The Bed and Breakfast man

Reality

There is a shampoo add on the small screen at the moment that interests me as it seems to be dubbed. I assume that it is either from the US of the UK as the lip movements  do show the original to have been spoken in English, and I therefore assume the dubbing is specifically for the benefit of the accent so as not to alienate the Aussie audience.

In a nutshell, a stereotypically good looking young  woman finds inner peace and a sense of the divine by merely using a certain shampoo. Having walked into the living room post shower, her flatmate(?) looks up from what she is reading and says something along the lines of, "Have you been using my shampoo again"? Ms. recently washed answers with a cute yet unbelievable denial and a cheeky grin, whereupon flatmate chick comes up with, "That's alright, I've been using your boyfriend". Cut back to recently washed who looks shocked in a blushing bride sort of way and they both laugh.

With all the reality shows around, why can't we have reality in advertising?

Lost

I was in a store the other day that sells all sorts of utterly useless and hugely desirable electronic crap. When did they start making televisions with a screen surface area that rivals the dining table? And why? Most of whats on TV is bad enough on a normal screen.

Back to civilisation

I was away on holiday for Wednesdays episode of Outback Jack so my friend taped it for me. Unfortunately he took out the adds destroying at least half of the shows entertainment value. I had been looking forward to this episode from the previous weeks teaser as abseiling women in black Lycra has been a fantasy of mine for as long as I can remember. I am also laying bets on the winner. So many people here who read these OJ posts are dying to tell me that they have looked it up on the net, but I have threatened death to any who reveal the tantalizing secret that will be the finale to this visual extravaganza. I did however take a careful peek at some sites that didn't give away the ending and found this which should at the very least give Jack a larger vocabulary, even if he struggles with the accent.

Part four from the Bronzed Aussie post

And then there were five...., No, six again.

The outback can be a very spiritual place. It has a vast and deadly beauty that can trap you in more ways than the obvious. Although our girls were born and bred in captivity, they now seem to be less shy of the realities of the natural world. Last night the remaining girls started to get in touch with their black roots. They also met some Aborigines.

Part three from the Bronzed Aussie post

And then there were six.

Wild camera angles focus quickly on a danger point and then move on. Briefly we see the raging torrent, the abundance of spiders, the vicious lurking low branch, the heaving cleavage. Well that's the reality show angle. The reality angle is that the spiders are St Andrew's Cross, non poisonous, inoffensive and very small, the rapids really is a misnomer, low branches are a danger only to those that don't avoid them and the heaving cleavage belonged to our intrepid Jack.

Part two from the Bronzed Aussie post

The Bronzed Aussie

Sometimes you have to admit it when you realise that you have been wrong. It can be a little humiliating, but you end up stronger for the experience. I wish to extend a humble apology to the reality show genre. I have been at low ebb recently, but last night I found my muse.