KFC FC
From France: KFC taps into the excitement around Euro 2020 with this delightfully wacky spot.
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Amsterdam Advisory
In a recent press release, Amsterdam’s city council said that it plans to take extra measures this summer, against “nuisance visitors”. One councillor elaborated on that, saying this:
If it is your intention to see the most beautiful city in the world this summer, come to Amsterdam. If your intention is to booze and misbehave, dressed like a penis, look elsewhere!’
Burger King- We Missed You
In a new spot running across France and Belgium, Burger King fondly remembers its more difficult customers.
KitKat Wizardry
From Australia: a smile-inducing campaign for KitKat transports its signature slogan into a world of wizards on Zoom calls.
Spot 1: Remote Meeting Magic
Spot 2: Breaking My Concentration
Spot 3: Breaking and Not Entering
Age-Defying Spirit
From Spain: a tale of love and resolve. As reported in The Guardian:
Manuel Souto, an 82-year-old retired lathe operator, decided to find somewhere for his wife to sit and rest on their daily walks. María Souto, who is 79 and has osteoarthritis, walks with a stick and finds her morning exercise increasingly difficult.
After efforts to lobby the local council to install benches along their usual route came to nothing, Souto took matters into his own hands and headed to the local DIY shop.
“The bench took me about half an hour,” he told La Voz de Galicia. “I got some wood but I had a saw at home because I still have my workshop. It was just a matter of sawing and nailing and I finished almost straight away.”
Fixing the Moon’s Orbit
An American Congressman from Texas is in the news for asking this question to a representative of the US Forest Service:
I understand from what’s been testified to, the Forest Service and the [Bureau of Land Management], you want very much to work on the issue of climate change. I was informed by the past director of NASA that they’ve found that the moon’s orbit is changing slightly and so is the earth’s orbit around the sun. We know there’s been a significant solar flare activity, and so — is there anything that the National Forest Service or BLM can do to change the course of the moon’s orbit, or the earth’s orbit around the sun? Obviously that would have profound effects on our climate.
Howling Art
As reported in the Lancashire Post:
A crowd of 150 people gathered at Preston Bus Station on Sunday (May 30) whilst a Lancashire artist filmed the group howling together in the name of art.
In the words of the said artist:
A lot of the work I make follows this idea that when we gather we become powerful. So as soon as we've been able to, I've wanted to use a simple idea to bring people back together and howl for the last wolf in England and howl and mourn for the people we've lost during the past year and the time that we've lost.
I think people understood the idea of it immediately - we come together and howl. And that's what people have done. We actually ended up with 150 people and it's a really cathartic experience to become a pack again.
Sometimes it's really difficult to explain to people what you do, but this piece really resonates with a lot of people.
The Most Honest Recruitment Ad
That’s how male sex toys brand, Arcwave, is describing its cheeky hiring notice. It certainly doesn’t beat around the bush, if you don’t mind my saying so, in explaining the role requirements on its website.
Trump’s Trousers
It may have been Trump’s first public appearance in a long while but the foremost question on many people’s minds was this: was he wearing his trousers backwards?
RIP Clarence Williams III
A glimpse of his chilling performance in 52 Pick-Up (1986): Bobby’s Talk with Doreen.
We’re Better With Pets
A new ad for British pet care retailer, Pets at Home, perfectly captures the joys and the challenges of owning pets.
“Famed Penchant for Typos”
A recent letter to The Guardian, that was shared on Twitter by a former editor:
On Saturday, you published a photo of the UK prime minister above the headline “A dangerous cult now runs Britain” (28 May). I was pleased to see that, despite the constant turmoil of the modern world, some things, such as the Guardian’s famed penchant for typos, never change.
-Tony Mabbott
Rotherham, South Yorkshire
Farage Burger
The menu of a London restaurant is getting some attention after someone pointed out a rather irreverent item on its list of burgers- The Farage. This is how it is described:
Empty plate with a side of gammon, despicable lies and a face like a slapped arse.
For good measure, it is the highest-priced item on the menu.
Now You Know
A new spot for Abbot Laboratories mixes humour with empathy in highlighting the challenges faced by diabetics.
Radio Journalist has Sex On-Air
From a report in The Copenhagen Post:
“Aaaah, hmmm, can you tell me what you’re seeing now?” asks Radio4 journalist Louise Fischer while moaning. ‘‘I see a delicious woman who is f**king me good.”
Yes, you read that right. Fischer had sex with her interviewee. It might sound strange, but while reporting on the reopening of a swinger’s club in Ishøj, Fischer thought it made sense to go all the way and interview swingers while she was having sex.
According to her the swingers wouldn’t have had let go as much as she wanted them to, if she had just interviewed them at the bar and watched.
What did her bosses think of that?
Prior to the recording, Fischer’s executives had given her the green light, but it was her own decision. “They thought it was [a] fresh [angle], and they fully trusted that I only did what I wanted and could invent myself,” she said.
With Fischer as a participative actor, the executives thought it was a good way to obtain entry into an otherwise closed world, as well as a surprising reportage. “I think it’s cool when our reporters experiment with making journalism in a different way,” Radio4 program chef Tina Kragelund told Jyllands-Posten.
American Troops Mistakenly Storm Bulgarian Olive Oil Factory
From this report:
Soldiers with the 173rd Airborne Brigade mistakenly seized and secured a working olive oil factory in Bulgaria as part of a large-scale NATO exercise aimed at deterring Russian military aggression in eastern Europe.
Extract from the US press release:
We always learn from these exercises and are fully investigating the cause of this mistake.
We will implement rigorous procedures to clearly define our training areas and prevent this type of incident in the future.
For my money, this tweet summed it up the best:
They just can’t help themselves when around OIL!
— ᒍᑌᒪIᗩᑎ (@vocalOrthodox) May 30, 2021
Imagine
Yet another ad- this from the Philippines- that keeps you wondering about what may be its message. Plus, it’s entertaining to boot. But it’s also strange- at least that’s what I thought- in the way it downplays the seriousness of what it is pitching. Just make sure you watch it right till the end.
Tourists are Stupid
From Argentina: a new campaign for online travel portal, Turismocity, that keeps you guessing about its message… until it hits you with a blunt but rib-tickling punchline.
Spot 1: Plant
Spot 2: Frog
Pronoun-ced Ignorant
Last week, an American Congresswoman, who has been in the news for her ludicrous and offensive comments, put out this tweet:
My pronoun is “Patriot”.
— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) May 25, 2021
Not surprisingly, she got roasted with responses such as these:
It’s a noun. So is “idiot”.
— Fred Wellman (@FPWellman) May 26, 2021
The epitome of what an investment in education or lack thereof can offer American society.
— john (@john86ofsfsd) May 26, 2021