboy on November 08, 2006, 01:24:01 pm

Title: M&S adverts
Post by: goldencup on November 08, 2006, 01:27:33 pm

Or:

Title: M&S adverts
Post by: oldspice on November 09, 2006, 06:47:14 am

Oh I've definitely seen the top one on TV.