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PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 6 Nov 2014 12:38

The John Lewis 2014 Christmas Advert.

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=John+Lewis+Christmas+Advert+2014+-+%23MontyThePenguin&FORM=HDRSC3#view=detail&mid
=2D30CAD6138CFE05FEFF2D30CAD6138CFE05FEFF

(Click on the first picture)


Aww!!

Researching:
"If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))

Mersey

Mersey Report 6 Nov 2014 12:45

Absolutely Beautiful !! <3 Love it :-D :-D

Researching:
#Be Kind

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 6 Nov 2014 12:51

Innit boodiful Merz.

Soooo cute.

:-D

Researching:
"If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))

Rambling

Rambling Report 6 Nov 2014 12:51

lol I am so soppy ... why does everything like this make me well up ? lol we are a 'penguin' family though, from Pip Squeak and Wilfred and Mr. Peregrine Esquire to Pingu :-D

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Mersey

Mersey Report 6 Nov 2014 12:52

Adorable Pwicks.....made me go all fluffy and gooey inside :-D :-D

Researching:
#Be Kind

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 6 Nov 2014 12:53

Any more soppy, gooey people on here??

:-D :-D

Researching:
"If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))

Island

Island Report 6 Nov 2014 13:08

Not that soppy gooey :-0 :-D

Researching:
I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday

GlasgowLass

GlasgowLass Report 6 Nov 2014 13:25

It's sooo lovely.
I love the John Lewis Christmas Adverts Xxx
Monty The Penguin... Awww <3 <3

Researching:
Brannan/ McGrath/ Kerr/ Jordan/ Finnigan NI and Free State. Devlin/ Lamont / Lamond/ Fyfe/ Pollock/ Johnston/Struthers/ Smith. Scotland. Avi: Hand Fasting or Tying The Knot. Daughters wedding 2016

JoyBoroAngel

JoyBoroAngel Report 6 Nov 2014 16:47

https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/montythepenguin?source=feed_text&story_id=950522628294577

Researching:
The birth of Middlesbrough

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 6 Nov 2014 16:51

Cute, clever and another winner. :-) :-)

Researching:
Photo spring Researching Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, Staffs, Devon, Glamorganshire. Ingram, Masters, Tamblyn, Knight, Warner, Bate, Allen, Riggs, Dominey, Duffin

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 6 Nov 2014 16:53

Love the penguin but hate the advert

Researching:
PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.

Guinevere

Guinevere Report 6 Nov 2014 16:57

I wish they'd used the original version with John Lennon singing.

Here's a satirical take on it already

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJfuGsbK0Io

Researching:
Lowestoft and North Suffolk, Monmouthshire, Breconshire, Somerset

Von

Von Report 6 Nov 2014 17:16

Not soft and gooey but I do like the ad. :-) :-) :-)

Budgie Rustler

Budgie Rustler Report 6 Nov 2014 17:20

WHAT!... £ 95 :-0 :-0

I could get 3 turkeys for Christmas at that price.
(Bet they`d taste better too) :-D

Researching:
... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz3lwXEGWIM ... There is no God. No single Creator. There is only Creation itself. Creation does not need to be explained ... It just IS.

'Emma'

'Emma' Report 6 Nov 2014 18:34

Well I'm a sucker for ads like that :-) :-)

Wend

Wend Report 6 Nov 2014 18:52

Sorry, not for me :-(

Fluffy, not real penguins, yes :-D

Edit -Yes, I do know most of them are not real, but some are and they sure ain't in their comfort zone :-(

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MotownGal

MotownGal Report 6 Nov 2014 19:53

Aaaaaah!

Monty the Penguin is computer generated. But the artists took months to film real penguins to make sure the movements were convincing.

:-)

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Wend

Wend Report 6 Nov 2014 20:06

Didn't convince me Motown :-(

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PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 6 Nov 2014 23:13

Wend........

It's a puppet.

:-D

Researching:
"If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))

Island

Island Report 6 Nov 2014 23:32

What??? A p-p-p - p-puppet? :-0

Researching:
I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday

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