*TV Tokyo Ad Breaks - 16th August 2021 | **テレビ東京 CM x 4- 2021年8月16日 thingsandtings 2021-08-16 | *The source of this was in 1080p, but due to technical shortcomings beyond my control, the video quality of this upload is way, way lower. It's been rendered in 720p just to conserve what quality's there. There's also a "Loading..." notification on the side of the screen, this was nothing that I added and is beyond my control so...feel free to ignore that.Whew, so...yeah, kinda rough tech weirdnesses with this upload but nevertheless, here's some more TV continuity from Japan! This time, on the network TV Tokyo during a "Monday Roadshow" broadcast (films shown on TV seem to be referred to as "Roadshow" broadcasts) of "The Karate Kid" (1984), which I assume given this started around 2pm over there is something happening because Summer school holidays are happening. Anyhoo, CONTENTS!:~~ PART 1 ~~1) Promo for "Tarzan Reborn" (aka, "The Legend of Tarzan", a mid-2010's major-studio attempt to "reboot" live-action Tarzan that was directed by the most boring Harry Potter director and forgotten by literally everyone, including me. Oops. xD)2) Increase Hair ad (Yes, that's literally the company name. Simple yet affective!)3) DMM Insurance ad4) Polydent ad (I mean, the Situation already did a number on people's mental health, might as well go for their confidence while they're vunerable, eh? Yikes. @.@)5) Nisshin Real Estate ad6) NTT Docomo ad w/ dTV service7) SBI Life Insurance ad~~ PART 2 ~~1) MSJ ad (A Cloud-Based Business Solutions kinda thing)2) Cerbère Stomach Premium ad3) dCard ad4) Aron Alpha ad5) Book-Off ad6) Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross PHEV ad7) At-Home ad (with Waldo from "Where's Waldo"! Or Wally from "Where's Wally", if you're a UKer)8) Ovice ad (hEY GUYS IT'S AUSTIN)9) Friends of I ad (A...funeral arrangement service, oh...)10) CarSensor ad11) Takara Leben ad (Why even get an English-language actor when you're just going to super-badly dub over his voice like that? Weird.)12) World Flipper x The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya ad (Hi, commenters.)13) TV Tokyo "Tonight On" Promo~~ PART 3 ~~1) INPEX ad2) Nonio ad3) Rakuten Card ad4) Sato's Rice ad5) CarSensor ad6) Ryukakusan(?) ad7) NTT Docomo Home 5G ad8) Hachette Lamborghini Miura model magazine ad (Deagostini's wrath is in Japan now!)9) MJS ad10) Shirakami Resort at Ikenotaira Hotel ad11) Street Smart w/ Google Cloud ad12) Promo for "Yojigoji Days" (Essentially a magazine show dedicated to uh...stuff? Sure.)~~ PART 4 ~~1) Japanet infomercial for Vaccum Cleaners (Grouping the last pieces here. Even with the language barrier, this spokesperson is giving it SO much gaul that I'd suffocate myself with the vaccum cleaners I may by off this guy, haha.)2) "Roadshow: The Karate Kid" Brand Sponser bumper with Japanet, DMM Insurance and Increase Hair3) End of "The Karate Kid" (1984) with Condensed TV Credits4) Promo for "Tarzan Reborn"**これのソースは1080pでしたが、このアップロードのビデオ品質は、私の制御できない技術的な欠陥のためにはるかに低くなっています。品質を維持するためだけに720pでレンダリングされます。画面の横に「読み込み中...」という通知もあります。これは私が追加したものではなく、制御できないため、無視してください。うーん...ええ、このアップロードは少しラフな技術の奇妙さですが、日本からのテレビの継続性はまだ少しあります！今回は、ネットワークTV TOKYOで、月曜日に「ベスト・キッド」（1984）のロードショー放送（テレビで放送された映画は「ロードショー」放送と呼ばれているようです）。午後2時からの放送は、夏の終わりに人々が学校にいない可能性があることを意味していると思うので、ネットワークはこれを再生します。とにかく、目次！ ：~~パート1 ~~1）「ターザンリボーン」のプロモーション（2010年代半ばにメジャースタジオハリーポッターの最も退屈なディレクターによって監督されました。彼は実写ターザンを「再起動」しようとしましたが、誰もそれを覚えていません。忘れました。XD）2）ヘアコマーシャルを増やす（はい、それは文字通り会社名です。それは簡単です！）3）DMM保険CM4）ポリデントCM（最近のパンデミックはすでに人々のメンタルヘルスを傷つけていますが、広告主は依然として人々の自信を攻撃しています！それはばかげています。）5）ニッシン不動産CM6）dTVサービス用NTTドコモCM7）SBI生命保険CM~~パート2 ~~1）MSJ CM2）セルベール胃プレミアムCM3）dCard CM4）アロンアルファCM5）ブックオフCM6）三菱エクリプスクロスPHEV CM7）AtHome CM（Waldo付き！）8）Ovice CM9）ICMとの友達（A ...葬儀手配サービス、ああ...）10）カーセンサーCM11）タカラレーベンCM（悪い声の層！）12）ワールドフリッパー×涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱CM（こんにちは、オタク）13）今夜のテレビ東京のプロモーションスケジュール~~パート3 ~~1）INPEX CM2）ノニオCM3）楽天カードCM4）佐藤の米コCM5）カーセンサーCM6）龍角散（？）CM7）NTTドコモホーム5G CM8）アシェットランボルギーニミウラモデルマガジンCM（恥知らずな雑誌、日本にあるとは知らなかった！）9）MJS CM10）白神リゾート跡井ケノタイラホテルCM11）ストリートスマートCM12）「よじごじデイズ」のプロモーション（基本的には…物や食べ物をテーマにした雑誌番組ですか？もちろんです。）~~パート4 ~~1）掃除機ジャパネットインフォマーシャル（便宜上、この部分の最後の部分をまとめました。言葉の壁があっても、彼のパフォーマンスは私に彼のすべての掃除機を欲しがらせます！）2）「ロードショー：空手キッド」ブランドスポンサーバンパー、ジャパネット、DMM保険、髪の毛を増やす3）凝縮されたテレビクレジットでの「空手キッド」（1984）の終わり4）「ターザンレジェンド」のプロモーション
[3/3] ITV (UK) Ads, Continuity & Junction (30th December 2018) thingsandtings 2021-08-16 | [PART 1: youtube.com/watch?v=HdkNMwGOubQ ] [PART 2: youtube.com/watch?v=Dux5zcmNWX8 ]...well, you know how I said this would get uploaded before the weekend's through? Well...at nearly 5am where I am as I start typing this out, I can at least say its still the weekend *somewhere* in the world, right?...RIGHT? :OWhatever which, this is the last part of these continuity uploads for the between-Christmas-season ITV Network Premiere of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens". Had to remove a Quikbooks ad because, again...the Olympics broadcasting death-gripper for Europe and tentative member of the Warner/Discovery merger Europsport (presumably) still put greasy butterfingers over the rights to the ad for...some reason?? And therefore, if it was still in this upload, it'd of banned the video in almost everywhere in the world. Not a perticularly exciting ad, so I guess the loss won't be mourned, but yeah. :@.@ Eurosport, what the heck?Rendering a version of this removing the ad was something all my editing software didn't want to deal with neither that day for some reason, so I re-downloaded a *super* sophisticated piece of software that I should properly learn later to get a version out there that retains 50fps. x) Weird. Ah well, this is finally done at least...not often I finish a set I start with these of late, haha.Without further ado, CONTENTS!:1) Person inaccurately frets that the wait for stuff happening will be in 2 minutes, when here comes an ad break that balloons it to several more so, oops / ITV "Back Soon" ID Sting / Just Eat sponsership bumper2) ITV ID Sting / Seat ad (Definitely feels like this was an ad without a part with a product and a logo and it was put to a bidding war between a bunch of companies before Seat won. xD)3) James Holiday Villas ad4) Current Account Switch Guarentee uh...PIF? Ad? I actually don't know how to classify this.5) Lidl ad6) Harveys ad7) Furniture Village ad8) Vitality ad w/ Apple Watch Series 4 promotion9) ClearScore ad (I'm so sorry that this is included, at least this campaign is dead.)10) Marcus by Goldman Sachs ad (...what the hell? "Are you just storing money? WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH, FUNNEL IT TO US, WORM" I...I...??!)11) J2O Glitterberry ad12) ITV ID Sting / Promo for "Cleaning Up"13) Just Eat sponsership bumper / ITV "We're Back" ID Sting / Shouting Lava, Lava, Lava / And BOOM, end credits, time to wait for the sequel that was actually really good but nerds got weird on because they hate women, I guess / Just Eat sponsership bumper14) ITV ID Sting / Yakult Light ad (Is this...? Is it?!...)15) Tempur ad (With Serena Williams, beating out Dreams for Sport-related mattress promo by 2.5 years!)16) M&S ad17) Furniture Village ad18) Currys PC World ad19) Kuoni ad20) Lemlift ad (The Quikbooks ad was originally between this and the Kuoni ad, btw)21) Volkswagan e-Golf ad22) ITV ID Sting / ITV ident / Oh good, I was really having a nice time over this Christmas period, time for some misery for balance! Thanks, ITV News. :D
*Nippon TV (JP) Ad Breaks - 13th August 2021 | **日本テレビ CM x 2- 2021年8月13日 thingsandtings 2021-08-14 | *The video source is around 540p, but I rendered this all in HD because the closest non-HD aspect ratio I could render through what I did was below 540p.(Note for subscribers: Don't worry, the 3rd and last part of the "Force Awakens" ITV breaks will come along soon, I have to upload it with an edit or two so it wouldn't be blocked in most countries but that should come before the weekend's through!)So...I've worked out something pretty amazing. I can watch live international TV a lot easier now (how I achieved that I'll *not* disclose so don't even ask) so...given how I've been feeling lately with Japan getting an Olympics, something I've been excited for since I was 16 when they were campaigning for a Tokyo 2016 Olympics, I've been checking out some Japanese stuff and funnily enough, I check NTV out yesterday at what would've been within the 10pm hour and guess what I came across? Only a TV airing of "Princess Mononoke"!! Very happy with my timing there. x) I've been waiting for the right moment to share more Japanese ad/CM videos, initially from the extra video compilations of those I had in DVD-Rs since I was a teenager that were since deleted from YouTube, but this makes for more than a fun compromise for now! Let's see how this goes for a short time. :)Oh yeah, you may notice some small skipping in the first part. Apologies for that, I remedied those as best as I can but I'm sorry for the inconvienience anyway. ^^;;Alright, finally, CONTENTS!:~~ PART 1 ~~1) TV Promo for "Friday Roadshow: The Cat Returns" (WAY too short a film, but one I love. Thoroughly underrated.)2) Subaru Levorg "Friday Roadshow" Extended ad (Partial) / Subaru Levorg ad3) Cup Noodle Seafood Noodle ad4) Rakuten Mobile ad5) Lion Denthals ad6) Japanese TV spot for "Wild Speed: Jet Break" (...aka, "F9" and "Fast & Furious 9". Isn't the Japanese title so much better?)~~ PART 2 ~~1) "Friday Roadshow: Princess Mononoke" Brand Sponser bumper with Daihatsu, SoftBank, SKY PerfecTV, Bourbon, Adult Car Insurance, Nitori, YellowHat, McDonalds(?!), Kobayashi Pharmaceutical, Netflix, Iris Oyama and Lifenet Life (Phew!)2) Lifenet Life ad3) Iris Oyama Cylone Cleaner ad (Sometimes, there are simple joys that can be understood without a language barrier)4) iris Oyama Circular Clothes Drying Dehumidifier ad5) 2 Netflix ads (Way to spread these out, guys. xD)~~~**ビデオソースは約540pですが、レンダリングできる最も近い非HDアスペクト比は540p未満だったので、すべてをHDでレンダリングしました。だから...私はかなり良いものを見つけました。私は今、ライブの国際テレビをはるかに簡単に見ることができます（私がこれをどのように達成したかさえ尋ねないでください）。オリンピックに出場する東京で16歳の時からワクワクしていて、日本のテレビをチェックしています。東京時間午後10時過ぎ、「もののけ姫」のテレビ放送の一部を見ていました！タイミングにとても満足しています。 x）YouTubeから削除されたDVD-Rの追加のビデオ編集から、より多くの日本の広告/ CMビデオを共有する適切なタイミングを待っています。今のところ、これは楽しい妥協案です。これがどうなるか見てみましょう。 :)そうそう、最初の部分でいくつかの小さなスキップに気付くかもしれません。申し訳ありませんが、可能な限り改善しましたが、ご不便をおかけして申し訳ありません。 ^^ ;;さて、いよいよ目次！ ：~~パート1 ~~1）「金曜ロードショー：猫の恩返し」のテレビプロモーション（短すぎる映画ですが、大好きです。過小評価されています。）2）スバルレヴォーグ「金曜ロードショー」拡張CM（一部）/スバルレヴォーグCM3）カップヌードルシーフードヌードルCM4）楽天モバイルCM5）ライオンデンタルCM6）「ワイルドスピード：ジェットブレイク」のテレビコマーシャル~~パート2 ~~1）「金曜ロードショー：モノノケ姫」ブランドスポンサーバンパー、ダイハツ、ソフトバンク、スカパー！ 、バーボン、成人自動車保険、ニトリ、イエローハット、マクドナルド（？！）、小林製薬、Netflix、アイリスオーヤマ、Life Net Life（Phew！）2）ライフネットライフCM3）アイリスオーヤマサイクロンクリーナーCM（日本語がわからなくても楽しい！）4）アイリスオーヤマ丸い衣類乾燥除湿機CM5）2つのNetflix広告（互いに近すぎます！XD）
[2/3] ITV (UK) Ads and Continuity (30th December 2018) thingsandtings 2021-05-26 | [PART 1: youtube.com/watch?v=HdkNMwGOubQ ] [PART 3: youtube.com/watch?v=OYFf1IAkx3M ]Here's more continuity from the ITV Network Premiere of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens". :) Unfortunately had to remove the Sky Broadband ad after the Zoopla ad and before the 2nd 1&1 Ionos ad because the bland, stock music they used was a blockable copyright claim artifact for pretty much...all of Europe besides the UK and many more countries besides. On a related note, a LOT of the claims I'm getting are coming supposedly from "Eurosport". Yikes, hate to think how that network's doing if they're now being a copyright claim troll on the side but anyway...CONTENTS!:1) Oh no! / ITV "Back Soon" ID Sting / Just Eat sponsership bumper2) ITV ID Sting / Samsung ad (Oh my, err...no comment! Let's not date this description more than it has to, haha)3) Guinness ad4) 1&1 Ionos ad5) WW ad (Ehhhhhhh, brands trying to look like they're less problematic while still being problematic underneath, ehhhhh)6) Peugeot 508 ad7) Dreams ad8) Zoopla ad9) 1&1 Ionos ad10) British Airways Holidays ad11) ITV ID Sting / Promo for "The Voice" (UK)12) Just Eat sponsership bumper / ITV "We're Back" ID Sting / Omninousnessnessness / OH, oh dear / ITV "Back Soon" ID Sting / Just Eat sponsership bumper13) "Dancing on Ice" Promo Bumper w/ Didi Conn14) ITV ID Sting / iPhone XR ad (Around half a year since this, I changed from my iPhone 6 to an Android phone for the first time. It's a pity Apple don't like people buying phones of their's from a couple of years back for cheaper directly from them 'cause rewatching this did make me think "Oh hey, that WAS a thing, wasn't it?")15) UK TV spot for "Stan & Ollie" (Been meaning to check this out for forever, John C. Reilly is great)16) Webuyanycar.com ad17) Kia Sportage ad (Still doesn't beat when TalkTalk used this song in their ad, which was *such* a good ad, wow)18) CapitalOne QuickCheck ad (The Christmas version!)19) OntheBeach.co.uk ad (Dang, why didn't they do more stuff with this Sand Castle Guy? He's great)20) Iceland ad21) 888 Casino ad (I take it that it'd now be over 9pm by this point in the broadcast? If not, very weird seeing an ad like this beforehand, let alone during such a tentpole fine-for-families film!)22) Tapi Carpets ad23) Thinkbox ad24) ITV ID Sting / "Dancing on Ice" Promo Bumper w/ Mark Little (I'm not aware of this guy, he's proberbly nice and much more fun than this promo implies but my god, way to be as annoying as possible in 5 seconds!)25) Just Eat sponsership bumper / ITV "We're Back" ID Sting / Something something Scan Data, I dunno
[1/3] ITV (UK) Ads, Continuity and Junction (30th December 2018) thingsandtings 2021-05-25 | [PART 2: youtube.com/watch?v=Dux5zcmNWX8 ] [PART 3: youtube.com/watch?v=OYFf1IAkx3M ]Oh hey, guess it wasn't long until I posted again, eh? Accidentally bumped into the source files for this and was surprised I hadn't done any uploads based on these so...hey! It's May, Corporation-Mandated Celebration of Huge IP Franchise Day was earlier this month...as good a time as any to share the continuity for the Network Premiere of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens". I'm aware that people have shared continuities to the original Star Wars movies specifically so I guess, high time for this stuff to be archived on the internet for the one "mainline" SW movie I know that's had a nice big Network Premiere on a major UK TV network...which I know isn't as impressive a thing now with stuff leaning more to streaming platforms than "network TV" but hey, traditions eh?CONTENTS!:1) Coca-Cola ad (Partial)2) Vodafone ad3) Webuyanycar.com ad (w/ Phillip Scofield, because of course)4) McDonald's ad5) Oak Furnitureland ad6) ASDA / George.com ad7) DFS ad (The DFS ads in these uploads also tie-in to "The LEGO Movie 2", which I remember really enjoying yet no one talks about it now)8) Harveys ad9) Travel Republic ad10) Ford SUV Range ad11) Nutella ad (Maybe its because this is around an airing of an incredible Massive movie that's okay for families to watch but don't be too shocked to see belated returns of Christmassy ads that feel like they'd not be relevant by December 30th, when this aired. xD I'm not complaining, myself though)12) ITV ID Sting / Promo for "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"13) ITV Creates Promo (In case it wasn't clear, this is ITV announcing the launch of a new ident package which at the time of posting I *think* is still being rolled out. At the very least, I don't think they've ever had ident repeats week after week so kinda ambitious...if only they paid as much care and attention to not being such an Oppressively Bland network otherwise!)14) ITV ident / Just Eat sponsership bumper15) Start of "Star Wars: A Force Awakens" / Urewelc / ITV "Back Soon" ID Sting / Just Eat sponsership bumper / ITV ID Sting16) Coca-Cola ad (Full version of the ad at the start...for both Coca-Cola Classic *and* Zero Sugar! Spearheaded by the world's most uncritical liker of a soda brand, I guess)17) Duracell ad (Featuring...Lanky Claus? I dunno, this campaign felt weird.)18) First Choice ad19) Barclaycard Entertainment ad20) ComparetheMarket ad (This ad always didn't really hit when it's shown in its edited-down form like it is here, ah well)21) Ford SUV Range ad22) Dreams ad (Haha, what a cheesy edit down of the music)23) DFS ad24) FreeviewPlay ad w/ Currys PC World Smart TV promotion25) First Choice ad26) ITV ID Sting / Promo for "Spectre" / Just Eat Sponsership bumper27) ITV "We're Back" ID Sting / Omninousness and Gruntinousness / ITV "Back Soon" ID Sting / Just Eat sponsership bumper28) ITV ID Sting / UK TV spot for "Alita: Battle Angel" (A *GIGANTIC* minute-and-a-half ad that's virtually its own mini-trailer for the Robert Rodrieguez/James Cameron sci-fi cult hit. I think this movie's awesome, so I'd be biased with saying if this was too much or not. Definitely recommended for sci-fi action fans.)29) Centre Parcs ad30) SCS ad31) Dreams ad32) Jet2holidays ad (Oh WOW, this ad really annoyed the fudge out of me after a while. I pray they don't resurrect this campaign when its okay for them to advertise like they did again, haha)33) Volkswagan Golf ad~34) ITV ID Sting / Promo for "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" (Trans rights are human rights, screw J.K.)35) Just Eat sponsership bumper / ITV "We're Back" ID Sting / More omninousnessness
The Company of Wolves (1984) UK Theatrical Trailer [HD] thingsandtings 2021-05-21 | [THIS TRAILER IS FOR AN 18-RATED FILM (R in the US) AND CONTAINS DISTURBING IMAGERY. You watch this at your own risk.I initially made this an 18+ only upload but because it made it pretty much impossible for enough people interested to watch just this upload alone, even somehow not reaching those who are over-18 *and* are interested, I've removed the 18+ caveat. The change was made on February 23rd 2021.]Sourced directly from the 2005 DVD release of the film (which I have recently purchased brand new) and upscaled to HD via Topaz Video Enhance AI.I recently checked this film out and found myself really enamoured by it, but was also frustrated by the lack of a good-quality trailer upload of the thing so tried my hand at offering that. Was *very* close to just being used as a source for a recreation of the trailer using this, Blu-ray footage of the film (which I also perchased) and recreated titles and logos, to be submitted to my dorkier 2nd channel things2tings, but I was so impressed with how this on its own looks that I decided it's enough. Now, YouTube now has the original trailer in as-intended widescreen and in HD! You're welcome. :DAlso, the first upload on here that I decided to make 18+ only. I believe the film itself these days could do okay by being re-rated 15 as "It: Chapter Two" comes close in terms of the grizzlier edges and got a 15 but even with that said, the images of Stephen Rea pulling skin off his face can still be very justifiably upsetting and squirm-inducing, so I figured as this is a channel that happens to have a lot of nostalgic initially-targetted-at-kids uploads, this'd be the right choice. Anyway, see you all next year or...whenever I feel like I have something to upload to here. x)
[Gigapixel AI Test] Buena Vista Home Video Trailer Tape Intro thingsandtings 2020-01-27 | ORIGINAL UPLOAD FROM NIGHT OF THE TRAILERS: youtube.com/watch?v=urcqqtw_MK4 (I literally just took the 480p source they shared and upscaled it with Gigapixel AI)I found out about a little something called Gigapixel AI and I got *very* excited over the potential possibilities that such sophisticated video upscaling can do, so I've been experimenting with it a bunch and figured this test was worth posting as it came up pretty nice.In the future, depending on how avaliable this software is to me later on, I may use this to fancy up VHS-centric video uploads (both either here or in my more speculative, dorky and creative things2tings side-channel)...what do you folks think? :OOh hey, Happy New Decade for the 2020's and belatedly, Happy New Year~
Ill Do Anything (Musical Cut!) - Rare Theatrical Trailer (1993) thingsandtings 2019-09-11 | While the film ITSELF isn't lost media, this version of the film really is. Before the test screenings that Columbia put out that made James L Brooks de-musicalize his ambitious comedy-drama/musical project, they started already marketing it on the odd VHS tape in the U.S. Hence, we have this!2 Prince-written songs feature here and are the only snippets of the official OST versions of said songs that eventually never surfaced because of the cuts and because of many rights issues preventing a true Director's Cut.Uploaded here separately and slightly (attemptedly) restored by me so this can be preserved for lost media fans, as well as Prince fans and people who like these sorta movies. Enjoy. :)
Channel 4 (UK) - Ads and Continuity (3rd November 2007) thingsandtings 2019-03-29 | Or I guess you could say, from some of my EARLIEST uploads, "Channel 4 (UK) 25th Anniversary Continuity and Ad Breaks (2007, Part 2.5)"?? Anyway, SURPRISE!Digging through my old DVD-Rs, I came across a mysterious one that was unmarked. I tried playing it regularly and it wouldn't work, however through just going into the files and playing what was there...I found this! Never thought I'd ever see this again, so...viola!I really liked the stuff they did with the continuity of Channel 4's 25th anniversary night. I was born in the early 90's, so the original Channel 4 look wasn't as organically nostalgic to me as it might be to some others, but a little part of me felt sad it only lasted a day. x)You may also remember that I posted, a veeery long time ago, one of the "Special Ad Breaks" that Channel 4 would play during that same night to commemorate the occasion. Great concept, taking ads from 1982 and comparing them to ads for the same products in the then-current day. You can view that here: youtube.com/watch?v=kNuBowckyKcFor now, CONTENTS!:1) UK TV spot for "American Gangster"2) Emporio Armani Diamonds ad (With Beyonce belting like SHE NEVER BELTED BEFORE. I both loved this ad and found it unintentionally hilarious back then, but now I just love it. Life is weird!)3) TV advert for "Version" by Mark Ronson (Strange remembering a time when Mark Ronson was this mysterious, up-and-coming collaborator he was before he became OMNIPRESENT. The version of "Valerie" with Amy Winehouse alone has easily eclipsed the original.)4) TV advert for "A Guide to Love, Loss and Desperation" by The Wombats5) Radox Daily Elements ad6) UK TV ad for "Hannah Montana: Pop Star Profile" DVD (Boy, this upload is a real time capsule, isn't it? xD)7) Glade Scented Oils ad8) TV advert for "Radio 1's Live Lounge: Volume 2" CD compilation9) Channel 4 sting / Promo for "Love Trap" (ala the 1982-1996 days!)10) Sponsered by T-Mobile bumper / "Transmission with T-Mobile" errr...returns? I can't remember which part this is (This was a short-lived, late night music show. I'm going to have to make a playlist of all these 25th anniversary Channel 4 uploads I've done because you get to see SLIGHTLY more of that show through those too!)
(3 of 3) Various Mid-1990s Japanese ads (日本人 CM 3) thingsandtings 2019-03-27 | And here's the last of, seemingly, the trio of this perticular set of Japanese ad (or "CM") compilations, originally from a suspended user and returning to YouTube after a decade!I think now the guy actually themed these more like "Nice", "Funny" and this 3rd one, which...I *think* was to the tune of "Intro to Japan" or similar. Essentially, these are a basic layout of how he interpreted the experience of "real Japan" (culturally, socially, etc) to be from his experience of being there, as an American expat in the 90's...well, I say that, the very first ad in this compilation was originally an AMERICAN HOME DEPOT AD that was themed around Japan 'cause of the 1998 Winter Olympics taking place there...I mean, I *guess* that might say when the guy returned from Japan? Who knows.The video quality of this one was ever-so-slightly more janky than the other vids for some reason, so I did some adjusting and attempted some "restoration" work to make it more pallatable. Hope it suffices!...oh yeah, you know what I said at the start of this description with this being the last of these? Well...it's the last of *this guy's compilations*, I...ended up spoiled with even more that I rediscovered through going back to my old DVD-Rs of these so...hey, stay tuned if these interest you!For now, CONTENTS!: (Again, might need some help with some of these)1) SME Support Japan ad (Apparently, according to the auto-translated subs YouTube generated, anyway)2) JR ads (The "Papa loves train" ad feels wholesomely atmospheric)3) Hama Otome Gift Set ad4) Honda Civic ad5) Ad for Soy Bean (?) Brand6) ??? ad7) DyDo Blend Coffee ads (I'd LOVE a whole music video based on that first one!)8) Miyazaki City Ocean Dome ad (Basically, a fancy "simulated beach" leisure centre. I don't know if these are still a thing, but I remember watching a GamesMaster episode on one of those. Very cool idea...both in terms of being impressive AND being cooling!)9) Anti-Gun Violence PSA / ANA Airlines ad10) Anti-Bullying PSA from AC
(2 of 3) Various Mid-1990s Japanese Ads (日本人 CM 2) thingsandtings 2019-03-26 | Here's another re-discovered Japanese ad (CM) compilation, originally from 2007 or so and featuring mid-1990's ads.This is the one the since-suspended YouTuber who originally posted/made this themed as the "Funny" one. Now...considering the slightly culturally insensitive way folks in the West tend to goggle at Japan's ""weirdness"" sometimes, irregardless of the fact that they *too* have defined, varied, *intentional* senses of humour that...well...every culture worldwide has in some form, this is a bit of a loaded subject so, allow me to try and set things straight:The guy who posted these originally was a former American expat who was in Japan in the 90's. I don't know him personally and didn't really know what kind of character we was at the *time*, so I'm not going to accuse him of xenophobia if that's not his intention, but coming from a Western perspective in '07 of looking at content from a completely culture with its own niches, references and inside jokes? It's hard to pin down how many of these ads are *intended* to be funny or just so happen to only be a little quirky or creative.And considering the US has created the Geico gecko, Ronald McDonald and Captain Crunch...and the UK has created the ComparetheMarket meerkats, the GoCompare man and the Honey Monster? It's almost hypocritical to pit every intended bit of humour from Japan as merely down to the differences between us and them, when we all have our own takes on quirkiness and humour.Anyway, hoo, sorry about that. x) Enjoy the ads!CONTENTS: (Once again, you may have to help me with some of these)1) Sangaria Banana au Lait drink ad2) NTT Personal ad3) WOWOW ad (With the Flight of the Conchords!...nah, not really, though one of them *does* look a lot like Bret)4) I Don't 100% Know but I Love It5) REX ad6) Glico ice lollies ad7) Kincho Mosquito Repellent ad8) Kincho Repellent for...Tanukis, I think? ads (Tanukis are darlings and I envy Japan so much for having them, my gosh)9) Yakult Milouge ad10) Artnature Hair Treatment ad11) Mitsui & Co. ads (Very clearly inspired by Terry Gilliam's animation work on "Monty Python's Flying Circus")12) Mister Donut ad13) NEC PC Engine Core II ad14) Jumbled interlude with Sentai Sapporo and CHILD BEES15) Ad for magazines (YouTube's auto-translated CC for this opens with "Let's go with a story that doesn't matter". No idea if that's right, but that's a hell of an opening line to proudly, convincingly scream to sell MAGAZINES)16) Sting gum ad (I don't think what's "Funny" here was intentional, but I kept it in because it's cool)17) INAX toilet ad (No comment, except at least it's 100% intentionally silly)18) Glico apple yogurt ad19) Morinaga Choco Flake ad20) YakBak 2 ad (Literally just a translated version of the original American commercial, oops, haha)
(1 of 3) Various Mid-1990s Japanese Ads (日本人 CM 1) thingsandtings 2019-03-26 | SO, time for a bit of an interesting little detour, I think. In late 2007-early 2008, I made DVDs of these Japanese commercial compilation uploads I found on YouTube that I really liked (I was 15, yes, I was always a dork) and fortunately, that included these compilations that disappeared off YouTube from the original uploader's suspension. But here's what I remember: the guy was a former American expat who lived and worked in Japan in the 90's.He created 3-4 of these Japanese commercial compilations (or "CM" as they call it there) and themed them, like "Nice", "Funny" and such. I *think* this one's "Nice" but I'm not 100% sure.Either way, this is *very* easily my favourite one of those compilations. It has such a warm, wholesome feel to it and some of the music is REALLY good (unfortunately, due to rights reasons I had to remove the JAL ad with Chang and Aska, but I thoroughly recommend the song used in that ad, as its a real belter: youtube.com/watch?v=tV3_P1jxiCA ). I'll upload the rest of these later, but for now, enjoy!CONTENTS!: (Obviously, some of you may have to help me with some of these)1) Kodak Advantix Film ad2) McDonalds ad3) UNISYS ad (Featuring Tokyo Disney Resort, both the visuals and music are super cosy and I've really missed seeing this, since these original uploads were taken down)4) Sunstar Tonic shampoo ad5) Sapporo ad6) Sony Hi-Vision TVs ad (Yes, Hi-Vision WAS/IS Japan's version of HD and yes, the irony of this being uploaded in 4:3 and lower than 480p isn't lost on me.)7) Panasonic Digicam ad8) SmileVin eyedrops ad9) TV ad for "Samurai Spirits" video game for Super Famicom (aka "Samurai Shodown" for SNES elsewhere)10) TDK ad11) Dekavita C ad12) Toyota Duet ad13) Daihatsu Midget II ad (Strangely cute ad, slightly off name but hey)14) Suntory Coffee Boss drink ad15) Mannan Life ad16) UHA Sugar-Free Candies ad (Those crunching sounds are unnerving, but that's down to sound design more than anything else!)17) Cubicle ad18) Kowa ad for..."Freeze Relief"-style pain relief, maybe?19) Clear Cream toothpaste ad20) Ad for Macaroni Gratin and related pasta ready meals
things2tings (NEW 2ND CHANNEL) thingsandtings 2019-02-20 | Link:youtube.com/channel/UCW8QJSAseX5XE1hfjP-vRgQFor the last 2 years, I've experimented lots with VHS-era media stuff, akin to the content I've archived here. But I wasn't sure where to put it, now I do! Click the link above.This channel (thingsandtings) shall remain active, even though uploads are sparse 'cause I don't have as much new stuff to naturally archive, but hey. x)
(4) CITV Old Skool Weekend ads & stuff (5th & 6th January 2013) thingsandtings 2019-01-06 | Part 4 of...proberbly 5, by the looks of things.(This video is in 720p50fps, but isn't in HD. The format's there to optimise audio *and* retain the original framerates of the contents within.)SO, yeah, this part was a tricky one 'cause given 90% of the ads in all the ad breaks were the same and I tried to not have stuff repeat too obnoxiously, this...is the most ad-barren upload so far of these. x) Even had to sorta speed up the next day a little for convienience sake.Maybe I'll make a whole other video of just intros, if folks are that eager for those. I dunno, for NOW! It's Sunday 6th January 2019 and these were from Saturday 5th and...Sunday 6th January *2013*. So I felt TONIGHT was the best time for a new one of these.Happy New Year again, btw! CONTENTS:1) "Woof" End Credits / Sponsered by Sequin Art bumper2) Coming Up Next bumper w/ "Dramarama" (That afternoon, they showed the original "Children's Ward", which...well, as a kid I never found the appeal of watching a drama show about kids in hospital appealing so I skipped this one. DID watch the "Dramarama" the next day though, more on that with the next part.)3) CITV OSW bumper / LEGO Chima ad (Extended version! Fun fact: This toy line was discontinued in 2015, so just 2 years after this, haha)4) WWF ad5) Pampers Baby-Dry ad6) Disney XD promo w/ "That Damn Puppet That Won't Go Away" (Looked this show up finally and it was cancelled a year later, OOPS)7) CITV OSW ident (End of Day 1)8) "Spatz" End w/ Credits (I had just woken up and started watching around the middle of the ep, so I unfortunately didn't archive the intro...which...look at this, it's a massive shame I didn't in pristine 720p50: youtube.com/watch?v=jQbbUutaCiE )9) Coming Up Next bumper w/ "Huxley Pig" / CITV OSW ident10) "Huxley Pig" intro11) CITV OSW ident / 4 CITV SHOW SMOOSHED TOGETHER, I GUESS (There were no conventional ad breaks between these, so...)12) rodent / "Fun House" Prize Parts13) "Knightmare" End w/ Credits (Presumably, the final ever minute or so of the show before it was cancelled after an impressively long run, from the mid-80's to mid-90's. I was too young for that show but when I found out about it later, I was fascinated by it!)14) Special "Old Skool Weekend" bumper / CITV OSW bumper15) Walt Disney World advert (Shortened version of the one in the first part)16) Flash with Febreze ad (...I hate to make these kinda jokes, but dang the straights for this concept, haha)17) Elefun & Friends board games ad18) CITV OSW bumper / "Wannabes" abridged19) CITV OSW ident
[WHAT-IF*] BBC1 Ads & Continuity - 22nd December 2018 thingsandtings 2019-01-06 | *For those who don't watch regular TV anymore in the UK OR aren't from the UK, BBC1 is a public broadcaster that's dependant (as of 6th January 2019) on funding from TV License payers, a thing the public has to sign up for to watch home screen media over here. This is an experiment in concept channeling and video editing.Phew! So, yes. You may be thinking two things, beyond the weirdness of the concept:1) It's the 6th of January! Should we be done with Christmas-related posts? and 2) Isn't 2018, let alone a couple of weeks back, too recent for this channel?Well, yes and yes. But you see, this isn't the first time I've uploaded something apart from the initial concept of the channel and...well, I do a lot of weird, conceptual, experimental things with video editing as a hobby as is - many of which MIGHT be of interest to the channel but I can never upload due to copyright, I'm sure - so...here's one of them!Basically, if you imagine this channel in an alternate dimension, this would be the kinda upload I'd do! If we didn't have the TV license and if BBC1...somehow...had ads. Both of the sources were from the exact same day. The BBC1 stuff is in-between their first airing of the 2018 "Watership Down" mini-series and the ads? Some break between the 2003 "Peter Pan" movie on ITV2, earlier in the day.What do you think, folks? Is this interesting or did I just envoke a vengeful demon to which I'll have to face the whole rest of the week? You decide! :D Happy New Year~
Channel 4 (UK): Christmas 2012 (3) (Christmas Day 2012) thingsandtings 2018-12-24 | Aaaand this is the last upload from the set! Early Christmas Day 2012.CONTENTS!:1) End of "Little Wolf's Book of Badness" (Another animated Channel 4 special that gets bumped to the side, though its not as good as "Famous Fred" or the like, but still fun.)2) Channel 4 sting / Promo for 4Music (Fun promo! Crazy how its now become some sorta weird comedy/reality channel alongside a music channel now.)3) Channel 4 ident4) End of "Lost and Found" / Channel 4 sting5) Promo for "Gordon's Christmas Cookalong"6) Channel 4 ident7) Start of "Father Christmas" (Maybe my favourite of the Raymond Briggs adaptations, though some of the humour doesn't date amazingly well. Still really fun and nostalgic for me, nonetheless!)8) End of "The Art of The Snowman and the Snowdog" / Coming Up Later bumper (Yes, they repeat both "Snowman" specials way more than once here and that's the first time they repeated "Snowdog". Like dang Channel 4, you have other animated specials, haha.)9) Promo for "Alan Carr Chatty Man: Christmas Special"10) Channel 4 ident (This is the special Simpsons one made by the actual animation studio behind the Simpsons that came along around when "The Simpsons Movie" came out and was aired before "The Simpsons" up until they changed the idents overall in 2015. Kinda prefer the later Simpsons ident they use, but this is still a fun little gift from the actual Simpsons team to Channel 4~)11) Start/End of "The Simpsons" (The ep they played was "Kill Gil, Vol. 1 & 2", btw)12) Tesco ad13) First Choice ad (Travel ads!! The other white meat of post-Christmas ad floods)14) LoveFilm.com ad15) B&Q ad16) Freeview ad17) UK TV ad for "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"18) Channel 4 sting / Channel 4 identMerry Christmas, Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year to everyone!
Channel 4 (UK): Christmas 2012 (2) (Christmas Eve 2012) thingsandtings 2018-12-24 | So oops, I guess because of my sleeping arrangements, you're getting TWO uploads this Christmas Eve, haha. Here's more of Channel 4's 2012 Christmas, this time *right at the very heart* of the BIG event that year, that was "The Snowman and the Snowdog".CONTENTS!:1) John Lewis ad (Partial. Very apt they made this the last ad before "Snowdog"'s premiere but...I'm very sure they intended that, haha)2) Channel 4 ident3) "Films on 4" Sponsered By bumper from Phones4U (Because apparently the two "Snowman" shorts are worthy of the "films" pedigree to Channel 4 but anything else from the SAME ANIMATION STUDIO isn't? Pfft. Also, R.I.P. Phones4U)4) Start/End of "The Snowman and the Snowdog" (There were no ad breaks during the actual special, so everything beyond here's after. On an additional note: I felt disappointed that the ending didn't turn out how I thought because I was very ready to text my relatives with "SLUSH PUPPIE! NOOO!", but alas things worked out differently.)4) "Films on 4" Sponsered By bumper from Phones4U5) Channel 4 bumper promoting "The Snowman and the Snowdog" app (With impressively garbled, post-giant-premiere-event announcement!) / Channel 4 sting6) Promo for "The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2012"7) Nationwide ad8*) Tesco ad9) B&Q ad10) UK TV spot for "Parental Guidance" (SORRY, CITV UPLOAD FOLLOWERS)11) Rimmel ad12) Harveys ad13) YouView ad (Is...this thing still around?)14) Currys PC World ad15) Halfords ad16) PlayStation 3 ad (Still kinda mind-blowing how recent this still feels to me and how long ago this is actually from. The PS4 came out just a year later.)17) Channel 4 sting / Promo for "8 Out of 10 Cats", "Peep Show" & "Friday Night Dinner"18) Channel 4 ident (Yep, absolute BEST ident you could use after the premiere of "The Snowman and the Snowdog" and before yet another Christmas special. Good job, Channel 4, haha.)19) Sponsered By bumper for Brother / Start of "Gadget Man: Christmas Special" (the Stephen Fry version) and...dog.COPYRIGHT SAVIOUR:*8) 8-Bit Universe - "The Final Countdown" (cover of originally chosen song for ad)youtube.com/watch?v=znSI2-sL40E
Channel 4 (UK): Christmas 2012 (1) (Christmas Eve 2012) thingsandtings 2018-12-23 | See? Told ya there'd be Christmassy things to look forward to. x) SO, yeah! Here we are, only 3 days left until Christmas so for those last 3 days, I'll be sharing this stuff from Christmas Eve/Day 2012 that I managed to archive before our old faithful TiVo got glitched out of working existence. I'm never quite sure when I'll stop doing Christmas uploads, so consider yourselves lucky this year. x)CONTENTS!:1) End of "The Rugrats Movie"2) Promo for "The Snowman and the Snowdog" (This was the BIG EVENT of TV that Christmas, so expect to see...a *lot* involving this over these next few uploads. xD)3) Channel 4 ident (For whatever reason, they only used Christmas idents every once in a while but hey.)4) Start/End of "Famous Fred" (I grew up with this and would look forward to watching it early hours each Christmas Eve/Day...pity its so overlooked compared to anything adapted from Raymond Briggs but hey.)5) Promo for "Gordan's Christmas Cookalong"6) Channel 4 ident7) Start/End of "Ivor the Invisible" (Is it just me who REALLY appreciates Channel 4's early morning rotations of animated one-off specials each Christmas? They really get me in the festive spirit.)8) "Ivor the Invisible" on DVD sting (The URL redirects to All4 now so...guess ya can't do that now. o.o)9) Promo for "The Snowman and the Snowdog"10) Channel 4 ident (Special one made just for 2012 to promote...well, guess! You may recognise this from previous uploads archived from the same day, unforch I couldn't archive the breaks during "Muppet Christmas Carol" in HD-50p because I deleted that as soon as we had it on official Blu-ray so... @.@)11) Channel 4 Coming Later bumper w/ "The Snowman and the Snowdog"12) Promo for "8 Out of 10 Cats", "Peep Show" & "Friday Night Dinner" (BASICALLY, a night of Christmas comedy Channel 4 specials, as if you couldn't tell.)13) Tesco ad14) Next ad (Winter Sales!! Where we are, TV-wise, these ads've already started this year so...cool, NOW Christmas is definitely looming~)15) B&Q ad16) LG Smart Cinema 3D TV ad (Yep, once upon a time, this was the future of TV. The early 2010's were a very interesting time. x) )17) NHS Dementia PIF18) Channel 4 sting / More4 Christmas Promo (With the most "what the heck" use of a "Nightmare Before Christmas" song ever! You're welcome.)19) Promo for "One Born Every Minute"20) Channel 4 ident / "Christmas Carol: The Movie" Start (Decided to include a snippet of the beginning of this because it's been lost to the sands of time now, culturally. It's most known now for where "What If I" by Kate Winslet originated from. It's also mostly animated, this live-action beginning serving as a framing device. Kinda wanna check it out someday, though the "Muppet" adaptation will always be the closest to my heart.)
(3) CITV Old Skool Weekend ads & stuff (5th January 2013) thingsandtings 2018-12-16 | (This video is in 720p50fps, but isn't in HD. The format's there to optimise audio *and* retain the original framerates of the contents within.)Alright! So, since the last time I uploaded this stuff, complications happened. The source I got all this CITV Old Skool Weekend stuff from? We misinterpreted a fault with the set-top box and replaced it with a new one...apparently rendering the box these came from unusable. I'm still yet to figure out some kinda work around so I can archive the stuff I wasn't able to, but for now...CONTENTS! (Also, stay tuned for next weekend for CHRISTMAS STUFF):1) "Finders Keepers" Prize Part w/ Kate "Zodiac" Staples appearance (I forgot to include this in the last part, so here it is as compensation. x) )2) Sequin Art sponser bumper / "Fun House" intro ("It's the HAIRSTYLE FROM HELL!" quipped the announcer before the end of the last upload, despite the fact these eps were from the LATER end of the show's run, where Pat Sharp's hair has shortened, tidied up and less joke-proof. Oops!)3) "Fun House" Prize Parts (Yep. Drink it aaaaaall in.)4) "Fun House" End Credits w/ Coming Up Next Credit Squeeze5) Eurocamp advert6) UK TV spot for "Parental Guidance" (This...MIGHT be it for these? Hopefully, haha, you folks're proberbly sick of these.)7) CITV "Old Skool Weekend" promo8) CITV "OSW" ident / "Knightmare" intro (They played the last 2 episodes of the entire series here, from 1994, so the intro got updated a little.)9) "Knightmare" End Credits (I have no idea what that thing is neither.) / CITV "OSW" sting10) Disney XD advert w/ "Crash & Bernstein"11) Oxfam advert12) Fight My Monster advert13) "The Aquabats! Super Show!" promo (Kept in 'cause its extended, but also amazing.)14) CITV "OSW" ident / "Fraggle Rock" intro (DISAPPOINTINGLY not the UK version where they made the wraparounds specifically for the local version of the show, but I had never watched this show before and it's really fun and nice. Jim Henson was a genius.)15) Coming Up Next bumper / CITV sting16) Disney XD advert w/ "Crash & Bernstein" (...creepy. Did this show last? God knows.)17) Sequin Art sponser bumper (Forgot to edit this out, sorry!) / "The Worst Witch" Intro (The 1999 show with Felicity Jones, of course)18) "The Worst Witch" End Credits / CITV sting19) Disney XD advert w/ "Crash & Bernstein" (Puppet do the screm)20) Fight My Monster advert (Yeah, I'm surprised they still had more of these damn things too!)21) Lenor advert (A US import of a Downey commercial, with "Lenor" hilariously dubbed over the one mention from the vox pop folks, you're welcome.)22) Keycamp advert23) CITV "OSW" ident / "Woof!" Intro (Pilot episode. The charming, amusing little tale of the boy who has a condition where he turns into a dog time and time again, crippling his life choices, his dignity and his free will. 'Cause hey, why not? ;D)
(2) CITV Old Skool Weekend ads & stuff (5th January 2013) thingsandtings 2018-10-13 | Part 2 of Seemingly Forever.(This upload was rendered in 720p50fps, though the source itself is not HD, this format helps retain the original framerates of the source as well as improve audio.)I know I said last time I said I was going to not have the Sequin Art sponser bumper in here anymore, however I feel like it would work very nicely as a book-end for the beginning of these so...whatever, better than seeing that 6 times an upload. x)CONTENTS!:1) Sequin Art sponser bumper2) "Count Duckula" Intro & End Credits (HELL YEAH, GET SPOOKY)3) Coming Up Next bumper / CITV sting4) Disney XD advert w/ "Crash & Bernstein"5) Butlins advert (Proberbly the single greatest song choice ever.)6) McDonalds advert w/ "Rise of the Guardians" Happy Meal 7) The Trash Pack Series 3 advert8) "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" UK TV Spot (Disappointingly, not in 48FPS. Which...c'mon, this is in 50fps, dangit!)9) "Happy Birthday CITV" interlude10) CITV "Old Skool Weekend" ident / "Art Attack" Intro & End Credits (Intro's only partial because the recording started slightly late.)11) CITV OSW ident / "The Big Bang" Intro & End Credits (...I think that weird static section of the end credits where the logo just stares at you is intended for when continuity would squeeze the show to the side while the live presenter does STUFF but on it's own it's...weird. o.o)12) Coming Up Next bumper / CITV sting13) NERF advert (When did NERF start just kinda...taking over EVERYTHING with toy ads? No idea.)14) Alton Towers advert15) Stompees infomercial (Memories of all those afternoons I watched MLP:FIM livestreams way back when flodding back, haha)16) CITV sting / "Finders Keepers" intro17) "Finders Keepers" Prize Parts (Figured with the gameshows, I'd share the bits where they discuss prizes in case it invokes powerful nostalgia in some folks, haha)18) "Finders Keepers" End Credits (I've also learn't while tinkering with this that watching this show at 3.83 speed is a trip. Enter at your own risk. youtube.com/watch?v=IuRj3_tlM3w)19) Coming Up Next bumper / "Canimals" promo20) WWF ad21) PARK ad (Christmas had just finished then, but they kinda keep rotating these ads at this time anyhoo 'cause of course they would. x) )22) "Happy Birthday CITV" interlude (Good LORD, how the hell do guys who host CITV shows age so well???)23) "Matt Hatter Chronicles" promo24) CITV OSW ident
(1) CITV Old Skool Weekend ads & stuff (5th January 2013) thingsandtings 2018-10-11 | Part 1 of...a lot. Let's see. x) (This video is in 720p50fps, but isn't in HD. The format's there to optimise audio *and* retain the original framerates of the contents within.)SO, CITV in the first weekend of 2013 dedicated an entire weekend to classic CITV shows from the 80's, 90's and 2000's. Was an excellent weekend of TV and I recorded a lot. I'm gonna get straight to the contents because we've got a LOT to cover, haha.CONTENTS!:1) "Supergran" End Credits (Was only gonna share a smidge of this, but I feel if I did, Scotland would never forgive me so here it is!)2) Sequin Art sponser bumper / Coming Up Next bumper / CITV sting3) LEGO Chima ad4) Walt Disney World ad5) TRESemme Keratin Smooth ad6) LUMA ad (This guy's voice is wonderful and I don't know why.)7) Sport and Craft Hotel ad (...fun??)8) Fight My Monster ad (These ads are very annoying but I can't not include them to preserve them, sorry!)9) UK TV spot for "Parental Guidance"10) "Runescape" ad11) Disney XD ad w/ "Crash & Bernstein"12) CITV Old Skool Weekend ident (Gorgeous.) / Sequin Art sponser bumper13) "Wizadora" Intro / "Wizadora" End Credits (I was both enchanted and mildly weirded out by this show as a kid!)14) Sequin Art sponser bumper15) "The Aquabats! Super Show!" bumper (Awesome.)16) CITV OSW ident / "Wannabes" Start & End (This is a 3-minute segment where a kid respectively mumbles about what they're into and who inspired them while a puppet show acts it out. It's there to just fill dead air and figured it wouldn't be fun enough to upload in its entirety so...oops, miniturized it!)17) CITV OSW ident / "T-Bag" Intro / "T-Bag" End Credits 18) Sequin Art sponser bumper (I will stop including this in these uploads from here on in 'cause they appear before and after EVERY show with no changes so, you're welcome.)19) Walt Disney World ad20) "Angry Birds: Star Wars" AT-AT Attack Battle Game ad21) Hexbug Warriors ad22) Leap Frog LeapPad 2 ad23) Fight My Monster ad24) UK TV spot for "Parental Guidance"25) Jenga Boom ad26) CITV sting / "Puddle Lane" End Credits (Partial) / Coming Up Next bumper27) CITV "Old Skool Weekend" promo28) "Canimals" promo29) CITV OSW "Happy Birthday CITV"...errr, thing?30) CITV OSW ident
Channel 4 (UK) - Ads, Continuity & Junctions (25th February 2013) (2) thingsandtings 2018-10-11 | Part 2 of 2. (Apologies for the jumbled upload order, btw.)Over the tailend of "Black Mirror"'s Series 2 finale "The Waldo Moment" and a little after. Every other series, besides one Christmas special, has landed on Netflix instead. Compared to the current climate, the early 2010's almost seems snuggly, however "snuggly" is one of the last words you could ever describe "Black Mirror".Besides "San Junipero". That's very snuggly. And excellent.Anyway, CONTENTS!:1) "Black Mirror" End of Part Three title card2) Audi A6 ad3) Cobra ad4) Mars ad (Another super 90's-esque ad, haha. I swear this is not an intentional thing.)5) B&Q ad6) Morrisons ad (Around this time, "Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway" had returned after a few years' hiatus and they were sponsers, so this explains how familiar the aesthetics are here.)7) Herbal Essences ad 8) Rice Krispies ad (A boring advert for a boring cereal. Sure!)9) "Tomb Raider" (2013) UK TV advert w/ GAME exclusive10) "Shameless" promo11) "Black Mirror" End Credits12) Coming Up Next on Channel 4 bumper13) Channel 4 Spring 2013 Drama promo (Little weird how this is dominated with clips from "Black Mirror" when this is being played IMMEDIATELY after the last ep. Neat.)14) "Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners" promo (Partially blurred because...yikes.)15) "Alan Carr: Chatty Man" promo (Showing you that there IS a reason I've got these in 50fps after all~)16) Windows 8 ad17) 1&1.co.uk ad18) Revlon Nearly Naked Make-Up ad (With Emma Stone!)19) VisitEngland ad20) NotontheHighStreet.com ad21) Voltarol ad22) Tempur ad (Has anyone else noticed that since last year, there's been...like, 5 mattress start-ups at once fiercely competing with each other in the ads? Haha)23) "Side Effects" UK TV Spot24) Volkswagan Polo ad / Channel 4 sting25) "One Born Every Minute" promo (Every single one of those babies are over 5 years old now. Maybe even 6. Feel like dust yet?)26) Channel 4 ident27) Sponsered by Honda bumper
Channel 4 (UK) - Ads, Continuity and Junction (18th February 2013) (2) thingsandtings 2018-10-11 | Part 2 of 2.More from the "Black Mirror" episode "White Bear" (Series 2, Episode 2) on its one and only airing on broadcast TV. Less surprises this time, but hey.Fun fact: When I initially uploaded this privately, I had to remove an entire ad in this because of a worldwide block from *WWE*. What was the ad for? ...The Money Advice Service. I'm not joking. No idea why this was so important to the biggest wrestling corporation in the world but there you go. Content ID at work here. xD Enjoy!CONTENTS (* = Audio replaced. More info at the end.):1) "Black Mirror" End of Part Three title card / Channel 4 sting2) Ford Kuga ad3) LoveFilm Instant ad (Around a year after this aired, this turned into the UK version of Amazon Prime Video.)4) Direct Line ad5*) Cancer Research UK ad (A positive and unusually reassuring ad from this charity. Then again, given what comes after this break...yeah, jeez, people deserved to see this!)6) Kerrygold Butter ad (# "She lies and says she's in love with him / Can't find a butter man~" #)7) Morissons ad8) TV ad for the album "Holy Fire" by Foals9) "The Fried Chicken Shop: Life in a Day" promo10) "Black Mirror" Part Four title card / End credit logos11) "Black Mirror" promo (For the following episode, "The Waldo Moment", naturally)12) Coming Up Next / "Availalbe" on 4OD bumper13) "Unstoppable" TV promo14) "A Great British Air Disaster" promo (Because then, as well as now, they'll just put "Great British" in the title of anything and make a show out of it.)15) Volkswagan Polo ad16) IBM ad17) Johnson's Baby Extra Sensitive Baby Wipes ad18) Strongbow Pear ad19) Silver Spoon Truvia ad (Whatever happened to Stevia anyway? I kinda liked that weird little trend, I almost wanted to actually drink more low-calorie sodas *intentionally*!!)20) HSBC ad21) Bath Store ad22) Disaronno ad (That...orange slicing sound effect sounds weirdly gory. x) )23) eHarmony ad w/ "Free Communication Weeke--COPYRIGHT SAVIOR:5*) "Young at Heart" (Frank Sinatra cover, original advert song) by highfiveable http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmrn_4OG6ps
Channel 4 (UK) - Ads, Continuity & Junctions (25th February 2013) (1) thingsandtings 2018-10-11 | Part 1 of 2.Continuing on from the last 2 uploads, these are between and around the initial broadcast TV airing of "Black Mirror" (Series 2, Ep 3, "The Waldo Moment"). Yes, again, back before the world knew what it was and before Netflix were handling things!This wasn't *actually* the final ep Channel 4 aired, they also handled the "White Christmas" special of the show more than a year after. However, if you only count that as its OWN thing, this might as well be "Black Mirror"'s final night on regular TV so... x)SOMEHOW, no content ID claims this time so, count your blessings I guess! Anyhoo, enjoy~CONTENTS:1) "Embarressing Bodies" End Credits (I am *really* not interested in shows like this for a multitude of reason, though that credits music's catchy!)2) Coming Up Next on E4 bumper (...creepy.)3) "Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners" promo (I have awful germaphobia so...yeah, no, this is exploitative trash if I've ever seen it. @.@)4) National Lottery Instant Scratchcards ad5) Peogeot RCZ6) "Broken City" UK TV Spot (Hope you like Catherine Zeta-Jones, because this isn't the last TV spot in these 2 parts she appears in. xD)7) Kellogg's Nutra-Grain Breakfast Biscuits ad8) "Shameless" promo (Eh, the Gary Oldman version's better. youtube.com/watch?v=DyRZDpuWlKc )9) Channel 4 ident10) "Black Mirror" End of Part One title card / Channel 4 sting11) Volkswagan Polo ad12) Kronenbourg 1664 ad13) Sky ad14) WeBuyAnyCar.com ad15) Febreze Car ad (Does "Product of the Year" even mean anything in the long haul? Haha)16) East Coast ad17) LateRooms.com ad18) Dulex ad (I remember at the time, someone else uploaded this ad and the guy who painted his room pink frequented the comments and was kinda happy with the attention. Wonder where he is now!)19) "Secrets of the Pickpockets" promo20) "Black Mirror" Part Two and End of Part Two title cards / Channel 4 sting21) Burger King ad22) Cravendale ad (And the "Trying Too Hard" award goes to...)23) Disaronno ad24) "Oz, The Great and Powerful" UK TV spot (The film's pretty good, but dang do I hate that tagline and how often they used that for these kind of movies. x) )25) Royal Navy ad26) Toyota Auris ad27) Adidas Boost ad28) Galaxy ad (I don't know what's creepier, the uncanny special effects or the fact that Audrey Hepburn's likeness is copyrighted...BY HER SONS...AFTER HER DEATH!!)29) Channel 4 sting / "Bank of Dave: Fighting the Fat Cats" promo30) "Black Mirror" Part Three title card
Channel 4 (UK) - Ads, Continuity and Junction (18th February 2013) (1) thingsandtings 2018-10-10 | Part 1 of 2.SO, there *was* a time where "Black Mirror" was premired on regular broadcast TV and only a few countries really heard about it. Then Netflix became a thing. Who knew!But yeah, this is "White Bear" specifically (Series 2, Ep 2). And errr...well, half of this stuff I expected them to advertise in-between this but other things...errr...whaaaat??If a number below has an asterisk, it's 'cause I replaced the audio to bat away the copyright claims. For the exact songs used, see the end of the description. Enjoy!Anyway, CONTENTS:1) "Embarressing Bodies" End Credits w/ Announcement2) "Complicit" Coming Up Next on 4Seven Bumper3) Citroen CS3 Cabrio advert ("[Rodney Dangerfield voice] Now I know folks who do car commercials would be a little too into their cars but this is ridiculous! 'Eyyyy, no respect")4) Muller Corner Greek-Style ad5) "Geordie Shore" ad for MTV (I'm sorry)6) KFC ad7) Channel 4 Spring 2013 Drama Line-Up promo8) Channel 4 ident9) "Black Mirror" End of Part One title card / Channel 4 sting10*) Vauxhall Corsa ad11*) ITV Drama Line-Up promo (Including "Broadchurch", that ended up getting more popular than anyone predicted and helped shape the "Doctor Who" incarnation that just premired!)12) Direct Line ad13) Nationwide ad14) Fosters ad (Really, really, REALLY not a fan of the extremely loud throat noises and the obnoxious angles but hey.)15) Channel 4 sting / "Shameless" promo (...apparently James McAvoy was in this at one point!! Eh, not my thing but people can like what they want.)16) "Black Mirror" Part Two and End of Part Two title cards / Channel 4 sting 17) Netflix advert w/ "House of Cards" (First Netflix Original drama so, not insignificant. Apologies for the reminder Kevin Spacey exists, though.)18) Strongbow Pear ad19) Kinder Surprise ad w/ "The Looney Tunes Show" toys (...what the heck is this doing in-between "BLACK MIRROR"??? I'll take it though, haha.)20) "Song for Marion" UK TV Spot21) Mattesson's Fridge Raiders ad22) "Stoker" UK TV Spot (This was before the remake, so the "From the director of Oldboy" credit is over the original.)23) Amazon Kindle Paperwhite ad (Screw Amazon.)24) "Walking Wounded: Return to the Frontline" promo25) "Black Mirror" Part Three title cardCOPYRIGHT SAVIOURS:10*) "Jungle Boogie" (8-bit remake) by 8bitfanatic youtube.com/watch?v=US0ZIKrt3Lc11*) "Eight Melodies" by Keiichi Suzuki & Hirokazu Tanaka, performed by St. Paul's Cathedral Choir (From the "MOTHER" [1989] OST) youtube.com/watch?v=ZmZMMSDx3Yg
Channel 5 (UK) - Ads, Continuity and Junction (18th September 2012) thingsandtings 2018-10-09 | I know, right?? Been forever since I uploaded a brand new one of these!But yeah, this is a bit of a bland upload barring the one surprisingly 90's-esque *mega*-sugary ad in the middle but...it *is* significant in a very obvious aspect: this is the first of these I've uploaded which is HD and 50fps *natively*.I uploaded things from this time and slightly after before, but they were in 480p and transferred via an over-5-year-old DVD recorder. I can't "remaster" those previous 2012/2013 uploads because many of them are things we've discarded since. However! Think of it this way. It's October 2018. In less than 2 years, this decade will be over. So if we're gonna do this decade justice culturally (or at least...the nicer parts, but let's not go there), now's a good time!Not sure if this means more uploads in a more frequent volume, but we shall see how this upload does both with you folks *and* with the pesky YT copyright squad. x) Enjoy!CONTENTS:1) Tailend of "Batman: The Brave and the Bold"2) "Sponsered by Toys R Us" (I'd say R.I.P. but its coming back in the US soon at least so...???)3) Channel 5 ad sting (These occur between every ad break so I won't note down when each one pops up)4) Dreams ad5) Pampers Baby-Dry ad6) Virgin Media ad7) Thirst Pockets Select-a-Size ad 8) Lelli Kelly ad (STRAIGHT FROM 1998 TO YOU!!)9) O2 ad10) MoneySupermarket ad (I...never liked these but oh well, I'd do a disservice if I removed it. x) )11) Bosch Aquastar Dishwasher w/ Finish Quantum ad12) Febreze Car ad13) "Piri sponsers Summertime on Channel 5" (No idea how often they'd just...skip the ident and go straight to the programming like that, but Channel 5 has always been a bizarre mess so whatev!)14) MERRY MELODIES, Y'ALL!!
[AUDIO RESTORED*] Prince - The Black Album UK Advert (1994) thingsandtings 2018-09-29 | *Speculatively restored, going by visual cues in the advert itself - details below.So...I was gonna wait until around the date this album got officially released or the day/month anniversary of when this perticularly rare, unique ad was broadcast (24th November 1994, thanks to SozLike back in '08) but...I couldn't wait. x)This is obviously NOT my own capture, but now that I could see people managed to upload this album on YT without troubles, thought now would be a good time to get a version up where all the music's there.NOW, as said above this is all speculative. Gotta hand it to the marketing department behind this ad though, for *some* reason, they decided to give the played music names and "When 2 R In Love" plays, the lyrics are even there. So using the titles of tracks displayed prominently enough and using those little stereo bars there, I got a rough idea what played and where. No idea how close I actually am to the real thing, though if one day a *much* nicer quality version of this could be uploaded with the real audio, that would be cool. For now, here's this~I listened to the album a few years ago after finding this ad. It was okay. The mystique behind the album is more interesting than the album *itself*. I'm also glad Warner decided not to re-release this as part of making the rest of Prince's back-catalogue avaliable online and on streaming (naughty naughty, capitalism), though if they ever decide to re-release it as a posthumous thing...yeah...dunno what I'll do with this upload at that point.Also wanna know two more things:1) I put some subtle VHS distortion sound on here too so it would all be more organic.And 2) Apologies that the video quality is not fantastic, hardly much I can do about that. 240p was the highest resolution avaliable and attempts to boost the framerate to something more accurate made it look like *butt*, so there we are.R.I.P. Prince. I ought to get on eBay and buy your albums on physical CDs 'cause dang it, I miss you.
Kinder Bueno (2002, UK) thingsandtings 2018-08-14 | Not my capture. Just posting up on here so it can be linked to a thing.I'm so glad ads like this aren't made now, because this is *godawful*. @.@ The chocolate bar itself is amazing, though.
Slumberland (1988, UK) thingsandtings 2018-08-14 | Not my capture. Posting it on my channel so it can be linked for a thing. Never mind me. x)This ad is weeeeeird.
thingsandtings: Movies! thingsandtings 2018-07-12 | [Ad Compilation]It's the Summer, so you know what that means! Being prodded left, right and center to indulge in at least one or two more movies than you're used to. Be it in the cinema like the studios would want oooor at one because its too dang hot to go. Either way, the Summer Movie Season is certainly A Thing, alright. So, for this little compilation, I've rediscovered lots of genuine TV ads (or "spots") for both cinema releases and home video releases of theatrically-released films with many of 'em reformated to their intended aspect ratios. (Yes, "Tooth" counts. God help us.) No idea when I'll be uploading again and in what capacity, but enjoy anyhoo! Enjoy the Summer and remember to stay safe and hydrated. :) Let's see how long this upload lasts...CONTENTS!! (barring the little "Bob & Margaret" framing device, I guess):1) "They Live" VHS Advert (1989, Guild Home Video)2) "Scream 2" VHS Advert (1998, Buena Vista)3) "Rounders" TV Ad for Cinema Release (1998, Buena Vista)4) "The Parent Trap" TV Ad for CInema Release (1998, Buena Vista)5) "Rancid Aluminum" Cinema Release Ad (1999, Entertainment Film Distributors)6) "Muppets From Space" Cinema Release Ad (1999, Columbia/Tristar)7) "Pokemon: The Movie 2000" Cinema Release Ad (2000, Warner Bros.)8) "Rush Hour 2" Cinema Release Ad (2001, Entertainment Film Distributors)9) "Jurassic Park III" Cinema Release Ad (2001, UIP Distribution)10) "Cast Away" VHS/DVD Advert (2001, DreamWorks)11) "Cats & Dogs" Cinema Release Ad (2001, Warner Bros.)12) "Hellboy" Cinema Release Ad (2004, Sony)13) "Tooth" VHS/DVD Advert (2004, Redbus??)14) "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason" Cinema Release Ad (2004, UIP Distribution)15) "Taxi" Cinema Release Ad (2004, 20th Century Fox)16) "The Grudge" Cinema Release Ad (2004, UIP Distribution)That's a wrap!
thingsandtings: New Years (But Mostly Y2K Stuff) thingsandtings 2017-12-30 | [Ad Compilation, for the most part]New Year's is a weird thing for me. I'm so deeply in love with Christmas and look forward to it more than anything else in the year that I feel kinda melancholic over it sometimes. These days, though? I try and look to the positives. If Christmas is the slate-cleaner of the year, then New Year's is where we get a new slate.So to compliment the Christmas compilation I posted earlier this month, with just 2 days of 2017 to go, here's one for New Year's stuff! But...mostly stuff from 1999/2000 pertaining to the Intensely Exciting time where we were going into a new MILLENNIUM rather than just a new year. No retrospectively hilarious things on the Millennium Bug here, though! But certainly a nice dose of pop culture from the strangest New Year's our lives'll likely ever have.CONTENTS!:9) Toyota "Sponsered By" sting (From a New Year's Day 1999 airing of "Do-It-Yourself, Mr. Bean")8) Kellogg's Corn Flakes advert (Also New Year's Day 1999)7) Sainsbury's New Years Party Food advert (Now into late '99 now for 2000 for the next few ads!)6) National Lottery Big Draw 2000 advert5) McDonalds advert (Official Sponser of THE MILLENNIUM EXPERIENCE!!)4) De Beers advert3) TV advert for "CNN Millennium 2000" on VHS (From early 2000, stuck on here 'cause it fits)2) Video promo for the VHS Bumper compilation "Mil-Looney-Um 2000" (From the Opening Reel to "Jack Frost" from 1999)1) Toyota "Sponsered By" stingHAPPY NEW YEAR!
thingsandtings: Christmas thingsandtings 2017-12-11 | [Ad Compilation]So, yeah, once again I let this account gather dust. Lots of IRL reasons and I wouldn't say "expect a jump in activity from here on in" because this is very, very deep into the "stuff to do as an on-the-side hobby" pile in my life. BUT, I got an idea.To tide folks over until I ever decide to use this account for what I use this for, I may make compilations of adverts or VHS trailers I already posted (albiet, put in the proper aspect ratio and sometimes re-rendered into 60fps) so people can access these things easier if they're specifically looking for JUST those things in this channel instead.So, with 2 weeks until Christmas 2017 (as of when I post this) and me just generally being in a big Christmassy mood, here's a nice bunch of Christmas TV ads from 1998-2000 that I had already posted in previous uploads, ready and waiting in one place.I'd make a description of what they contain, but this time? Like a good Christmas present, I figured it would be best if people didn't know what they'd get until they unwrap it for themselves. :)Enjoy the ads, Merry Christmas!
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls UK VHS Trailer Reel (1996) thingsandtings 2016-02-22 | [Now in 60fps!]Ah, Ace Ventura. The character that gave Jim Carrey his big commercial breakthrough. While I haven't seen either Ace movie in a while (I saw this one first as this happened to be the one we had on VHS), I'm sure I'll prefer this sequel to the original on account of how...surprisingly mean-spirited the original is in places (I'd say where, but I'd spoil the movie if I said). But that's besides the point, I was a giant Jim Carrey fan as a kid and by proxy, I...kinda wanna watch "When Nature Calls" again now. CONTENTS!:1) Warner Home Video logo [60fps]2) Closed Captions Info [60fps]3) Trailer for "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" Trailer 4) Promo for "Ace Ventura: The CD-ROM Game" (I love the ridiculously big text at the end that goes on and on about technicalities. "Press ESC to return to Windows". Also, this counts as an indadverted advert for the Ace Ventura cartoon too, I guess? Yeah, let's go with that.)5) Trailer for "A Little Princess" (Alfonso Cuarón can do no wrong.)6) "Madame Tussads" advert7) "Alton Towers" advert8) Promo for Walt Disney World, featuring "Ace Ventura" [60fps] (Well, Ace Ventura played by Johnny Gat from Saints Row 3, anyway. ALSO, wow, a Walt Disney World mention on a Warner Bros. video? OK.)9) VSC/BBFC PG classification promo [60fps]10) BBFC classification title card for "Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls" [60fps]
Jack Frost UK VHS Trailer Reel (1999) thingsandtings 2016-02-21 | [Now in 60fps! Though the stuff that *is* 60fps is so slight I'm not even going to bother labelling which ones are that or not.]"Jack Frost". Post-"Batman Returns"/Pre-"Birdman" Michael Keaton plays a dead rockstar Dad who gets resurrected for a day as a terrifying animatronic snowman with unsettling eyes. Just as good as you'd expect. Trailer reel's good, though!CONTENTS!:1) Warner Home Video logo (1997+)2) Closed Caption info3) "Mil-Looney-Um 2000" (Double VHS Collection) Promo (Y'know, even if its just two tapes of Looney Tunes videos, this is extremely relevant to my interests. Both Looney Tunes and "new millennium" Y2K buzz were things I was into as a kid, tbh. xD)4) Trailer for "Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island"5) "The King and I" Trailer [Widescreen] (On paper, a Disney-style animated movie based on a Broadway musical sounds fantastic. This is almost the complete opposite of "fantastic", though.)6) "The Iron Giant" Trailer (Brad Bird is just *fantastic*.)7) Warner Village Cinemas Promo8) VSC/BBFC PG classification promo9) BBFC classification title card for "Jack Frost"
Digimon: The Movie UK VHS Trailer Reel (2001) thingsandtings 2016-02-21 | [Now in 60fps!]There's been around 20 Pokemon movies and only one Digimon movie. I mean, that speaks volumes without context but when you consider the "movie" was just made up of 3 30-minute short films anyway, then OBVIOUSLY you can tell that this was done just because Fox wanted to reap the success of the first two Pokemon movies for themselves...it's not that bad, though, but eh.1) Warning text scroll [60fps]2) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment logo [60fps]3) "Action Man" VHS Trailer [Very partially 60fps] (I laugh at this knowing I used to mishear what they sung as "GREATEST ZERO OF THEM AAAAALL". Also, to international viewers: Action Man = G.I. Joe)4) Fox Kids.co.uk promo [60fps] (...gosh, can't believe that was so long ago now...)5) Promo for the "Digimon" TV Show [Partially 60fps]6) TV Ad for Digimon "Digivolving" action figures7) TV Ad for Digimon Digitransmitters
The Lion King II: Simbas Pride UK VHS Trailer Reel (1999) thingsandtings 2016-02-20 | [60fps!]Oh hey, its a trailer reel I haven't actually uploaded before from what I have! I know this has been posted a couple of times elsewhere (EDIT: Jeez, "a couple" was an understatement, apparently!), but not in 60fps so...hey, for those who're THAT picky then...hey, here you go!I haven't seen "The Lion King II" in forever, nor do I think I've ever really completed it, but its success paved the way for a whole generation of mediocre-to-awful, straight-to-video Disney sequels to established, beloved Disney movies. I've also heard "The Lion King 1/2" isn't as bad as it looks. Whatever, I guess.CONTENTS!:1) Blue Warning text / Closed Captioning info [60fps] (At risk of repeating an old cliche of these descriptions, sorry for the slight jitteryness around here.)3) Disney Videos Anti-Piracy Promo [Partially 60fps]4) "Coming Soon to a Cinema Near You" [60fps]5) "A Bug's Life" Trailer [Widescreen] (Oh! Yeah, this was letterboxed so as an experiment, I decided to crop this into widescreen as its also putting this back in the format the trailer was supposed to be in anyway...look good? Let me know!)6) "Mulan" Home Video Promo 7) "Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World" Home Video Promo8) "Belle's Magical World" Home Video Promo9) Home Video Promo for "The Wiggles" [60fps] (Thanks to 60fps, they're wiggling smoother and faster than ever!...I'm very sorry...)10) TV ad for Walt Disney World, featuring Disney's Animal Kingdom11) Advert for "The Lion King Collection" on CD/Cassette [Partially 60fps] (Eh, I'll keep my copies of the original movie's soundtrack and the intensely underrated "Rhythm of the Pridelands", thanks. That Tina Turner version of "He Lives in You", though...)12) When You Wish Upon a Way to Sassily End This Video Description in Some Sort of Interesting Way Rather Than Desperately Depend on Breaking the Forth Wall
Sky 1 (UK) Ads, Continuity & Junctions (1996) thingsandtings 2016-02-19 | [NOW IN 60FPS!]This makes better use of a 60fps upload than the last one did. And most of these will besides the 1989 Sky Channel one, but gosh...there's so much to cover that I'm not going to wiffle on the technically so much. Sorry about the speckles around the beginning too.CONTENTS!:1) About 3 glorious minutes of "Free Willy: The Animated Series" (The rare Christmas special, apparently. I wish this wasn't recorded over now, because dang...so yeah, here too! It seems...interesting?)2) "Free Willy: The Animated Series" End Credits w/ announcer (And with mentions of "Bump In the Night"! LOVED that show!)3) Sky 1 Undun bumper4) Promo for the Sky Movies premiere of "Little Women" [Partially 60fps]5) Cheestrings ad [Partially 60fps] (Did a bit of cheating here and grabbed this from later on in the tape BECAUSE THIS IS SO GOOD IT NEEDS A NICER LOOKING VERSION, YEEEEAH.)6) McDonalds ad 7) Frosties ad8) Lilt ad9) Promo for "Just Kidding" [60fps] (I'm honestly kinda worried for the upcoming UK version of "Impractical Jokers" because the US version is so good and we made garbage like this.)10) Sky 1 1996 ident [60fps]11) "We'll be right back..." title card for "Press Your Luck" / Promo for "1 to 3" [60fps]13) "Welcome back"/Animated game show demon impersonates Tina Turner to laugh at your misery/End [60fps] (Still had to include the clip because it amuses me.)14) Promo for "Di-Catchers" [60fps] (Ugh, charming. And a year before she died too. Great job, Sky.)15) Kays ad [60fps]16) Thomson ad18) Wagon Wheels ad (Such warm nostalgia from this for me. :) )19) Tiger's Lights Out ad [Partially 60fps]20) "Springhill" Promo ("Oh my GOD...")21) Sky 1 1996 ident [60fps...beautiful]22) Dolmio Stir-In ad 23) Tetley ad24) The Family Channel ad (Grimy, depressive crime dramas! FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT. :D)25) Wagon Wheels ad (Short version. But its so damn good that this stays too.26) Airtours ad [Partially 60fps]27) Fiat Bravo/Fiat Brava ad (Yeah, I totally believe that internet video really WAS that good back in 1996, yep yep yep.)9) Promo for "Beverly Hills 91210" [Very partially 60fps] (It's the end of the tape, so this is partial.)
ITV Continuity and Adverts (1989, UK) thingsandtings 2016-02-19 | [Now in 60fps!]Though, if you want me to be honest? You won't notice it as well as you could on the previous upload, which was full of loud, in-your-face higher-framerate graphics. You'll see it better in just a couple of things here. This is likely to be how most other reuploads like this are gonna be like now. But so long as it makes the video quality better, then who cares!But yeah, this came from the same tape as the Sky Channel upload. This taped over whatever was on Sky Channel up to that point and this in turn was taped over by a broadcast of "The Goonies" later. I *think* all the ads on that weren't recorded but I'll double-check sometime anyway, in case anything neat pops up.CONTENTS!:1) Heinz Spicy Soups Ad (Partial, sorry for the weird quality quirks at the beginning. I did a smoother job of recording this difficult point in the tape on the original upload than here, but hey.)2) Kellogg's Common Sense All-Bran Flakes Ad3) Dimension 2-in-1 Shampoo and Conditioner Ad (I wouldn't be surprised if this guy invented the Dreamworks face.)4) Greene King IPA Ad5) ITV title card for "The Blues Brothers"6) Anglia Television logo animation7) Pepsi Ad (I'm that rare breed who confesses to loving both Pepsi AND Coke but...c'mon, in America that wouldn't work. Coca-Cola is more likely to have that happen than Pepsi. I mean wow, Coca-Cola owned Columbia-Tristar in the 80's. That ENOUGH is proof of power.)8) Dolmio Extra Range ad (Since the original upload of this, Dolmio has ran out of ideas for their 10-year-old ad campaign with the Dolmio puppets, so they've reduced them to movie gangster stereotypes as well as off-colour Italian stereotypes...yeeeeeah...)9) M&Ms Ad10) Direct Debit Ad11) TV Ad for "John Carpenter's "They Live" on VHS [Partially 60fps]13) Rumbelows Ad (With Alexei Sayle! As confirmed in the original comments.)14) Territorial Army Ad (Eh, less harmful and manipulative than the Army adverts we have NOW anyway.)15) Harp Ad [Partially 60fps] (Very, very, very partially, in the most random little details. but hey.)
Sky Channel (Sky 1) Ads, Continuity and Junction (1989, UK) thingsandtings 2016-02-18 | [NOW IN 60FPS!]It didn't take me long to decide which one of these to "remaster" first. THIS is the earliest thing I have on any VHS. Sky Channel (aka, Sky 1) in 1989. More than HALF of this takes advantage of higher framerates anyway so its perfect...also, I find this an amusing and fascinating find even now.Unfortunately had to trim away some things because YouTube now have bullcrap rules over uploading stuff longer than 15 minutes so some unimportant ads and parts of "Jameson Tonight" aren't here but hardly much has changed. :)In case you're wondering how I got this, basically its part of whatever was taped over on this tape twice but because it ran through the whole tape, these parts survived...so here we are!CONTENTS!:1) Su Pollard...errrrm...talking/"Jameson Tonight" Ad Bumper [60fps]2) Promo for "A Sensitive, Passionate Man" (This TV movie looks FUUUUUUUN.)3) Tia Maria ad (If you're watching this with headphones on, in the dark, in the middle of the night...you're welcome on the nightmares that you're going to have!)4) Promo for "The Nescafe UK Top 50" [60fps] ("BAM-BOOM!" "Shuk!" Also, if you didn't understand how 60FPS improves anything before...NOW you do.)5) Promo for "Beyond 2000" [Partially 60fps] (Wow.)6) Jameson Tonight bumper/Really weird joke (Best "please pretend something funny actually happened" music ever.) /Hell.7) "It goes downhill from now on..." "Ooh, they're all baarmy"/"Jameson Tonight" bumper [60fps]8) Promo for "The Adventures of Hajji Baba" ("Wave!" :D)9) Kio-Ora ad (People who saw the original upload may notice there's no BUPA ad now. It was too much of a pain in the butt to sort out its unusually quiet audio so I nixed it. And I could NEVER wanna delete *this* ad anyway.)11) Promo for Sky Channel clothes merch [60fps]12) Sky News Promo [60fps]13) "Jameson Tonight" bumper [60fps]14) They suddenly welcome a marching band and Jameson interviews them (I kept this in to show just how awkward this weird, obscure chat show was to watch for me for this ;) ) [60fps]15) "Jameson Tonight" sign-off and End Credits (with announcement) [60fps]16) Promo for "The Baron and The Kid" (Johnny Cash makes this interesting.)17) Promo for "Trapper John, M.D."18) Halifax ad 19) TV Guide ad [60fps]20) Sky Channel ident [60fps]21) Intro to "Life's Most Embarressing Moments" [Partially 60fps]22) John Ritter attempts to eat a camera (Sorry for the pause in-between this and the last thing. I've been re-rendering this a lot and I must of gotten impatient by the end) / "Coming Up Next" section for "Life's Most Embarressing Moments" [60fps]23) "The Bionic Woman" Promo24) "Welcome Back" for "Life's Most Embarressing Moments" [60fps]
Heads up! (No, really.) thingsandtings 2016-02-18 | CONTENTS!:1) This is a video update.2) It exists.3) I say stuff in it that might be of interest. (Or not.)4) It's mercifully short. (Maybe not short enough, though.)5) What have I done?6) Hold me.7) *screams into a pillow* (Get a hold of yourself man, this is no time to panic.)8) You're right, let's do this. (Sorry about the jitteryness in this part, typical VHS.)9) Nobody in the comments really understands my failed attempts at humour and rightfully moves on in their lives.
End of Channel 4 (UK)s Simpsons Night (5th November 2004) thingsandtings 2015-01-25 | Hey, I showed you all how the night started, might as well show ya how it ended. End of "The Simpsons Quiz Night", announcer going "Mmm, chocolate", one more amusing promo for "The Simpsons on 4" and then just like that, straight to Channel 4's late-night "4 Music" strand. This is how a themed night dies. And what a themed night it was.
Channel 4 (UK) - Ads and Continuity (5th November 2004) (10) thingsandtings 2015-01-25 | The final ad break between "The Simpsons Quiz Show" and the penultimate upload from this batch. For a 30 minute show, it sure has a lot of ad breaks. Hmm. Still, what can ya do?Well I know what I'll do, write THIS down. CONTENTS!:1) "Sponsered by Pizza Hut" bumper / "The Simpsons on 4" sting2) UK TV advert for "Eye Toy Play 2" and the Eye Toy for the PlayStation 2 (I had the "Sega Superstars" Eye Toy game myself. The only good game was the House of the Dead one. Which WAS a hell of a lot of fun. But yeah, the Eye Toy was pretty cool. Kinect but without the paranoia. ;D)3) Daily Mail/The Mail on Sunday advert w/ "Saturday Night, Sunday Morning" CD promotion4) Nivea for Men Energy Cream Q10 advert5) Argos advert (With Richard E Grant, being FABULOUS.)6) "Taxi" (2004) advert7) Aunt Bessie's advert 8) TV advert for the CD compilation album "Acoustic Songbook" ("3 CD's at a very special price"...a price so good, that we won't show you.)9) TV advert for "Singles" by Travis10) "What the Butler Saw" Promo (Soooo, it's basically an early "Come Dine with Me" for posh people? Okay!)11) "Sponsored by Pizza Hut" bumper / "IS THAT NICK FROST?" Yes, that IS Nick Frost. Wait, what are you doing here? Get out of my house!
Channel 4 (UK) - Ads and Continuity (5th November 2004) (9) thingsandtings 2015-01-25 | NOW we're in-between "The Simpsons Quiz Show". Yeeeah, a panel show based around Simpsons. MIGHT post that someday but would have to work out a way to etch out all the Simpsons clips while having the context of them being there still make sense...we'll see.Also had to get rid of a fairly bland ad for a Sony digital camera because of a song in the background drawing attention from the copyright claimsters. It was between the Comet and Times adverts, super sorry about that. Just figured if it can't have its music, might as well not be there.CONTENTS!:1) "Sponsored by Pizza Hut" bumper / "The Simpsons on 4" sting2) Zoo advert (FFFffff, I should of etched this advert out too, hah.)3) TV advert for "This is Music: The Singles 92-98" by The Verve4) TV advert for "Double Take" on DVD (Me neither.)5) Comet advert (With Tom Baker, I believe!)6) The Times advert (With Sanjeev Bhaskar and Harry Hill) 7) Woolworths advert8) Channel 4 "Arlington Road" Promo9) "Sponsored by Pizza Hut" bumper / Awkward fist bump
Channel 4 (UK) - Ads, Continuity & Junction (5th November 2004) (8) thingsandtings 2015-01-25 | "The World According to The Simpsons" is finishing...which is good news for me who's trying these descriptions, because it's a frecking long title and having to type it over and over and over's a nuissance. STILL, we're not done. Strange tie-in show idea encarnate, "The Simpsons Quiz Show", follows these ads.CONTENTS!:1) "The World According to The Simpsons" (Phew!) End Credits / "Sponsored by Pizza Hut" bumper2) "The Simpsons on 4" Promo3) "Coming Up Next" line-up for "Simpsons Night"4) TV Advert for "Shrek 2" on DVD (Very partial, sorry! Chose this point to turn the VHS from SP to LP.) / eBay advert (Partial as well. Again, sorry!)5) Terry's Chocolate Orange Segsations advert (My thoughts exactly, Dawn French. Except I'm not too sure on those toffee ones, myself.)6) WHSmith advert7) Dairylea Light advert8) BT advert (Jeremy Clarkson's a really weird spokesperson for...well...besides his usual shtick? Anything, really.)9) Tesco advert for the video game "FIFA Football 2005"10) TV advert for "Who Killed the Zutons" by The Zutons11) Sky advert w/ "Elvis: That's the Way it Is" TCM promotion12) Homebase advert13) Currys advert (As you do.)14) "Max & Paddy's Road to Nowhere" Promo15) "The Simpsons on 4" blip-ski / Special Channel 4 Simpsons ident16) "Sponsored by Pizza Hut" bumper / A tiny slice of this show to prove its actually a real thing that existed.
Channel 4 (UK) - Ads and Continuity (5th November 2004) (7) thingsandtings 2015-01-25 | I thiiiiiink this is the last one in-between "The World According to The Simpsons" so...that's that. Other than that, "Simpsons Night" STILL keeps on happening. Someone stop this crazy thing! (Actually, we won't...got, like, 4 more uploads of this stuff to go. ;D)CONTENTS!:1) "The World According to The Simpsons" title card / "Sponsored by Pizza Hut" bumper / "The Simpsons on 4" bumper2) Wilkinson Sword Quattro Midnight shaver advert (If only this ad had dialogue between the characters. "Hey, 4 blades, bro." "DRAT, I'VE BEEN FOILED BY THE POWER OF STUBBLE!")3) TV advert for the CD compilation "Acoustic Songbook"4) Argos advert w/ "Christmas is Coming" gift guide5) Levis 501 jeans advert6) Strepsils advert (I'm extremely germaphobic and I perticularly get scared around the idea of getting a cold or flu and then nabbing a sore throat from it soooo...this is very triggering to me so YAAAAY)7) Clairol Herbal Esssences shampoo and conditioner advert8) AOL Broadband advert (R.I.P. AOL in that sorta form, I guess.)9) Zoo advert (Again, I'm really sorry. It's freaking disgusting that this stuff ever got TV advertising at all. Mid-2000's, I guess.)10) "Keep It Safe, Keep It Locked" PIF/PSA11) Iceland advert12) "Peep Show" Promo (...no Itchy shooting Scratchy in the head again this time? Aww.)13) "Sponsored by Pizza Hut" bumper / "The World According to The Simpsons" title card / "Sponsored by Pizza Hut" bumper
Channel 4 (UK) - Ads and Continuity (5th November 2004) (6) thingsandtings 2015-01-25 | Blah blah, "Simpsons Night". Blah blah, "The World According to The Simpsons". Blah blah CONTENTS!:1) "The World According to The Simpsons" title card / "Sponsored by Pizza Hut" bumper / "The Simpsons on 4" sting2) Tampax Compact advert3) Boots advert (With Harry Hill, in practically his Harry Hilliest. Concluded by a lovely voiceover from a Jamaican woman, because why not?)4) Vicks Vaporub/VapoBath advert5) Heinz Tomato Soup advert6) Gillette M3Power advert (Again, with David Beckham.)7) UK TV spot for "The Grudge" (2004)8) Reveal advert (Yaaaaay, awful exploitative gossip magaziiiiines!)9) O2 X-Range advert (Again, just 3 years before the iPhone was announced. Said features mentioned in this ad are stuff we take for granted now on commercial phones. Time flies too fast.)10) Channel 4 "Arlington Road" Promo11) "Sponsored by Pizza Hut" bumper / "The World According to The Simpsons" title card
Channel 4 (UK) - Ads and Continuity (5th November 2004) (5) thingsandtings 2015-01-25 | Well...technically it IS tomorrow where I am now...right?Anyway, "Simpsons Night" CONTINUES TO HAPPEN, with "The World According to The Simpsons" trucking along. First break between that here! And for a "talking-heads" documentary, looking at the bits of it I saw while recording, it actually seemed really nice and in-depth for what it is so...might revisit this soon. For now though, as ever, CONTENTS!:1) "The World According to The Simpsons" title card / "Sponsored by Pizza Hut" bumper / "The Simpsons on 4" bumper2) PlayStation 2 advert (I miss weird, quirky adverts like this for PlayStation stuff. All the PS4 adverts in the UK I've seen REALLY play it far, far too safe IMO. I guess it could of been worse though...they could of been as confusing as they were with the PS3's initial campaign. Because jeez.)3) Garnier Fructis Sleek & Shine shampoo advert4) Woolworths advert (Through sheer fate, I managed to buy a lone hand puppet of Worth the Dog [one of the mascots of this] from Woolworths just as they were emptying out. I treasure it, it's cute! But anyway...)5) Wrigley's Extra Mints advert6) Virgin Mobile advert (With Missy Elliot...and, yeah, I feel awful for this but...this is still funny to me now. o~o)7) Burger King advert8) The National Lottery advert (I completely forgot about the Graham Norton Unicorn...HOW DID I FORGOT ABOUT THE GRAHAM NORTON UNICORN?)9) "Max & Paddy's Road to Nowhere" Promo10) "Sponsered by Pizza Hut" bumper / "The World According to The Simpsons" title card
Channel 4 (UK) - Ads, Continuity & Junction (5th November 2004) (4) thingsandtings 2015-01-24 | [EDIT: 12/7/2018I'm going back to my older uploads and removing content that's IDed a video out of viewability but I panicked mid-edit 'cause I hadn't used YouTube's own editor for a while so sorry for the confusion on this appearing as a new upload. Details on what was removed will be evident below. Enjoy...again!]I'll upload more of these tomorrow and there's...like...6 more of these to go. Again, taped the entire special night Channel 4 had so...lots of good stuff. xD For now, "Treehouse of Horror XI" ends so interesting "talking-heads" documentary "The World According to The Simpsons" can begin. Hence, the following...CONTENTS!:1) "The Simpsons" end credits w/ announcer and slide (Which're of a more Halloweeny flavour because of the obvious. Channel 4've stopped doing "new" Simpsons episodes on Fridays at 9pm and just deploy them out silently during weekday 6pm showings now, btw.) / "Sponsored by Pizza Hut" bumper2) "Coming Up Next" line-up for "Simpsons Night"3) [EDITED OUT] "Peep Show" Promo4) "The Simpsons on 4" blippimajig (Evidentally, Itchy likes shooting Scratchy in the head when Peep Show's mentioned.) / "The Simpsons on 4" sting5) Zoo magazine advert (I'm really, really, really, really sorry for indadvertedly promoting this mysoginistic peice of bullcrap because it just so happened to be in one of these uploads.)6) Levis 501 advert7) TV advert for the videogame "Flat-Out"8) Homebase advert9) "Teachers" Promo (I've never watched this show so I can only say so much, but this promo is so unfunny it basically makes me want to punch everybody involved straight dead on the face...okay, not literally. Basically, this looks awful and some jokes from this would NEVER be made on TV now without a s***storm being rained on by the producers and writers.)10) "The Simpsons on 4" blippimajiggity / "The Simpsons on 4" Promo11) Special Channel 4 Simpsons ident (This is proberbly also my favourite one of these, IMO) / "Sponsored by Pizza Hut" bumper
Channel 4 (UK) - Ads and Continuity (5th November 2004) (3) thingsandtings 2015-01-24 | Half-way through the 5th November 2004 premiere of "Treehouse of Horror XI" on Channel 4, during The Simpsons' first night on the terrestrial network, marking the first time people without cable here got to see Season 12. And the ads get more and more 2004 from here. ;DCONTENTS!:1) "Sponsored by Pizza Hut" bumper / "The Simpsons on 4" sting2) UK TV spot for "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason"3) The Carphone Warehouse advert4) ING Direct advert5) TV advert for "Greatest Hits" by Goldie Lookin' Chain (This is what I mean by the ads only getting more 2004 from here. ;D)6) Ford Fiesta advert (...yes, that IS technically the music from Tetris you're hearing in the background too. Didn't even notice until right now. xD)7) TV advert for "The Annual 2005" from Ministry of Sound (Retch.)8) Carphone Warehouse advert w/ "The X Factor" Nokia 32207) HMV advert w/ "Westwood: The Big Dawg" CD compilation (I think with this upload alone, we've got a good scope of culture in 2004 at-a-glance. For better or worse!) 8) Channel 4 "Arlington Road" Promo9) "Sponsored by Pizza Hut" bumper
Channel 4 (UK) - Ads, Continuity & Junction (5th November 2004) (2) thingsandtings 2015-01-24 | So, "A Tale of Two Springfields" is done. On to the next big terrestrial premiere episode, "Treehouse of Horror XI". But first, some ads. Some of them're SURPRISINGLY dated now too considering how much time's passed, you'll see.CONTENTS!:1) "The Simpsons" end credits w/ announcer and Channel 4 slide (Man, Channel 4's end credits presentation style of crowbar-ing their logo into the side even if the credits for the show they're doing it to doesn't look good like that kinda sucks looking back now. xD)2) "Sponsered by Pizza Hut" bumper3) "Coming Up Next" line-up for "Simpsons Night"4) "Peep Show" Promo5) "The Simpsons on 4"...er, blip? I dunno.6) TV advert for "Who Killed The Zutons" by The Zutons (Basically, The Zutons were the band who came up with the song "Valerie" and never got remembered for it because Amy Winehouse made it instantly popular. Their popularity lasted as long as it deserved to.)7) Nivea for Men Energy Cream Q10 advert8) "My Other Car is a Bus" PIF/PSA (Good idea, but...besides Wales, Channel 4 is a nationwide network, so having a PIF made exclusively for a London audience is a bit redundant. Oh well!)9) Gillette M3Power / Mach3 Turbo Gel advert (With David Beckham!)10) NSPCC advert (If I wasn't so into presenting things as complete as this, I'd etch this advert right the f*** out. The NSPCC are a flawed, ridiculous organisation with questionable merit in their actions compared to their claims but...I won't rant about it here.)11) TV advert for "This is Music: The Singles 92-98" by The Verve12) 3 advert (I love this advert as much as I am insanely confused by it. ;D)13) UK TV spot for "The Grudge" (2004) 14) "Max & Paddy's Road to Nowhere" Promo15) "The Simpsons on 4" blip or sutin'16) Special Channel 4 Simpsons ident (I really love how inventive these are. It would of been nice if they got original animation for this, like they did from the Simpsons production company later for some original Simpsons-orientated collaborations, but this is still very cool!) 17) "Sponsored by Pizza Hut" bumper
