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Post by lindenchase on Oct 22, 2010 6:38:22 GMT
No idea what went wrong. The first 9 video's I uploaded from the Facebook pages of Fuller were flv-files, but the last four were mp4 files. That's probably the cause. I will try to look into it later.
On Facebook, they are all fine and much better quality as well, so it's well worth checking them out there if you have an account.
Hopefully Fuller will upload these videos to their YouTube channel as well. It only takes about an hour or so to do so.
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Post by crumbs on Oct 22, 2010 8:50:24 GMT
www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/oct/11/james-may-london-pride-adThis starts off as a straight reporting of the ad campaign. It's the comments that are unfortunate. There are jokes about London Pride having gay connotations and the inevitable crap questioning James's sexuality. When reading comments like this, one has to remember James has his detractors (as any famous person does) as well as his admirers. And there are very few comments really - it could've been far worse!
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Post by xjsarah on Oct 22, 2010 12:35:38 GMT
This screencap from the latest advert was posted on the Facebook page a short while ago. Nice!  Attachments:
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Post by dit on Oct 22, 2010 12:59:29 GMT
I do like the feeling in the ads that he's ever-so-gently extracting the urine out of himself and the situation.
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Post by lew on Oct 22, 2010 16:30:42 GMT
www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/oct/11/james-may-london-pride-adThis starts off as a straight reporting of the ad campaign. It's the comments that are unfortunate. There are jokes about London Pride having gay connotations and the inevitable crap questioning James's sexuality. When reading comments like this, one has to remember James has his detractors (as any famous person does) as well as his admirers. And there are very few comments really - it could've been far worse! Oh how I've laughed at the comments ;D.....well I'm drinking it, or rather one of Fullers finest's beers right now, rather nice seeing as I'm not a big beer drinker. |
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Post by lindenchase on Oct 26, 2010 13:08:41 GMT
The new commercial is out and it is good! ;D
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Post by lew on Oct 26, 2010 16:46:52 GMT
There was one on the other night, not checked the youtube on here, but it took all my strength not to lick the TV, sadly I just endured saddo comments from my kids.  |
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Post by dit on Oct 26, 2010 17:02:25 GMT
At least he seems to be being allowed to be true to himself, which has got to be rare in advertising/marketing.
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Post by jacqui on Oct 26, 2010 18:06:39 GMT
Oh dear Lew I have this lovely picture of you licking your tv screen and your boys with their heads in their hands bright red with embarrassment, but in a caring way ;D  That is a lovely advert, I agree Dit James looks so natural and at ease but i bet it took a few takes to get it right, in fact... Fullers... we want the out takes ;D (If they are not out already!!!) |
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Post by aeromanda on Oct 26, 2010 19:18:36 GMT
That's a great add. He really does look relaxed.
I love a good malty beer but I didn't think that I'd be able to try London Pride living in the US. I decided to check at my local grocery store's beer section because they carry all sorts of imported beers and I thought it was worth a go. To my surprise they had three types of Fuller's beer. I picked up a six pack of the London Pride and a six pack of the ESB. I really liked the London Pride a lot! James has excellent taste. (But we knew that already.)
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Post by devil-may-care on Oct 26, 2010 20:13:35 GMT
That's a great add. He really does look relaxed. I love a good malty beer but I didn't think that I'd be able to try London Pride living in the US. I decided to check at my local grocery store's beer section because they carry all sorts of imported beers and I thought it was worth a go. To my surprise they had three types of Fuller's beer. I picked up a six pack of the London Pride and a six pack of the ESB. I really liked the London Pride a lot! James has excellent taste. (But we knew that already.) Isn't that great, aeormanda! I actually have a local store order London Pride by the case for me. They don't sell enough of it in their store to carry it regularly, but they are more than willing to order from the distributor. I love them! That latest ad is great. I agree, he does look very relaxed, very real. Very James! ;D ;D Can't wait for more! ;D |
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Post by xjsarah on Oct 26, 2010 20:26:56 GMT
Oh dear Lew I have this lovely picture of you licking your tv screen and your boys with their heads in their hands bright red with embarrassment, but in a caring way ;D That is a lovely advert, I agree Dit James looks so natural and at ease but i bet it took a few takes to get it right, in fact... Fullers... we want the out takes ;D (If they are not out already!!!) No, they are not out yet. Neither are the 'making of' video, and the tour of the Griffin Brewery. To borrow the phrase from the Facebook page, they are 'still fermenting'!  |
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Post by lindenchase on Oct 27, 2010 11:10:01 GMT
The tour of the Griffin Brewery is up on Facebook! |
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Post by xjsarah on Oct 27, 2010 11:15:35 GMT
I'm watching it now. It's actually 11 videos, as some of the icons link to text-based information rather than clips. Loving it so far! |
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Post by devil-may-care on Oct 27, 2010 14:14:34 GMT
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Post by lew on Oct 28, 2010 10:47:37 GMT
 Sorry for the double post but thought this should be on the new page  And this page, rather like this  |
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Post by lew on Oct 28, 2010 13:34:24 GMT
Oh dear Lew I have this lovely picture of you licking your tv screen and your boys with their heads in their hands bright red with embarrassment, but in a caring way ;D That is a lovely advert, I agree Dit James looks so natural and at ease but i bet it took a few takes to get it right, in fact... Fullers... we want the out takes ;D (If they are not out already!!!) That's why I was up very early to check out the "fizz" on youtube ;D |
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Post by jacqui on Oct 28, 2010 13:42:56 GMT
Oh dear Lew I have this lovely picture of you licking your tv screen and your boys with their heads in their hands bright red with embarrassment, but in a caring way ;D That is a lovely advert, I agree Dit James looks so natural and at ease but i bet it took a few takes to get it right, in fact... Fullers... we want the out takes ;D (If they are not out already!!!) That's why I was up very early to check out the "fizz" on youtube ;D Saddo bet you're smiling tho ;D |
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Post by lew on Oct 28, 2010 13:52:04 GMT
coughs........it was rather toe curling, and very.....erm trying to find the words, without being totally vile ;D rather knicker wetting, ok this is going to make me very unpopular now.....never mind ;D
Right what thread is this ;D
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Post by dit on Oct 28, 2010 14:24:23 GMT
Just slip gently sideways into the NC, lew, you can relax there!
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Post by jacqui on Oct 28, 2010 15:01:28 GMT
coughs........it was rather toe curling, and very.....erm trying to find the words, without being totally vile ;D rather knicker wetting, ok this is going to make me very unpopular now.....never mind ;D Right what thread is this ;D  leading by example Lew |
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Post by xjsarah on Nov 5, 2010 1:39:43 GMT
I've just had a look at the Fuller's London Pride page on Facebook. A new feature has been added: a journal, written by James, called James' World O' Beer. There is only one entry so far but, to paraphrase the London Pride team, he will be writing more 'at random intervals'. Hopefully, neither James nor Fuller's will mind it being reproduced here, for those who don't use Facebook. So, here is the first entry:- Is proper beer becoming trendy?
November 2010
As you can probably see from some of the posters I'm currently appearing on, what I know about fashion could be written on the label of a chunky cardigan.
So when someone asked me, 'Is proper beer becoming trendy?', I had a think, and what I thought was: I hope not.
Trends are all very well but they tend to pass quite quickly. Look at my orange shoes. I prefer to think that a new breed of drinkers is beginning to appreciate how much more a 'proper' beer has to offer when compared with a cynically promoted pint of something merely cold and fizzy. I work with a lot of people in their early 20s these days, and I've heard a lot of them suddenly talking about 'fancying a pint of ale'.
The only thing that would please me more is if one of them said 'Yo, May – cool jacket.'
Someone else said to me, the other day, that an Englishman should drink an English beer. Well, I think a true Englishman, being an open-hearted and liberal-minded sort of bloke, should be a drinking citizen of planet Earth, and try beer from all around the world. But I can't help keeping a special affection for the beer of home.
It's a bit like my mum's pies, or the childhood slang of the area where I grew up. A beer that has sprung from the soul of the country that sustained me, formed me, gave me a sense of being, and other things that Rupert Brooke said much better than I can, will always offer something that can't be achieved with hops alone.
That beer will be Pride, obviously. It's my favourite beer, and coincidentally it also happens to be my local beer. That's a nice thought when I'm having a swift one in the Cross Keys and the Brewery is only a few hundred yards away.
But I've also had a Pride in a bar in California. It clearly wasn't a local beer there, but it was to me, and it was as inviting as my own bed in a bottle.
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Post by dit on Nov 5, 2010 1:51:58 GMT
Oh, that's nice.
Thanks from someone who doesn't do facebook.
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Post by From Afar on Nov 8, 2010 17:59:52 GMT
London Pride just posted this on my FaceBook wall.... I nearly choked when I read the first bit which I have highllighted Some rather large bits of James May have arrived in poster form. Keep your eyes peeled for these later this month. By then we'll have put them together in the right order. We hope.
/The London Pride Team |
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Post by chariset on Nov 8, 2010 18:28:02 GMT
"Oh dear, we seem to be missing a rather large bit from the lower centre..."
"I saw some rustic-looking girls running away earlier, do you think there's a connection?"
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Post by devil-may-care on Nov 8, 2010 19:13:46 GMT
I told you they'd see us, Afar! We should have stolen appropriated it under the cloak of darkness! |
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Post by jacqui on Nov 8, 2010 19:29:39 GMT
Can you photocopy it for me ;D
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Post by devil-may-care on Nov 8, 2010 20:14:25 GMT
Can you photocopy it for me ;D Wonder if the local library has an industrial size photocopier to accommodate this? |
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Post by xjsarah on Nov 9, 2010 12:15:58 GMT
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Post by From Afar on Nov 9, 2010 13:05:54 GMT
I told you they'd see us, Afar! We should have stolen appropriated it under the cloak of darkness! But I couldn't wait I wanted to get my hands on James's.... whoops this isn't the Naughty Corner..... ;D |
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