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[peteryoung]

I have one friend in this Pam Ann viral ad for BA, which otherwise is a completely unfunny embarassment, and the "You fuckoffee?" gag is also about 500 years old.

(Hah, could have rickrolled y'all there but I'm far too honest. Hat tip to fastfwd).

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[fishlifter.livejournal.com]

It strikes me as a deeply dangerous approach to advertising, in quite a few ways. (I was interested to note the featured irritation of the person behind 'Pam' when she reclines her seat into what he's reading, which provoked in me the instant reaction: You mean airlines know how annoying that is? And yet...?)

Even more unfortunately, the only place I actually remember hearing the 'You fuckoffee?' gag was the show that I suspect no airline wants direct association with: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_High_Life_(TV_series)

So for all those reasons and the unfunny embarrassment you mention I was delighted not to see you in it, which otherwise would have been quite cool.

[peteyoung.livejournal.com]

Apart from the flat predictable jokes and the unfortunate use of real crew who can't act (my friend Annie thankfully has a 2-second non-speaking part), what it says to me is that BA's training takes all the individuality and personality out of their crew, resulting in the squares we see in the ad. Most of the thousands I've worked with over the last 21 years have been rock n' roll people who thankfully still know how to have a laugh. I wouldn't want to fly with the company clones in this 'ere ad, but I'll also bet they're not as boring as that in real life.

[fishlifter.livejournal.com]

Yes, I always really appreciate crew on planes who have personality, make jokes, and generally come across as real (pleasant) people.