Comments on: Boxcutters Episode 72

By: fourthof5

fourthof5 — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 07:51:09 +0000

Boy someone at Pepsi should be giving some royalties to Tommy Tinker for that one (Tommy Tinker being the director of Run Lola Run)

By: Ross

Ross — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 12:33:33 +0000

Is Ronaldinho in it? See, I can’t concentrate past the first square.

That is why I asked Josh what he thought as a Pepsi drinker. As a Pepsi hater, I switch off straight away. Could be the best ad in the world, but straight away my mind says “Stupid Pepsi”.

Thanks for finding the ad Catbrain.

As far as Jamie Redfern goes – I still don’t buy the old people insurance ad. OK, so he crashes into someone who knows him – maybe, but that person also wants tickets to his show – unlikely. And the guy missed out because the shows were sold out – impossible.

By: Brett

Brett — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:46:53 +0000

That Pepsi ad’s interesting – I’d seen it vaguely as I was fast forwarding but hadn’t engaged with it.

The ball tricks one had very obvious edits with someone walking in front of the camera when they had to re-take. One of the comments on the YouTube page claimed it was CGI but I don’t think they’d have bothered with the edits if it wasn’t real.

I don’t understand the bottom right story. Is that another footballer that’s getting mobbed before getting in the limo? And why wasn’t anyone mobbing Ronaldinho?

The walking sync/edits are nicely done – I haven’t been able to spot the switch over, though it may have something to do with the poles he’s walking behind…

By: catbrain

catbrain — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:20:44 +0000

I also found the Pepsi ad you were talking about: in a parallel universe, Ronaldinho is gay. *grin*

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qnko6kO9Ybs

By: catbrain

catbrain — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 23:43:50 +0000

Jamie Redfern’s Superkids claims to be the biggest-rating program on Aurora. Perhaps Aurora has a direct feed into supported accommodation, which would go some way to explaining why Jamie Redfern is in the APIA ads.

Have you ever seen an insurance ad or a late show where young people are driving around really fast? I can’t imagine an insurance company wanting to attract that kind of customer in the first place.

By: fourthof5

fourthof5 — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 15:31:32 +0000

See. Longer is better.

By: kerrie

kerrie — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 09:11:43 +0000

Wasn’t Jamie Redfern the one who got whisked away to the US by Liberace in the 70s? He was a big deal at the time.

By: catbrain

catbrain — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 20:26:56 +0000

He certainly was, Brett, and he can be seen on Aurora Television (pay tv) in his own version of YTT called Jamie Redfern’s Superkids. I think it also screened on Channel 31 for a while.

By: Brett

Brett — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 09:50:05 +0000

Wasn’t Jamie Redfern on Young Talent Time?

By: Mike Beckham

Mike Beckham — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 04:10:18 +0000

That person being interviewed on the APIA ads is Jamie Redfern from “Jamie Redfern’s SuperKids” a community TV show. He was a child star in the 60’s.

By: Brett

Brett — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 17:02:09 +0000

62 semi-solid minutes… sounds like an hour-long chubby…

Just to follow up on the Superbowl stuff, SBS’s replay tonight was just a highlights show – Billy Joel got in there (mangling the anthem) but I didn’t see any half-time show. You’d think, if they were going to stick it in the 11pm slot, they’d go in for the pound and play the whole thing.

It was lovely, though, the thanks to the almighty by the coach… now where did I put those other episodes of Friday Night Lights…?

By: Mike Beckham

Mike Beckham — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 13:51:17 +0000

How about 90 mins fellas, Muahaha

Downloading as I type…