I’ve been waiting for this to appear on YouTube since it came out. The “…and you could do with an external hard drive!” refrain at around 14 seconds is genius in its Carry On-esque non-entendre. And then there’s the dad’s face at the end…
Although no fan of PC World or (usually) its ads – this is fighting the Gorilla for ad of the year!
I’d been told about this by Geoff at work, but saw it for the first time today. I think it would work a little better without the tag line at the beginning, but that’s just being picky. It’s inspired, odd, funny, and a blessed relief from most of the adverts today. The PC World External Hard Drive one runs it close (please someone put it on YouTube) but when the not-really-going-to-happen foolhandy.com Advert Awards are held at the end of 2007 this one will be close…
Mr. Brigstocke is a funny man, and his monologues on The Now Show are always worth listening to again. Helen brought this particular monologue to my attention, and so much of it could have come out of my mouth. If only I was as clever and witty…