A few years ago I posted about my fav talk show, So, Graham Norton. Well he’s back on BBCe weeknights at 22h30. Here’s a clip from episode 1 on Monday night:
I laughed so hard there was pee involved…!
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I haven’t seen it on TV yet, if you haven’t either, here’s Neotel‘s first SA TV ad.
This vid is entitled ‘Banned Advert – South Africa, Soweto’. I think it’s awesome.
Filmed and executed brilliantly.
Advertising at its best
Posted by Don Packett under Marketing , Television on March 3 2008 at 11:47 AMSA has a lot of competition as far as low-cost air travel goes. I spent 2 hours watching Extreme Home Makeover and Ellen on the Series channel before this 1time ad came on again so I could tape it.
They take a big dig at, not only the airlines who add airport tax and the rest of it afterward, but specifically at Kulula.com, by the uniform of the check-in lady.
Awesome.
Has there ever, and I mean ever, been a funnier moment in television history than that scene in “The one where Emma cries” where Joey told Ross to punch him, so Ross punches Joey, and Joey ducks, and Ross hits his hand on a pole, and Gunther laughs at Ross, then in demonstration, Joey punches Ross, and then Ross doesn’t duck, and then Joey says sorry using the inverted comma with the hands (I fucking hate that!) thing?
I laughed until I cried, and then I laughed some more.
I think I may have even shat my pants…!
In some of the finest investigative journalism ever seen on South African television, (since his award winning work on the issue of male baldness) Derek Watts last night asked the following question, oh, and I’m paraphrasing from memory:
| Michael Moore has made a lot of money from his movies, and yet he still wears jeans, does this make him a hypocrite? |
That’s a good question, obviously if we take a polemic view of issues, we could deduce that the wearing of jeans by those the earn more than minimum wage is rather tendencious.
I’ve seen you in jeans before, and yet I imagine you do fairly well, are you a hypocrite Derek?
Your Pulitzer is in the post…!
Yes, yes, thank you very much. We had some characters come through to our offices today to ask us a few questions on the whole blogging thing. With all these bright lights setup all over the place the interrogation started. “What are blogs?” – “Why did you start blogging?” – “When did D’ave come out of the closet?” – All these questions were flung at us and we did our best to answer as well as possible.
From left: D’ave, Don and myself.
D’ave just came by my laptop as I was typing this entry and asked me to let all the schoolgirls know that he actually didn’t come out and that they must feel free to comment and leave their cell numbers.
How hard do you need to sell?
Posted by Don Packett under Marketing , Television on September 28 2004 at 8:05 AM
Glomail has a car wash like no other, Titanium Protection.
“The unique formulation is engineered for today’s automotive coatings, ensuring that the wash is friendly for all exterior surfaces without sacrificing power. Titanium Protections is biodegradable and pH balanced to be paint friendly. The high foaming formula primes your car for the ultimate shine.”
And if that didn’t impress you, they throw in an extra bottle of something else, plus a high-absorption shammy and sponge kit that really work, just ask the girls in short skirts that are working on that beautiful new Beamer with ease.
But wait, there’s more…
They actually do tests on these cars. Spraypaint? Wipes away with a wet cloth. Burn the car with a flame thrower? Black residue is no match for Titanium Protection. But then, my best, they blow up a car. With explosives! Big bang explosives! And the presenter and his geriatric mate walk over to the car, well, pieces of the car, and say ‘Have a look here, the paint is still in perfect condition.’
I’m so happy to know that when my car blows up, the paint will still be okay, ‘cos that’s what I’m gonna be worrying about.
Or maybe they are. Either way, South Africa has an entry into the ‘Best Foreign Language Picture’ category at the 77th Annual Academy Awards.
Let’s hope Charlize isn’t the only South African to hold one of those bad boys.
It started with The Weakest Link, we copied it to the last little detail, even transforming Fiona Coyne into the famous bitch Anne Robinson.
Now, we’ve done it again. Welcome to The Block. If you haven’t heard of it, four couples move into a not-so-close-to-being-completed apartment building, and need to make it look like a proper, fully furnished and decorated home in twelve weeks. We watched the original Australian version and loved it. But what does South Africa do? Grabs three man and woman couples, and a gay couple, just like the Aussie version!
I ask why.
I don’t at all mind that they brought the concept to the country, I think it’s awsome, We actually wanted to enter. But why make a carbon copy of the original version? The only South African flavour is the accents, otherwise they may as well be back on Bondi Beach!
Please guys, have a bit of originality, a bit of sense, and stop being such dumbasses! You’re South African, be proud of it and stop trying to be like everyone else. You’ve raped an English show, now an Australian one, who’s next?
I’m sure by now you all know about the full screen menu you get when pressing the arrow keys on your DSTV remote. However last night, my finger slipped and I hit the “OK” button instead.
It turns out when you do this, the ‘DSTV Touch’ screen appears, which is a shortcut menu to stuff like weather, TV guide, games etc.
Arb, but handy…!
I love the Sci-Fi channel, and I am not alone (he he). A short while ago, MultiChoice announced this, in the most condescending voice I have heard next to Lt Riker’s:
“Operation of the Sci Fi channel is no longer economically viable in Southern Africa, and MultiChoice and Universal Studios Networks have agreed for the channel to be withdrawn from the PAS 7 DStv Bouquet”
What! No! What a rolling big fat lie (they’ve now added “reasons of confidentiality” to their statement)! But again, I am not alone. There are more than 25 disgusted MultiChoice comments on the local hellopeter.com already, livid about the closing of this channel, along with most people I have spoken to. And it’s their response to the hordes of complaints that makes this ordeal even worse.
They chime the same copy-and-paste message about being “sorry for any inconvenience and frustration caused” and “DSTV thanks you for being such a loyal supporter” as a response to the complains. And they all end in
“MultiChoice Cares”
Sure you do.
Personally, I find 40% of the value I get out of DSTV comes from this channel, so please explain how this next bit of C’&P-ing is supposed to placate me:
“MultiChoice is also continually adding value to the DStv Bouquet with broadcasts such as the Big Brother channel, the Idols channel, etc. This year we are bringing you 7 dedicated Summer Olympic channels, a 24 x 7 Project Fame channel and an extended broadcast of The Block. We are always giving you more.”
I don’t understand why they think supporters of this fantasy niche will find compensation in reality programming and sport. Adding value? Giving you more? My arse.
I now know two things:
1) My Sci-Fi is gone forever
2) I no longer have any faith in MultiChoice, and I never will again
They obviously care so little about their customers (us), that they will find themselves dead in the water as soon as a challenger arrives. In fact, people are already braying for a saviour.
I have started a bit of a petition, if you would like to add your name, mail me. Resistance is not futile!
Make it so.
SuperSport: I hate you!
Posted by Rich...! under Marketing , Rants , Sports , Television on June 21 2004 at 10:56 PMI hate you because you ruined my evening. Not two seconds before turning off the TV did I hear, for the fifth time tonight, Right Said Fred, telling us what they are…in your name. I thus spent my late night visit to the crapper, a normally joyous occasion, unable to concentrate on my magazine, singing happily in my head the first few bars to “We are, we are, we are, we are, we are.” . Fuck you! Fuck you, you fucking fuck fucks.
Fuck you…!
A big fat Boo-Yah to Dairybelle for their new So Smooth Yoghurt TV ad.
Download it here. And while you’re at it, get this too.
Watch it. You’ll probably love it.
When MetroFM brought out their TV ad where a guy walks past a barking dog and he makes a beat to the bark, I thought they struck something huge. I was right. Then came the Beat of Africa ad, where big bass beats pulse from brick walls to the human heart.
Their latest is the Move advert. Dark, eerie, special effects and chicks in leather on big bikes. I can honestly say that the ad doesn’t make me want to ‘tune in’, but as a video editor I can really appreciate how it has been edited and produced. Also, their gadget review really impressed me… I wonder why…
MetroFM – It’s where you’re at.
MNET: You should be ashamed of yourself
Posted by Rich...! under Music , Television on May 30 2004 at 6:29 PMI certainly would be if I was responsible for the horrendous production of your new show Project Fame. What are you thinking? Not only is it a blatant rip-off of the BBC’s far superior Fame Academy, but the standard of production is horrific. As an ex-lampie, I’ll be first in line to help bitch slap the lighting designer/director, and your stage is far too big, where’s the intimacy?. Oh and don’t get me started on the continuity presenters and their insulting jokes. You’re even bringing back the x-factor cliche, I can’t believe it, didn’t that die with Idols two seasons ago? I feel sick, I really do.
Fucking amateurs…!
Lazing on a Saturday afternoon watching TV a few years ago, a tall, bald Brit sat on a rock on a mountain in front of a makeshift braai. Imagine French toast. Now imagine a French toast sandwich, filled with cubes of ham, grated cheese and a few select herbs for that extra ‘yum’ factor.
Ainsley Harriot is visiting South Africa.
If you haven’t been exposed to his charisma and absolute love for the kitchen, check this out.
How could any self-respecting human being let this show air on TV?
Charlies Angels meets female Floyd, except these chicks don’t get drunk. The show is so bad that you’d think they were drunk. Three not-so-hot chicks traveling around the country saving lives by making gourmet meals. A real winner.
Someone’s daddy definitely has a finger in the BBC pie.
As a video editor I crit every aspect of shows and movies and how they’ve been edited. Someone should tell their editors to pay attention to a little thing called TV-cropping. Yes, I know it looks good and it all fits in the frame of your editing suite, but TV’s tend to cut a bit out, quite a bit in fact. Which is why I, and the rest of the country, couldn’t read where your important mission was taking place, because we could only see the top third of the words that appeared on the bottom of the screen.
Terrible.
