K.A.C. 2024 - T - 12 Days ...

 

     1988 - The unexpected Christmas film of the year that no one saw coming was DIE HARD, with Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman. It still is a fountain of holiday memes, 36 years later.

    

 

 

 

 

 

      Not to take anything away from that tear-jerking, bullet-spewing, heart-warming (and bleeding) tale, but we here at the K.A.C. have one OTHER Christmas tale that we prefer from this year - one of our all-time favorite versions of A Christmas Carol, where EVERY trope gets stood on its head. We're referring of course to the Blackadder Christmas Carol. While we can't provide you with a free link to it (it's been taken down from YouTube and as of this writing is on the Vudu streaming service), we can do the next best thing. Below is the trailer for the show and the Complete Script, which given the brilliance of the writing, is a welcome Christmas gift indeed. True fans will hear Rowan Atkinson and crew's voices perfectly as they read along:

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al4dn_oIM6o 

     https://blackadderquotes.com/blackadders-christmas-carol-full-script 

      And speaking of holiday memes, we're WAY behind in showing you this year's UK contenders for Best Christmas ad. We left off with the 'Bubbles' ad a few days ago, so we're going to play catch up with some of the others.

     First up is ASDA's ad showing us how THEY do last minute decorations. HINT: They get a lot of help from GNOMES, such as Indiana Gnome to our left. Link below:

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6HITAAtPEI 

     

     Next up, Sainsbury's teams up with Roald Dahl's BFG (and helpful employee Sophie!) for a very tasty treat of an ad, with just a touch of his magic:

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8dczAGg-Qg 

     

 

     Finally, we'll close our trifecta of ads with that champion of champions, Kevin The Carrot, star of ALDI's ads (and improbable UK cult figure) - and this year, seemingly competing for Tom Cruise's Mission: Impossible job. As Kevin himself says: "Cheeky!"

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ1vQesB9hk

     Back tomorrow with more!