Friday Frivolity: Commercials

One of my favourite TV specials growing up was Commercial Breakdown with Jasper Carrott, (they never seem to re-run any of his stuff, I don't know why - maybe it hasn't dated well?). Anyway, the point of the show was to introduce the British public to silly foreign adverts. Because it aired on the BBC, a publicly funded institution banned from carrying advertising, home grown ads were a no go.

But, really, that was where the true comedy gold was. Just look at this:

And this:


And definitely this:

I should probably point out that in addition to being an old fashioned girls' name, 'fanny' means vagina in the UK - 'fanny packs' are known by the much safer term 'bum bag' here!
My all time favourite funny ad though is actually a spoof of the subject that seems to make up 90% of modern British ad breaks: life insurance / funeral cover. Here, Kevin Bishop plays Michael Aspel, asking viewers if they're 'somewhere between the age of sixty and dead?' It's so awful - but the worse the actual ads get, the more you think it won't be long until this becomes reality!

Now on to the link-up! :D

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'4th of July Tablescape'

by Penny's Vintage Home.

It was a quiet one last week, I'm guessing because it was Independence Day weekend. But when it results in set ups as pretty as this one by Penny, who am I to complain? :)

Now time for the new stuff! 

This a link-up for all things funny, fun, encouraging, hopeful, and happy. That includes free printables, giveaways, and other fun stuff to make us SMILE and start the weekend off on the right foot.

If you're here in search of fun and uplifting reading materials, skip the rules and just start clickin'! 

Bloggy buddies, thanks for coming to par-tay! You are welcome to link up to three posts, and old posts are always welcome! There are three rules only:

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