30 Sept 2011

The Madness of Carte D'Or

I was reading Alan Bennett's "Untold Stories" at bedtime last night and came across an entry from his diaries I'd forgotten about. Rather improbably, it features the great writer praising a TV commercial, for Carte D'Or ice cream. Here he is to explain:


And here is the advert itself:


I think the description is actually slightly better than the ad itself - I think the timing could have been tighter. But it's marvelously observed nonetheless.

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