Show 1250 Thursday 22 July
Watch today's show at YouTube or BlipTV.
Hi, I’m Sarah, welcome to The Daily English Show.
The video I recommend today is an ad for Old Spice body wash.
Wikipedia says Old Spice is a prominent American brand of male grooming products.
And it’s been around for a while, the first product came out in 1937.
This video is called The Man Your Man Could Smell Like.
It was uploaded in February and it now has more than 15 million views and it’s part of a campaign that included making lots of video responses to comments on the internet.
That was last week, and that was the first time that I heard of the ad.
So it’s been a very successful campaign and apparently the ad has also won some awards.
I love it. I think the concept and the script is brilliant … and so is the delivery, of course.
It starts like this:
Hello ladies. Look at your man. Now back to me. Now back at your man. Now back to me.
Sadly, he isn’t me. But if he stopped using lady-scented body wash and switched to Old Spice, he could smell like he’s me.
So if you’re one of the few people on the planet who haven’t seen this ad yet, go and watch it now, so you can see what all the fuss is all about.
STICK NEWS
Kia ora in Stick News today a French flight attendant has been arrested for stealing money and jewelry from sleeping passengers.
A 47-year-old flight attendant has confessed to 27 passenger thefts but investigators suspect her of many more.
News reports say dozens of victims filed complaints after night flights – mostly between Paris and Tokyo.
An investigation was launched in January after five Japanese passengers on a Tokyo-Paris flight told French police they’d been robbed during their flight.
The flight attendant was busted after investigators analyzed the lists of flight crews.
And that was Stick News for Thursday the 22nd of July.
Kia ora.
Word of the Day
Today’s word is insinuate.
insinuate verb to suggest indirectly that sth unpleasant is true.
For example: The article insinuated that he was having an affair with his friend’s wife.
This is the video description under the Old Spice video:
We're not saying this body wash will make your man smell into a romantic millionaire jet fighter pilot, but we are insinuating it.
So they’re using the word insinuating in a humorous way there, because insinuating is for a bad thing, but … it would be good thing, I guess, if your man turned into a romantic millionaire jet fighter pilot.
conversations with sarah
#798 You should do it
Step 1: Repeat Robyn’s lines.
Step 2: Read Robyn’s lines and talk to Sarah.
Robyn Are you going to film something on Saturday?
Robyn Yeah. You should do it.
Sarah Yeah, I might. But they definitely wouldn’t use my video anyway.
Robyn Why not?
Sarah They’re going to use the most compelling footage. And my life is not very compelling. Most of it’s just sitting in front of a computer.
Robyn You could try stepping away from the computer.
Sarah Yeah, I could try and do something interesting for the day. But still …
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Watch today's show at YouTube or BlipTV.
Hi, I’m Sarah, welcome to The Daily English Show.
The video I recommend today is an ad for Old Spice body wash.
Wikipedia says Old Spice is a prominent American brand of male grooming products.
And it’s been around for a while, the first product came out in 1937.
This video is called The Man Your Man Could Smell Like.
It was uploaded in February and it now has more than 15 million views and it’s part of a campaign that included making lots of video responses to comments on the internet.
That was last week, and that was the first time that I heard of the ad.
So it’s been a very successful campaign and apparently the ad has also won some awards.
I love it. I think the concept and the script is brilliant … and so is the delivery, of course.
It starts like this:
Hello ladies. Look at your man. Now back to me. Now back at your man. Now back to me.
Sadly, he isn’t me. But if he stopped using lady-scented body wash and switched to Old Spice, he could smell like he’s me.
So if you’re one of the few people on the planet who haven’t seen this ad yet, go and watch it now, so you can see what all the fuss is all about.
STICK NEWS
Kia ora in Stick News today a French flight attendant has been arrested for stealing money and jewelry from sleeping passengers.
A 47-year-old flight attendant has confessed to 27 passenger thefts but investigators suspect her of many more.
News reports say dozens of victims filed complaints after night flights – mostly between Paris and Tokyo.
An investigation was launched in January after five Japanese passengers on a Tokyo-Paris flight told French police they’d been robbed during their flight.
The flight attendant was busted after investigators analyzed the lists of flight crews.
And that was Stick News for Thursday the 22nd of July.
Kia ora.
I stole it.
Where's the rest?!
Konbanwa! Would you like some pills to help you sleep?
Mwahahaha!
Merci!
How thoughtful!
Word of the Day
Today’s word is insinuate.
insinuate verb to suggest indirectly that sth unpleasant is true.
For example: The article insinuated that he was having an affair with his friend’s wife.
This is the video description under the Old Spice video:
We're not saying this body wash will make your man smell into a romantic millionaire jet fighter pilot, but we are insinuating it.
So they’re using the word insinuating in a humorous way there, because insinuating is for a bad thing, but … it would be good thing, I guess, if your man turned into a romantic millionaire jet fighter pilot.
conversations with sarah
#798 You should do it
Step 1: Repeat Robyn’s lines.
Step 2: Read Robyn’s lines and talk to Sarah.
Robyn Are you going to film something on Saturday?
Robyn Yeah. You should do it.
Sarah Yeah, I might. But they definitely wouldn’t use my video anyway.
Robyn Why not?
Sarah They’re going to use the most compelling footage. And my life is not very compelling. Most of it’s just sitting in front of a computer.
Robyn You could try stepping away from the computer.
Sarah Yeah, I could try and do something interesting for the day. But still …
Old Spice, The Man Your Man Could Smell Like - TRANSCRIPT
Hello ladies. Look at your man, now back to me, now back at your man, now back to me.
Sadly, he isn’t me. But if he stopped using lady scented body wash and switched to Old Spice, he could smell like he’s me.
Look down. Back up. Where are you? You’re on a boat with the man your man could smell like.
What’s in your hand? Back at me. I have it.
It’s an Oyster.
Look again, the tickets are now diamonds.
Anything is possible when your man smells like Old Spice and not a lady.
I’m on a horse.
Hello ladies. Look at your man, now back to me, now back at your man, now back to me.
Sadly, he isn’t me. But if he stopped using lady scented body wash and switched to Old Spice, he could smell like he’s me.
Look down. Back up. Where are you? You’re on a boat with the man your man could smell like.
What’s in your hand? Back at me. I have it.
It’s an Oyster.
Look again, the tickets are now diamonds.
Anything is possible when your man smells like Old Spice and not a lady.
I’m on a horse.
Old Spice Ad Parody:
Old Spice Man + Mel Gibson
links
Old Spice ad - article, LA Times
music
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artist: Kevin MacLeod
track: Future Cha Cha
from: Brooklyn, NY, United States
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artist: DJ iPep's
album: Home Mix 2007
track: Game Toy
from: EVREUX, France
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
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artist: Kevin MacLeod
track: The Jazz Woman
from: Brooklyn, NY, United States
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artist: ioeo
album: triptracks
track: triptrack2
from: Saint Raphael, France
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site
show start
artist: Kevin MacLeod
track: Future Cha Cha
from: Brooklyn, NY, United States
artist site
WOD start
artist: DJ iPep's
album: Home Mix 2007
track: Game Toy
from: EVREUX, France
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site
cws start
artist: Kevin MacLeod
track: The Jazz Woman
from: Brooklyn, NY, United States
artist site
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artist: ioeo
album: triptracks
track: triptrack2
from: Saint Raphael, France
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site
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artist: DovEporTar
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