All articles by Mark Dishman – Page 21
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Comment and Opinion
Johnnie Walker's eclectic ambassadors jump on the joy wagon
Think of ‘joy’ in fmcg ads and you’ll probably think of Cadbury. But Johnnie Walker is looking to change things
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Comment and Opinion
McCoy's on song as everybloke serenades a store
Adland is fond of ironic appreciations of cheesy classics…
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Comment and Opinion
Thatchers plays quality card in eccentric, slow-motion success
Thatchers has recently sought to play up its rural history with a part-animated, slightly cheap-looking TV spot.
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Comment and Opinion
Can Guinness' crafty beer win over the hipsters?
If ever something was going to test the hipster-driven craft beer revival then this is it…
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Comment and Opinion
Lidl proclaims triumph over Heinz in tomato-based twosome
Precisely what Heinz has done to irk Lidl we’ll never know, but each of the discounter’s new ads…
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Comment and Opinion
Yorkshire Tea's cult of workers is wonderfully weird
Another day on the Yorkshire Tea production line, and a (presumably new) member of staff lobs a bit of paper at the bin
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Comment and Opinion
Foster's Brad and Dan reach the end of the road - a good call
“Well, this is it mate.” And so, two more ad characters we’re for some reason supposed to care about are gone…
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Comment and Opinion
Sylvester Stallone is a knockout for Warburtons
How will Hollywood star Sylvester Stallone shape up in a Warburtons ad?
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Comment and Opinion
Doritos dork gets a taste for heroism... from Bonnie Tyler
Need a hero? It’s hard to resist Bonnie Tyler’s 1980s hit, so Doritos has replaced its flagging mariachi band
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Comment and Opinion
Kleenex kissers screened off in strange scenes
Depending on how dirty your mind is, a ‘Kleenex kiss’ sounds at best mildly unhygienic…
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Promotional Feature
Jacob’s Creek blokes preposterously play up Aussie influence
Pernod Ricard is desperately attempting to put value back into Aussie wine with this ad for Jacob’s Creek…
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Comment and Opinion
Starburst finds an intense new way to shout about flavour
Brands go to great lengths to ‘visualise’ flavours, from M&S’s oozy close-ups to that Boursin ad where…
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Comment and Opinion
The Co-op remembers Christmas with a funny, fresh ad
The Co-op is a little late to the party with its Christmas ad, but it has cleverly made a virtue of it…
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Comment and Opinion
Girls' night out reminds us to get the Baileys in
The glad rags are on, the friends are assembled and the taxis are hailed…
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Comment and Opinion
Hunger's back as Danio 'Grumbler' pitches yoghurt at blokes
Thought Shreddies had locked up Hunger? Alas, that was only ‘till lunch’…
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Comment and Opinion
Mascot Fred gets saucy – and scary – in new Homepride ad
Pale-faced Fred is apparently some sort of giant Lego undertaker
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Comment and Opinion
Camp, clean 'unstinkable' fun with Amy Sedaris and Lenor
Actress Amy Sedaris is fairly well known in the US, but bemused Brits might be hard-pressed to recognise her…
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Comment and Opinion
Nicole Scherzinger smashes it for Müller
Nicole Scherzinger is a dream come true for Müller – gorgeous, world famous and adored by a wide demographic…
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Comment and Opinion
BN's odd owls join McVitie's 'Sweeet' line-up
McVitie’s continues its ‘Sweeet’ push with a new ad for its BN biscuits…
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Comment and Opinion
Southern Comfort goes back to the bar with pleasingly silly ad
Southern Comfort continues its ‘whatever’s comfortable’ push with a pleasingly bizarre effort…