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Litany
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That's been on tv for a while now in the UK, though they haven't shown the full length ad for a bit. They showed a 'Making Of' as well, so they surely got their money's worth when they commisioned the advert. There's a micky take advertising Sugar Puffs too, but I guess that's not quite as impressive.
The Sporked Avenger
The Sporked Avenger
igkuk7
New Member
I thought that first time. It's the weights in the tyres.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/thisweek/story/0,12977,946531,00.html
There is a nice article that should answer all of your questions.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/thisweek/story/0,12977,946531,00.html
There is a nice article that should answer all of your questions.
igkuk7
New Member
I've been looking for the 'making of' short film but i can't find it anywhere. I saw some of it a while back and the frustration they must have gone through. They were making the nut roll along a surface and it took them like 20 takes just to make it roll straight and not fall of, and that was just a nut!
Litany
Active Member
I saw the making of film at the time when the ad came out, and all I can remember of it was lots of fed up men standing around in a studio trying not to move or make any noise just in case they started something moving when it wasn't supposed to. It'd be like accidentally knocking over the wrong domino in one of those record breaking attempts after you've just put down the 4 million and twelth domino.
I wish I'd been there. Shrunk down small to Gremlin size. Oh the fun I would have had.
I wish I'd been there. Shrunk down small to Gremlin size. Oh the fun I would have had.
Litany
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Not since puberty. It was a great blow to my career propects when I hit that growth spurt. I had been working for Microsoft. They'd provided me with a tiny moped and a magnet, and all I had to do was sneak in to people's PCs and give their hard drives and good rub (wey hey). But as I started to grow it got harder and harder to sneak in through the floppy drive. So I switched to working for Ford. Again, I was provided with a moped, still tiny but slightly larger than the last. This time I was to sneak into the engines of parked cars, one that weren't Fords of course, and just tweak at them a bit. Nothing too dangerous, just squeaky brakes, maybe an oil leak here or there, make the exhaust pipe good and wobbly, bend the windscreen wipers a bit. But again with the growth.
Moved on to being William Shatner's wig. No moped this time, but a lovely rat-fur coat. All I had to do was cling on to his head and not fall off when he did anything energetic or rambunctious. Well that was going really well until they said I was getting too big and overly obvious.
That was a hard time for me. Moving from job to job, always a little too big. Is it any wonder I turned out so violent and angry? It's not my fault. I'm a victim of society.
Litany
Active Member
I do still get invited along to all the larger Star Trek conventions, actually. I haven't mentioned it to the Queen yet, I don't like to name drop. She gets jealous over all the famous people I've met. If you think she'd be interested then I could mention it tomorrow at lunch maybe. It depends. She's invited me over to see if I can help her sort out Princess Anne's behavioural problems, so it might get a bit tearful and talk of the great Shatner might be somewhat inappropriate. Honestly, I don't know what to do with the girl. She's just plain willful.
