Wednesday 13 October 2010

Spec Savers Mr Men advert..done in 70's style..:)

http://www.brandrepublic.com/News/1034026/Specsavers-enlists-Mr-Men-shouldve-gone-drive/

This is just great..love the off model Mr Men like the animation was..also the voice over is a bit like Arther Lowes..
Brought back lots of good memories..

Well this ad made me smile..:)

Also liked the Postman Pat one before...it was even recorded on video tape to give the same look..

4 comments:

  1. Hi Peter,
    Thanks for the informative blog! Really helpful. You mention that Roger Hargreaves didn't do the 4 1990 Mr.Men books (and I would assume all the 1990 Little Miss books too?) but do you know who did? I'd love to find out.
    Thanks!

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  2. It was a French artist..
    There was even a Mr No and Little Miss Yes which wasn't taken up in this country..

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  3. Thanks Peter,
    Really appreciate the answer. Would you mind me asking how you found that out? I was having a hard time finding a source - even the publishers have insisted to me that they were done by Roger Hargreaves (tricky given the whole being dead thing).
    Thanks.

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  4. The art style is not very good and its badly done in my opinon...its easy to see its not by Roger..

    If you buy a French Mr Men book you will see the characters on the back of the book..
    also I did ask Adam myself when I met him at a book signing..:)


    Adam does a much better job at creating new characters and stories..

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