M&S adverts

[kevvosa]

Have anyone seen these? "This is not just food...this is M&S food" They are so over-the-top it's hilarious. The woman speaking is practically having an orgasm.

And then there's the new Haagen Daz advert, which has a similar theme.

[oldspice]

I have been laughing my socks off about these and my son and I even came up with a spoof M&S advert:

Butter, roasted with a butter centre and rich butter sauce;

Butter, coated in butter crumbs and deep fried in best butter;

Butter sponge, with a liquid butter centre and double butter sauce.

This isn't just food, it's heartattack-inducing, butter, butter. butter

It reminds me of the spam sketch in Monty Python.

[smurfboy]

I agree they are ridiculously over-the-top, and Rory Bremner did a great spoof of them called 'S and M - this is not just food; this is pornography'. However, they have worked brilliantly. M and S's food sales have soared since the ads were introduced. Loads of copycat ads have sprung up; the Haagen Dazs ones Kev mentioned, plus the current Aldi and Morrisons ads.

[robbie]

The woman speaking is none other than Dervla Kirwan.

[oldspice]

Who ever she is.

[Cherry_Ripe]

The woman from Ballykissangel?

[smurfboy]

That's her. I hadn't realised, but when Robbie said it it suddenly seemed obvious.

[oldspice]

I've never seen that programme.

[smurfboy]

She was also the original Phoebe in Goodnight Sweetheart.

[Cherry_Ripe]

Did you see when she was in Father Ted, she was in Ted's dream sequence when he was dreaming of being the priest in Ballykissangel?

[goldencup]

She was also the original Phoebe in Goodnight Sweetheart.

Ah, now I know where I've heard the name.  She was much better than the one who replaced her. 

[smurfboy]

[goldencup]

Or:

[oldspice]

Oh I've definitely seen the top one on TV.