A glass half full production

[matgb]

It transpires that there are people out there reading this that have yet to see^[2] the Cadbury gorilla advert^[1], so I repeat it here for your viewing pleasure. And, indeed, mine, because it is just cool.

But perhaps better, how about a bunch of remixes to different music? Not able to watch them properly now, but they do all look rather good...

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[1] Note to andrewducker--not a monkey, a gorilla is an ape. I dunno, anyone would think you'd never read Pratchett.

[2] pinkshifter has a valid "I've been working 14 hour days for ages" excuse, the rest of you? Weird.

Comments

[miss-s-b.livejournal.com]

It's almost inspirational, isn't it? VERY clever.

[matgb]

There are a bunch of people that don't get it, or that ask how it's supposed to sell chocolate, but I care not.

But then, it's not like I don't send enough money their way already, especially since they bought G&Bs.

[miss-s-b.livejournal.com]

You probably paid for half that advert! Be proud! ;)

[innerbrat]

Why would the Librarian care if you know the phylogenetic position of a gorilla or not?

[matgb]

I don't think the Librarian would care, but it's still basic knowledge that apes aren't monkeys.

And an ape that good at the drums deserves the correct classification, n'est ce pas?

[innerbrat]

I dunno. I haven't watched the video yet, on account of being at work and not generally browsing vids at home.

[nadriel.livejournal.com]

I have the excuse of rarely ever watching TV.

[matgb]

But dude, it was posted everywhere, I didn't bother because everyone else did...

[freddiefraggles.livejournal.com]

everyone_else isn't on my f-list.

[0ct0pus.livejournal.com]

*still hates Phil Collins*

[matgb]

I actually sang one of his songs as part of my music GCSE--you had to perform something, you weren't allowed to just be a theorist/history of type.

Hence the D. Not something I'm into these days, but for music of it's type, it's pretty good. For music of its type.

[eldar.livejournal.com]

Oh, Music GCSE at Churston... at least you didn't get stuck with Ralph for one of the two years!! The ad is cool though. The first time I saw it it was "wtf?!" but "wow, cool" at the same time.

I once was at a wedding where "In The Air Tonight" was played by the DJ. I did point this out to the groom (a good mate of mine) and he said that whoever had requested it knew what it was about.... Also played at the same wedding was the also distinctly un-wedding-like "Every Breath You Take".

[matgb]

You know, I can't remember what his successor was called, except that he was damned good at what he did.

I have a theory. Cadbury's could do an announcement along the lines of "we spent our ad budget on this cool short film, we'd like to do more because, well, it's cool, so buy our stuff", and it'd prompt more sales than the ad alone.

Sort of reverse adverts--we pay for them in advance...

[eldar.livejournal.com]

Of course I meant Gerry not Ralph. Ralph was his famous relative who had more musical talent in a single follicle of hair than Gerry would ever have managed to accrue in an entire lifetime.

[rho]

Pfft. As any fool knows, "monkeys" are a paraphyletic group, with catarrhini – the apes and old world monkeys – forming the sister clade to platyrrhini, the new world monkeys.

As such, if one is arguing from a purely cladistic viewpoint, rather than adhering to morphological taxonomies, referring to a gorilla as a monkey is perfectly cromulent, in the same way that one might refer to a chicken as a dinosaur.

Obviously.

[matgb]

I have no idea what half the words you just typed mean. But it did amuse me.

[rho]

Rough translation into English:

A baboon is your first cousin. A howler monkey is your third cousin twice removed. You and the baboon are more closely related to each other than either of you are to the howler, so grouping the baboon and the howler together apart from you is a bit weird.

Even rougher translation into English:

rho is a smart-arse who will show off at any opportunity.

[andrewducker]

Win!

[miss-s-b.livejournal.com]

Cromulent is such a cool word.

[js84.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, it can't be remixed to Yakety Sax (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakety_Sax). I dare say someone on Youtube will try.

Clever video compositing of a drumming gorilla is still not as funny as Rowan Atkinson in a gorilla suit. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MpbMm0433I)

[tyrell.livejournal.com]

Yakety Sax will never die, and is only driven from my brain by Mahna Mahna.

[pmoodie.livejournal.com]

So, am I the only one wondering:

What in the name of King Kong has any of that got to do with chocolate?

I certainly don't see a gorilla playing the drums to a Phil Collins song and think - "Hey, I could really do with a bar of Cadbury's!" LOL

Is it a man in a monkey suit or CGI? I've not seen it on the telly and it's hard to tell at low resolution.

[eldar.livejournal.com]

CGI, think Gollum but a few years more advanced.

[gominokouhai]

I can see ads on my LJ! You're working for Them, aren't you?

[insomnia.livejournal.com]

Phil Collins has really let himself go.

[tyrell.livejournal.com]

Those remixes are awesome.