"So What Class Are You Here For?" "French"

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This is why I stopped going to the cinema in the first place. Use other adverts please!!! Pete how do you cope.

― Tom, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

"I think it's great." - Mark C.

― Tom, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

b-but this is on the teev too, and the ad in q is both morally and logically wrong. (I have the equations here if it helps)

― Alan Trewartha, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I have not seen this. I am glad.

― RickyT, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Yes Tom, Alan is right, I've seen it on TV LOADS. Pete copes by going into films very late so as to miss the adverts but also so as to not have anywhere decent to sit and to fall over people's feet in the dark.

― Emma, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I generally get into the cinema after the ads have finished. Or see previews without ads at all.

I like that advert actually - because I like to imagine it if he was doing different subjects:
"What class are you here for?" "Spanish"
"Spanish omlette, spanish wine or Spanish Fleas!!!!"

― Pete, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Do you mean Spanish Fly or is this another laboured parasite gag?

― Emma, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Oh yeah it is annoying. What really would happen is he'd go "eh shit................" and run off to another class somewhere else.

― Ronan, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Although perhaps he's meant to be a more suave character than that. I did put myself in his position to come to that conclusion.

― Ronan, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

And you fell in to my EVIL trap so that I can post a Helen Love song. YAY! Everyone (except graham) prepare to hate the indie smugness...

Her name is Claire, she's an office executive,
She wears white linen dresses with flair,
She lives with a policeman,
Plays squash on Thursday evenings,
She's in love with Billy Joel,
That's enough to kick her head in
The low-fat, high-fibre girl,
Suns herself by the lake,
She'll be late back to work,
But her boss says it's OK,
You know he really loves her
The diet-cola girl, the sugar-free boy,
The diet-cola girl, the sugar-free boy,
The diet-cola girl,
We all want to destroy
It's really hot, there's a breeze from America,
But she's so cool driving around,
Got the stereo up loud,
Loves her Michael Bolton,
You can spot her in a crowd,
She's the one to hang your coat on
The low-fat, high-fibre girl,
Suns herself by the lake,
She'll be late back to work,
But her boss says it's OK,
You know he really loves her
The diet-cola girl, the sugar-free boy,
The diet-cola girl, the sugar-free boy,
The diet-cola girl,
We all want to destroy
Diet Coca-cola girl,
Diet Coca-cola girl,
Diet Coca-cola girl,
Diet Coca-cola girl
She's not the real thing,
She's not the real thing,
She's not the real thing,
She's not the real thing,
She's not the real thing,
She's not the real thing,
Real thing

― Alan Trewartha, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Blimey, Alang. That's even worse than I expected.

― RickyT, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

taunt not, or more i post.

― Alan Trewartha, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Re. TV - yes but I do not have a TV so am not to know.

Alan - thankyou for the ammo.

― Tom, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

(Except surely that's a Momus song!)

― Tom, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

um. there's a layer of irony that you're just not seeing? (ahem)

― Alan Trewartha, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

No, there isn't.

― Tom, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

it was worth a go. (Always worked with Morrisey lyrics.)

― Alan Trewartha, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

So has this put you off becoming a telly owner then Tom? The point of pointing out that it is on TV too is that LOTS MORE PEOPLE will suffer if it's on telly than just at the cinema.

― Emma, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

What is this thread about? No, seriously, I am confused!

― jel --, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Well there's always the BBC Emma. Also on the Cinema the people are so HUGE and the squealing and drumming-fingers-on-table are in super monster stereo max.

― Tom, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

me and jel and RickyT are all confused so you must tell us WHAT IS GOING ON?!?!

― katie, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

ryhming michael bolton and get your coat on...that ought to be illegal.

I was almost in a Helen Love video! (i hid in the corner of Rough Trade, whilst schmindie types danced about)

― jel --, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Yeah but the BBC has the awful Six Music advert. There is no escape!

― Emma, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

It's this awful Diet Coke advert with a woman sitting at a desk in a large sports hall doing university/ further education admissions. Sexy Bloke comes up and puts a Diet Coke can down by hers, the moisture trickles slowly down the sides of the two cans.

"What are you here for?" she asks.

"French"

"French literature? French cookery? French polishing? Or [insert big Diet Coke snog here] French kissing?"

But no! It was all in her imagination. But she does get a little smile off him in the end and does a little excited squeal in her chair.

― Anna, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I want to see BBC Emma! IS this a new digital channel that they're keeping quiet about?

― Alan Trewartha, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

My very own TV channel! Soon I will take over the WORLD! Mwahahahahahaha.

Anna missed out the vom-inducing end where chap (who is not in the least bit sexy) saunters off and she says in the COYEST WAY EVAH 'à plus tard' ick ick ick.

― Emma, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Oh I get it now! I hate that one 2 one (?) advert where the woman is walking around in the artic and writes "nite nite" on the crates. My friend said that it was his favourite advert!

― jel --, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I've never been able to work out what she said, so I left that bit. It is awful. (I didn't think bloke was sexy either, I just called him that because that's his role in their stupid little drama, although rather him than the usual Diet Coke fare)

― Anna, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

That one is indefensible but it makes me think of the Antarctic book I read in Normandy and hence makes me think of Normandy sigh.

― Tom, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Also is it really worse than the guy looking smugly at miniature car chases?

― Tom, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Thanks for that description Anna. I am now very glad I have not seen it.

― RickyT, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

It does get one thing right which is that people who work in further education are pervertalists who ogle their students.

― Tom, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Too damn right. Though I work in Higher Education.

And anyway what is the point in her saying See ya later in French to a man who is going to a French Calss and therefore doesn't speak French yet!!!!

― Pete, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

It could be an advanced French class?

― RickyT, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Not before the watershed, Ricky T!

― Tom, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Tom, you cunt!

― Mark C, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Well Pete your French is limited to 'une pression s'il vous plait' and you managed to work out that she was saying 'see you later' innit?

― Emma, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

i tht she said "apple tart": no wonder i could not work up the hatred

― mark s, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I've got a GCSE you know.

― Pete, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Digging myself deeper here, I like the Antarctic ad too.

― Mark C, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Is there an advert you don't like?

― Tom, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Maybe Mr Sexy has a GCSE too but is, as RickyT suggested, hoping to improve his language skills & cop off in one fell swoop.

― Emma, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

WHen she asked "What class are you here for" he should have answered "Class luv, I thought this was a knocking shop".

― Pete, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Tom, et me explain. I called you a cunt (i hope you notiuced that, by the way :-)) because I don't like the advert we're discussing. I also don't like the one with the man running about on rooves.

However, I do like all others, without exception. Hope that clears things up.

― Mark C, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Yes I did notice, I am collecting coins and empty water bottles to throw at you when Sinister vs ILE rolls round again.

― Tom, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

A good advert is the one for Ambi Pur (?) with the thing you squeeze and it releases some nice smelling odour because it has an AMUSING CHILD on the BOG who holds his nose at his own TRUMP! Hahahahahahahahhahahahahaa how CUTE. The McDonalds adverts early morning are EXTREMELY DISTURBING and in the future every advert will be like that if we do not get the chance to revolutionize the entire industry starting with 'Wheres Your Cheese At'.

― Sarah, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

i love anantarctic ad an mangannin kross rooves remindz me ov mizpent yoof

but then i laff at maninkar gan mmmrmrmrmreeeeeeeeururur

― a-33, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

"It could be an advanced French class?"

We solved this at Queen of the Damned: if it had been an advanced class, he would already have had her (and dumped her) prior to the advert's timeline. So no.

― mark s, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

He could be new to the area and taking an advanced class?

― Anna, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Wot they teach in Basic French = how to pull girl who does enroments at nightschool.

― Pete, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

ALso she does not ask which French course which suggests there is only one. This too would suggest it would be Basic French - since no- one in the area would know enough French to do advanced unless there was a basic course.

― Pete, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

citysearch had a radio ad featuring a valley gurl who, at the 30-second spot's peak, asked, 'where can you find an italian restaurant ... where you can FRENCH KISS?' [cue lite funk]

― maura, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

She doesn't ask which French course? What are you on about! That is the whole premise of the advert! Though we don't actually get to hear him saying which one but that is cos he is not allowed to talk too much as he is the sex object.

― Emma, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

the woman in the ad is K-HornX0r though. Blimey!

― Dr. C, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

It doesn't look like a very nice night school either.

― Jonnie, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

you should see when i gan tee larn - 'areet, wat koorz rryrz wantin an kanna fuck yr ferra fiver ?' - 'aye gannon, arl fuck yuz ahl ower an lick yrz krustee herl pet'

― a-33, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Mmmmmm... krustee herl

― RickyT, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Anna missed out the vom-inducing end where chap (who is not in the least bit sexy) saunters off and she says in the COYEST WAY EVAH 'à plus tard' ick ick ick.

This ad would never work in the US because everyone would think she called him a big retard for not making out with her.

― Dan Perry, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Sorry I'm late.

Yay Helen Love. Yay yay yayay.

(It's all in the delivery)

― Graham, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

i thought he was new teacher looking for his classroom? The advert is definately crap because it is for diet coke. Diet coke is evil.

― alix, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I don't see what is so awful about these adverts, especially the 'night night' one. Anyway WHY DO YOU CARE? SHUT UP!

― Ally C, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I have nothing to add to the discussion except did anyone else notice her horrible shoes.

Or was that just me?

― mms, Wednesday, 24 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

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