Something weirdly off about the Del'Ora juice advert - I wonder who was resonsible for it, as it feels slightly awkward. (Come to think about it, I've never heard about the company before - doesn't seem to have anything to do with Del Monte, or a US company called Del Oro who apparently got going in 1995.) Didn't like how they combined that nasty strobing effect with some otherwise laidback visuals, and the way the final guitar chord fades out over the LWT optic and gets slightly cut off by the start of the next advert feels dreadfully amateurish. The Casio advert uses a re-recorded version of New Musik's "Living By Numbers", which feels a bit odd given the lyrical theme of the original. The Post Office ad has a rare example of a "living hold", or at least something like it. Instead of freeze framing, those actresses kept playing on the swings for another ten seconds - better than having to freeze in place, like that one PIF at the very end of Charly Says! As for the show itself, it's good to finally see this one, and it's interesting to see a few outtakes that didn't go into general rotation after this episode. I really liked that intro cartoon - Ted Rockley is credited, which presumably means that his Klacto Animation Studio (co-owned with Oscar Grillo) did it, which makes sense. Nice ending to it, as well. Also couldn't help note that the Little Nell segment had no tape damage this time round...
At long last, this remaining "missing" IBAOTN edition! 😃
Something weirdly off about the Del'Ora juice advert - I wonder who was resonsible for it, as it feels slightly awkward. (Come to think about it, I've never heard about the company before - doesn't seem to have anything to do with Del Monte, or a US company called Del Oro who apparently got going in 1995.) Didn't like how they combined that nasty strobing effect with some otherwise laidback visuals, and the way the final guitar chord fades out over the LWT optic and gets slightly cut off by the start of the next advert feels dreadfully amateurish.
The Casio advert uses a re-recorded version of New Musik's "Living By Numbers", which feels a bit odd given the lyrical theme of the original.
The Post Office ad has a rare example of a "living hold", or at least something like it. Instead of freeze framing, those actresses kept playing on the swings for another ten seconds - better than having to freeze in place, like that one PIF at the very end of Charly Says!
As for the show itself, it's good to finally see this one, and it's interesting to see a few outtakes that didn't go into general rotation after this episode. I really liked that intro cartoon - Ted Rockley is credited, which presumably means that his Klacto Animation Studio (co-owned with Oscar Grillo) did it, which makes sense. Nice ending to it, as well.
Also couldn't help note that the Little Nell segment had no tape damage this time round...