The Awl http://www.theawl.com/ Be Less Stupid Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:10:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 Whiskey Ad Pretty Good, Actually http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/whiskey-ad-pretty-good-actually http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/whiskey-ad-pretty-good-actually#comments Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:10:03 +0000 Alex Balk http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/whiskey-ad-pretty-good-actually
AdFreak asks if this is "the best ad of the year so far," and, having watched it, I'm inclined to say, "Yeah, probably." Then again, I'm a sucker for whiskey and Robert Carlyle. A five-and-a-half minute single-take monologue about Johnnie Walker may not sound like the most appealing thing in the world, but give it a minute or two; you might be tempted to stick it out. Or go have a drink. Either way!

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AdFreak asks if this is "the best ad of the year so far," and, having watched it, I'm inclined to say, "Yeah, probably." Then again, I'm a sucker for whiskey and Robert Carlyle. A five-and-a-half minute single-take monologue about Johnnie Walker may not sound like the most appealing thing in the world, but give it a minute or two; you might be tempted to stick it out. Or go have a drink. Either way!

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