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No, I don't look like this. I am neither that slender nor that smooth. If I could make the avatar chubbier and hairier I would.

Incidentally, you can only see it here on this embed for now. Don't bother clicking through to Vimeo because it'll feign ignorance of the whole thing. Just a quirk of their service.

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The Hard Sell, Episode Ninety-Two: Holidays

Advertising: the rattling of a stick in a swill-bucket? Welcome to the show where the stick rattles back: The Hard Sell. Adverts from history, treated with the respect they deserve. This episode: Holiday 2019! It's January, everyone's either buggering off or booking their summer off-buggering. Here's how to choose which faceless corporation to book through.

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Julia Rusty Ralston

Oh god is that statement about January being the most depressing month true, (although weirdly for me, it's August that's the most depressing, although January is a close 2nd.) Right after Christmas I'm suddenly thrusted into things that make 11 days feel like 11 years.

Stuart Kenny

You're not alone, I remember those First Choice adverts too. As a child, our holidays were usually divided between caravan holidays in at Haven in Ayr and Spanish holidays in Playa Susana and Calella de Palafrugell. Which were OK, but this was pre-Internet, so time did drag for a 12 year old like me. Then, I went to Florida. Everything changed. I never went to Haven again after that.

Lewis Cox

You’re absolutely right about the First Choice Question Marks. I also seem to remember the Big Breakfast on C4 making a big deal about it, I think the first full ad played during their broadcast.