Paula?

[Mr Kenneth]

Made with whole milk and 'splodges' and called... Paula?

And that's before we get to the objectionable floppy haired brats on the advert.

[Rad]

They've missed a trick by not getting La Abdul to front these.

[Ceeb]

I think I've seen this in a real "WTF" moment. Is it horribly dubbed? (If so, that narrows it down to just 50% of current adverts)

[Joel]

Paula Abdul ringtones! I love the banner ads.

Dubbed German kids rapping about splodges, less so.

[al]

Someone asked me if I'd seen this ad, and I was certain she was taking the piss.

I finally saw it the other day, and was horrified. The dubbing was atrocious, and the whole concept of the yogurt even more so. And why would you name ANYTHING 'Paula', even a person?

[Greg]

I've not said it before and I'll say it again now... You can't argue with a cow with sunglasses...

There are so many things wrong with this advert. The dubbing. Germany's ugliest children. The product itself. The 'rap'. The yoghurt for kids called 'Paula'...

It's a word not used much anymore, but I think in Paula we have found the definition of 'naff'.

[Intoxicated In Cockermouth]

Greg, I must say your picture of Colleen puts me in mind of a certain Diane off Brookside

I always fail to see the point of dubbing- surely, by the time that they have bought the advert, cleared the rights to dub it and then sold it to most TV stations, it would have surely have been easier to make your own, and one that isnt going to be pulled apart by people such as me.

[David]

Jun 25, 2008 8:07:15 GMT Intoxicated In Cockermouth said:

I always fail to see the point of dubbing- surely, by the time that they have bought the advert, cleared the rights to dub it and then sold it to most TV stations, it would have surely have been easier to make your own, and one that isnt going to be pulled apart by people such as me.

Adverts aren't bought by TV stations, the stations sell the space to advertisers.

In any case, making an advert that can be shown in multiple territories with the insignificant cost of dubbing far outweighs any concerns about authenticity.

[Steven]

Jun 20, 2008 8:27:47 GMT al said:

SAnd why would you name ANYTHING 'Paula', even a person?

Oi! My sister is called Paula. Any more of that talk and I'm locking this thread and banning the lot of you.

Other than that: carry on.

[emma]

My niece is very keen to acquire some. Based on the advert she has the notion that they have light in them.

[Intoxicated In Cockermouth]

I think they could have had a number of famous Paula's advertise for them, as opposed to the Hitler Youth kids.

Paula Hamilton, Paula Yates (not in a physical state), Paula Abdul, Steven's Paula, Paula Radcliffe

[fused]

This is such a surreal product. I guess the black and white splodges are to make it seem ''like a cow''. Is this advert quite old? It seems really dated, especially the music.

[Ugly Netty]

I still haven't seen the advert, but a colleague had one the other day. I was amused how the chocolate and vanilla goo was patterned to look like cow splodges. He said they were "quite nice", but wouldn't feed them to his offspring due to all the crap in them. Not that he has any offspring.

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Jun 29, 2008 10:08:26 GMT Intoxicated In Cockermouth said:

I think they could have had a number of famous Paula's advertise for them, as opposed to the Hitler Youth kids.

Paula Hamilton, Paula Yates (not in a physical state), Paula Abdul, Steven's Paula, Paula Radcliffe

Oh I can imagine that. You'd have Paula Radcliffe pulling her knickers to the side and watering the plants, Paula Yates on a trip thinking it's a wonderful technicolour waterfall, Paula Abdul judging the performace and hugging Paula Hamilton who she thinks is Simon Cowell.

And Steven's Paula stood to the side, eating a Paula Mousse while tutting.

[al]

Jun 29, 2008 15:07:49 GMT @camdenpirate said:

You'd have Paula Radcliffe pulling her knickers to the side and watering the plants

Wasn't it determined that she actually nipped down the alley to take a dump, not have a wee? Apparently she did it to alleviate some sort of abdominal cramp, and expert-types at the time said there was no way urinating would've helped. The dirty mare totally backed one out.

...which would make the chocolate splodges all the more questionable if she were to endorse it.

[Intoxicated In Cockermouth]

And Paula Wilcox could do the voiceover, in her Hilary Potts character- using that bloody voice she uses when she berates Laurel.

[Mr Kenneth]

Jun 29, 2008 16:01:59 GMT al said:

Jun 29, 2008 15:07:49 GMT @camdenpirate said:

You'd have Paula Radcliffe pulling her knickers to the side and watering the plants

Wasn't it determined that she actually nipped down the alley to take a dump, not have a wee? Apparently she did it to alleviate some sort of abdominal cramp, and expert-types at the time said there was no way urinating would've helped. The dirty mare totally backed one out.

...which would make the chocolate splodges all the more questionable if she were to endorse it.

She didn't nip down an alley for her chocolate splodge: