One Laptop Per Child Advert

Many of you have probably heard of the one laptop per child charity who wish to distribute computers to all the children in the world. The vision behind the one laptop per child is to empower the children in poor countries to be able to get engaged in their own learning by being given the tools to do so.

The one laptop per child charity has built a spectacular advert using the late John Lennon (with consent from his widow Yoko Ono) this advert is short but really gets the point across by promoting the "XO Computer".

What I like about this advert is its clever use of the late John Lennon and the fact that it is such a good cause.

Norwich Union - Aviva Advert

Norwich Union is embarking on a name change to Aviva. To support this name change Norwich Union, or should I now say Aviva, has commissioned an advert to support the name change and give a great reason for the change.

The advert follows a few celebrities through their past with them today sitting along side saying how changing their name helped making them famous....did you know that Bruce Willis name is really Walter Willis???

A great advert and well dont to Aviva (supported by their advertising machine) for this masterpiece.

Learning and Skills Council 'Hands' Advert

The Learning and Skills Council run by the British government has been advertising quite a lot recently to get older folk to go back into learning to learn what they didnt in their youth. This learning may be maths, english and so much more.

What I love is that the Learning and Skills Council have took a very interesting and memorable way of getting its point across by using hands as their actors!

Just look at the Learning and Skills Council Hands advert below.

Berocca So Tall Advert

Berocca is a company I had never heard of until I saw their advert. This advert is great and keeps a reminder of the company name in my mind!

The advert plays on the music video for a band that were made famous after posting their music video on Youtube. Im sure you all remember the dance routine carried out on treadmills?

Well this advert has the treadmill and dancers to boot, this time out in public with the chorus of a great backing track by Blancmange called living on the ceiling.

Chorus of the Blancmange - living on the ceiling song

And I'm so tall, I'm so tall

You raise me and then you let me fall

I'm so small, I'm so small

Wrap me round your finger, see me fall

Here we go

Knock Off Nigel Advert

The United Kingdom government and its supporting regulatory bodies wanted to crack down on film piracy so decided to create some adverts showing people that they should not sell copied DVD's.

The advert is centered around a man in an office who is working away when everyone starts singing about knock off Nigel downloading knock off films. These were a series of adverts that went on to show how downloading and/or selling knock off films is a criminal activity that can support serious crime and even fund terrorism.

Tomb Raider Underworld Advert

Tomb Raider and Lara Croft, yes the amazing game with the most beautiful pixelated woman that has had mens hearts racing for over a decade is back with breathtaking results.

Tomb Raider has its new instalment called Tomb Raider: Underworld. This game carries with it an amazing video showing the game in motion, this advert is shown like a film montage with an amazing supporting soundtrack that really makes the advert come alive.

I love this advert and its smooth transition through the "film montage", this is a must see advert.

Country Life Butter Advert

Who would ever have thought that a butter advert makes it into the great advert blog of fame!

Country life butter has really gone to town with their latest instalments of adverts by using Johnny Rotten from the sex pistols (real name John Lydon) to sell their butter, with admirable results.

This advert is about why John Lydon buys country life butter, not because its made in Great Britain but because its Great Butter!!!

This advert is funny and a must watch, well done country life butter.

Baileys - Slow Mo Advert

I saw this advert many months ago on the TV but something in my mind clicked and I remembered this one last night.

When the advert starts you think "Oh the typical attractive woman routine" but when the advert moves along you are pleasantly surprised and amused by the outcome.

This advert is a great piece of advertising by Baileys, I think what supports the advert further is the great music that accompanies it. The music is 'Boom Pacha Boom' by 'Billy Byrd and his Penguins'.

Heres the song if your interested

Haribo Interrogation Advert

Haribo are not a company I normally associate with great adverts but I feel the latest addition to their marketing drive does deserve recognition!

It centres on a father being interrogated by his son and daughter for eating all the eggs in their Haribo starmix (Eggs are my favourites). What I like about this advert is the acting by the little girl she makes me laugh.

This is a great advert and I think it is one that makes you remember the product.

McDonalds - The Great Escape

The McDonalds has released a Christmas advert advertising the big cheese with bacon, chicken fiesta and festive pie.

This McDonalds advert is called the great escape and is all about a man playing charades with his family who gets bored and decides he needs something to eat...hell why not McDonalds hey!

What makes me laugh in this advert is the Gran, watch out for her answers to the game of charades, its a classic!

Call of Duty 5: World At War

Call of duty has a big series of amazing games that have done well so its not surprising that their advertising machine produces great adverts!

They have two adverts centering on the main game play of war. Each advert has a narrator on talking about the enemy with a different mantra, one side of an English speaking army, the other of an accented enemy who uses the final words "You are my enemy and if I am going to die Im going to take you with me".

This Call of duty advert is a great advertising masterpiece even though each advert is only around thirty three seconds in length.

Enemy army



English speaking army

Rachel Stevens - Testicular Cancer

Rachel Stevens and testicular cancer, not what I would have expected to see in the same sentence. Everyman have launched a campaign for mens health on testicular cancer and have managed to include the beautiful Rachel Stevens in its advert.

Now as far as testicular cancer is concerned this is something all men do not want to think about but this amazing advert will easily catch the eye of all men that watch it. This advert has a subtle sexual tone with an amusing joke midway that really made it fun and interesting to me....well that and Rachel Stevens!