Creative writing
Cadbury always uses those funny adverts to brainwash people into buying their product using comedy. This one is where a grown man is put on hold during a phone call. He’s very bored so he takes a bite from a Cadbury chocolate bar and turns up the volume of a song he’s listening to. He then starts lip syncing to the song, this is where the comedy comes in. A grown man lip syncing “Yes sir, I can boogie” whilst staring into the camera with an intense look on his face. He also moves his body around in a dancing motion. Usually I find adverts like this stupid and over the top but I hate to admit it the advert was hilarious!
I would usually find adverts like this stupid because it’s just a chocolate bar. Why would the advert need to be over the top just for a chocolate bar? You could even have a more successful advert by having Hulk Hogan take a bite from the Cadbury chocolate bar and add one of his famous quotes. That would put all the wrestling marks in the mood for a Cadbury chocolate bar, with normal people too because Hogan seems like a serious guy.
The funny part about this advert is that you have a grown man lip syncing a song anybodys mother would listen to, maybe grandmothers too since that song was released in the 70s. Even the way he’s dancing to it he looks like he enjoys the song, nothing wrong with that we just find it funny… And how does he lip sync to the song perfectly? Scripts of course but in the advert it shows he knows the song off by heart. Meaning he listens to it a lot which makes it funnier.
The comedy in the advert would go on for a while until he hears a voice from the phone. Which of course he would have to stop his fun and get back to business. I like how after that sketch Cadbury makes sure people would know their product by showing their logo and the chocolate bar itself.
You can tell by the way Cadbury made sure television viewers knows what to buy, they’re a spot on typical company. A company so everyone would know their product and take as much money from people for some chocolates in return.
Overall I do love the advert, it’s funny, clever and a good way to let people know about their product. This advert could even be played at the super-bowl because it’s that good, yet I won’t buy their chocolate bars since I don’t need them. Although I may of considered it at least, if the man lip synced that song in the middle of the office while doing a funny dance on someones desk disturbing them and humiliating himself. But still I wouldn’t buy a product from them, the advert was good but not good enough to take my money.