Festive Foxes and John Lewis (aka Waitrose)

[fburton]

... anyone with half a brain knows foxes don't jump on trampolines with each other

It looks like they do - great find, chillipup. One of them even does the 'prey pounce' on it... just like the advert!

 

[Beausmate]

I for one am both uphauled and discusted How can people allow themselves to enjoy such cruelty?! Those poor, beautiful creatures, suffering the indignity of being made to perform for the enjoyment of man! It has moved me to tears, I can hardly believe anyone could do such a thing? They should be parodied and ridiculed too, so they know how much suffering those amazing creatures have endured

I will not be shopping at John Lewis ever again. That will show them!

Yours indignantly,

Charlotte Fox

 

[Countryman]

I thought it was a lovely advert, though I was rather surprised the badger didn't start eating the hedgehogs.

 

[LadySam]

I for one am both uphauled and discusted How can people allow themselves to enjoy such cruelty?! Those poor, beautiful creatures, suffering the indignity of being made to perform for the enjoyment of man! It has moved me to tears, I can hardly believe anyone could do such a thing? They should be parodied and ridiculed too, so they know how much suffering those amazing creatures have endured

I will not be shopping at John Lewis ever again. That will show them!

Yours indignantly,

Charlotte Fox

I can't tell if you're taking the P or not, but they're not real foxes. Or badgers or hedgehogs or squirrels. It's all CGI. No woodland creatures were made to jump trampolines. Even the dog is CGI when he's on the trampoline.

 

[Pinkvboots]

Oh yes they do.... Paulnasherryrocky's posted this link yesterday

Foxes in USA www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8xJtH6UcQY

and just to show they do it in the UK too, Brighton...www.youtube.com/watch?v=rS38ddD1trk





LMAO I wondered how long it would take the OP to post about this.

well I never foxes playing on a trampoline I have seen it all now, I wonder if they crap*ed all over it afterwards

 

[HeresHoping]

I can't tell if you're taking the P or not, but they're not real foxes. Or badgers or hedgehogs or squirrels. It's all CGI. No woodland creatures were made to jump trampolines. Even the dog is CGI when he's on the trampoline.

Gah. And they could have had a real one at half the price.



Would #ChuitheLabrador have worked as well? Actually, for £250k they could have called him whatever they wanted.

 

[Tiddlypom]

There was a brilliant take off of the JL ad on the most recent episode of The Last Leg.

It involved Alex Brooker, Josh Widdicombe and Basil Brush !

Definitely worth looking out for on catch up, for anyone who missed it.

 

[Overread]

For instance, I yell at the British Gas ads at the moment .... why the hell are they showing a penguin wanting a boiler fixed in the UK ... AND??? ... it's wearing a duffle coat! Don't they know it'll die?!

See that one confuses me a lot too.
I can only assume it might have started out as a brown/black bear and then someone in the office said "Wait we can't do that we can't afford the rights to Paddington"; so they all sat around and watched animals shivering in the cold on youtube and saw some penguins huddling together and thought - Bingo we use a penguin!

What they should have used is something like a squirrel or somesuch - not only somewhat native but also famed for getting fluffier* in winter and doing some modest hibernation (or at least storing up food and such).

*being British gas it would, of course, be a British Red Squirrel

 

[ester]

Given the evidence I did rather think they should have just done the foxes, and wondered if the hhog put lots of holes in it but yeah, it's a xmas advert

 

[fburton]

I can't tell if you're taking the P or not, but they're not real foxes. Or badgers or hedgehogs or squirrels. It's all CGI. No woodland creatures were made to jump trampolines. Even the dog is CGI when he's on the trampoline.

Nooo... don't say that!! That has ruined this Christmas for me (possibly next Christmas too). I can't bear it.

 

[Goldenstar]

Nooo... don't say that!! That has ruined this Christmas for me (possibly next Christmas too). I can't bear it.

Oh no ,
perhaps now is not the time to mention that snowman don't take small boys in blue pyjamas on adventures .

 

[turnbuckle]

I for one am both uphauled and discusted How can people allow themselves to enjoy such cruelty?! Those poor, beautiful creatures, suffering the indignity of being made to perform for the enjoyment of man! It has moved me to tears, I can hardly believe anyone could do such a thing? They should be parodied and ridiculed too, so they know how much suffering those amazing creatures have endured

I will not be shopping at John Lewis ever again. That will show them!

Yours indignantly,

Charlotte Fox

Charlotte, yur right m8. So traumtzid for you, dont we have enough haters?

 

[LadySam]

Nooo... don't say that!! That has ruined this Christmas for me (possibly next Christmas too). I can't bear it.

Oh, I'm sure Santa will still come. Maybe when he gets to the UK his sleigh will be drawn by foxes, badgers and hedgehogs.

 

[ycbm]

Oh no ,
perhaps now is not the time to mention that snowman don't take small boys in blue pyjamas on adventures .

I'm sure I read on the Daily Fail that the historic sexual crimes unit are on the Snowman's case?

 

[caileag]

I'm still pondering a badger attempting to climb a trampoline - I think I need to see that

 

[MotherOfChickens]

I'm sure I read on the Daily Fail that the historic sexual crimes unit are on the Snowman's case?

rofl-I tried to think up a funny reply to GS's post but couldnt think of one that couldnt be taken too badly lol-thanks for yours

 

[Zero00000]

*Palm face*

 

[Overread]

I tried but I can't find badgers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLSoYlEQn1Y

goats dogs cats bison - sure - badgers nope

 

[fburton]

goats dogs cats bison - sure - badgers nope

Only a matter of time, I suspect.