EE television advertisement...The one on the beach

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Why was it thought necessary to use an American to host this advertisement ?

And what is this "day-der" that is being referrred to ?

 

[transmanche]

Why was it thought necessary to use an American to host this advertisement ?

Because there's a film trivia game known as 'Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon' - based on the principal that you can connect any actor to Kevin Bacon (as featured in the advert) within 'six degrees of separation'.

And similarly EE are trying to highlight that you are connected to everyone by using their network...

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Because there's a film trivia game known as 'Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon'

Being 68 years of age (and mainly a Radio 4 listener), that comparison that you have been so kind to put forward, unfortunately is meaningless to me...

Do I therefore take it that the age range to whom this advertisement appears to have been aimed at by the advertising agency would have a 100% immediate understanding of the connection that you have stated ?

No-one yet has informed me as to the meaning of "day-der" that was intended to be understood by a British televiewing "audience"...:roll:

 

[High Dyke]

No-one yet has informed me as to the meaning of "day-dar" that was intended to be understood by a British televiewing "audience"...:roll:

Personally i haven't seen this advert, yet; and i have no interest in the product it is trying to sell.

An internet search reveals some form of music website, though the graphics quality seems a little dubious. Perhaps this is what Day-Dar refers to? Something that a younger generation will know better...and spend their efforts on assaulting our ears walking down the High Street because they think the rest of the populus needs to listen to their choice of tune! :-x

 

[EM2]

I think High Dyke is confusing popular beat music combo Everything Everything, often shortened to EE, with mobile telecommunicatons provider Everything Everywhere, often shortened to, er, EE.
Of course, neither should be confused with erstwhile well-known British industrial manufacturer English Electric, whose name was often shortened to...

 

[yorkie]

Why was it thought necessary to use an American to host this advertisement ?

What advertisement?

 

[Bungle73]

Is it this one? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAzQ9MKoYMA

And it's not "day-dar" it's data. You should think yourself lucky he didn't use the American pronunciation of "dat-er".

I'm surprised you haven't seen these ads before as the ones with Kevin Bacon (who I am most surprised you don't know of) have been around for ages.

 

[Seacook]

Being 68 years of age (and mainly a Radio 4 listener), that comparison that you have been so kind to put forward, unfortunately is meaningless to me...

Do I therefore take it that the age range to whom this advertisement appears to have been aimed at by the advertising agency would have a 100% immediate understanding of the connection that you have stated ?

No-one yet has informed me as to the meaning of "day-dar" that was intended to be understood by a British televiewing "audience"...:roll:

I'm 60 and I have heard of Bacon numbers. A Bacon number of 1 for an actor indicates that he or she appeared in a film with Kevin Bacon, 2 in a film with another actor who has a Bacon number of 1, etc.

The equivalent for mathematicians is the Erdős number. Paul Erdős co-authored most of his 1500+ papers. Direct co-authors have an Erdős number of 1, those who co-authored with one of them have an Erdős number of 2 and so on.

There are others in other fields. Both Bacon and Erdős were mentioned in a question on Only Connect (BBC4) recently.

 

[TheKnightWho]

I'm 60 and I have heard of Bacon numbers. A Bacon number of 1 for an actor indicates that he or she appeared in a film with Kevin Bacon, 2 in a film with another actor who has a Bacon number of 1, etc.

The equivalent for mathematicians is the Erdős number. Paul Erdős co-authored most of his 1500+ papers. Direct co-authors have an Erdős number of 1, those who co-authored with one of them have an Erdős number of 2 and so on.

There are others in other fields. Both Bacon and Erdős were mentioned in a question on Only Connect (BBC4) recently.

There's also the Sabbath number, which is 1 if you've been in a band with/done some collaboration with a member of Black Sabbath etc.

And then there's the fabled Bacon-Erdős number, which is the sum of the two when someone has both of them. Of course that then leads to the Bacon-Erdős-Sabbath number, which almost no-one actually qualifies for...

Here's a good explanation of it all:

http://timeblimp.com/?page_id=195

 

[flymo]

Being 68 years of age (and mainly a Radio 4 listener), that comparison that you have been so kind to put forward, unfortunately is meaningless to me...

I'm 47 and have no idea either. I will admit to being a Radio 1 listener before they stopped speaking English, now it is firmly Radio 2. (Radio 2 is Radio 1 for the middle aged).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

And it's not "day-dar" it's data.

I have now seen this advertisement twice and he definitely says "day-der"....unless my hearing also plays me false.

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What advertisement?

The one stated in the title of this thread, which has now been clarified.

 

[Zoidberg]

I have now seen this advertisement twice and he definitely says "day-dar"....unless my hearing also plays me false.
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The one stated in the title of this thread.

Which of the EE advertisements is it? I know that folk above have commented on the basis of which they believe it to be.

If you cannot provide a link to a YouTube version, could you explain the theme?

 

[Bungle73]

I have now seen this advertisement twice and he definitely says "day-dar"....unless my hearing also plays me false.

It's obviously "data" by the context in which it is said, plus it is written on the screen.

The one stated in the title of this thread.

There is a bunch of those adverts, but you haven't said which one, nor confirmed or denied that the I posted is it.

 

[asylumxl]

Had it been broadcast over EE it would most probably never have been, given their dubious signal coverage...

 

[transmanche]

Radio 2 is Radio 1 for the middle aged.

6 Music. Radio 1 for those that are too old for Radio 1, but not (yet ready to admit they are?) old enough for Radio 2!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Which of the EE advertisements is it?

The advertisement is where the American appears to be pulling a wooden building by means of a rope on a beach and is questioned by an English child. The thread title has been amended in order to clarify matters.

I have only seen this particular "beach" advertisement (twice) and had not realised that the American had been used in others.

 

[Zoidberg]

The advertisement is where the American appears to be pulling a wooden building by means of a rope on a beach and is questioned by an English child.

I have only seen this particular advertisement (twice) and had not realised that the American had been used in others.

Ah, yes, the one referenced by Bungle73 in post #7.

It's most definitely "data" that's being said.

 

[EM2]

I'm 60 and I have heard of Bacon numbers. A Bacon number of 1 for an actor indicates that he or she appeared in a film with Kevin Bacon, 2 in a film with another actor who has a Bacon number of 1, etc.

I have a Bacon number of 3.

 

[transmanche]

I have a Bacon number of 3.

So do I!

But only if referring to the number of rashers I'd like for breakfast tomorrow.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

The only bacon grades known to me are 1 or 2.
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Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon - based on the principal that you can connect any actor to Kevin Bacon (as featured in the advert).

The only personage of note with the surname Bacon that has ever entered my personal fields both of interest and learning is Francis Bacon.

 

[Bungle73]

The only bacon grades known to me are 1 or 2.
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The only personage of note with the surname Bacon that has ever entered my personal fields both of interest and learning is Francis Bacon.

Which one?

And how can you have never heard of Kevin Bacon? He's been about for years! Do you never watch any movies?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Which one? And how can you have never heard of Kevin Bacon? He's been about for years! Do you never watch any movies?

I prefer to watch any visual offering that is based upon a true representation of a historical factual basis. May I be so bold as to cite the example of the Enigma coding machine story which the film scriptwriters seemed to wish to give the Americans all the credit for. Unlike many people today, I do not watch "films" for entertainment purposes. I confess to being an adherent of live theatre for the skillful portrayal of the script, rather than any pre-edited mass release "film".

 

[Seacook]

The only personage of note with the surname Bacon that has ever entered my personal fields both of interest and learning is Francis Bacon.

Not even Roger Bacon? "Doctor Mirabilis"

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Not even Roger Bacon? "Doctor Mirabilis"

Thirteenth century English philosophers are a groupage exterior to my interest base.

 

[richw]

Had it been broadcast over EE it would most probably never have been, given their dubious signal coverage...

I was wondering this, I have a EE contract kicking about, and haven't been able to use the phone for around 6 months due to the appalling signal.

 

[GB]

I prefer to watch any visual offering that is based upon a true representation of a historical factual basis. May I be so bold as to cite the example of the Enigma coding machine story which the film scriptwriters seemed to wish to give the Americans all the credit for. Unlike many people today, I do not watch "films" for entertainment purposes. I confess to being an adherent of live theatre for the skillful portrayal of the script, rather than any pre-edited mass release "film".

Now I don't know how factual it actually was, but surely you have seen Apollo 13?

 

[DaveNewcastle]

I think High Dyke is confusing popular beat music combo Everything Everything, often shortened to EE, with mobile telecommunicatons provider Everything Everywhere, often shortened to, er, EE.
Of course, neither should be confused with erstwhile well-known British industrial manufacturer English Electric, whose name was often shortened to...

Love this post!

Being 68 years of age (and mainly a Radio 4 listener), that comparison that you have been so kind to put forward, unfortunately is meaningless to me...

Meaningless to me too.

I prefer to watch any visual offering that is based upon a true representation of a historical factual basis. May I be so bold as to cite the example of the Enigma coding machine story which the film scriptwriters seemed to wish to give the Americans all the credit for.

I strongly recommend "That Is All You Need to Know" performed by Idle Motion running daily throughout the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, largely constructed from fragments of personal recollections from some who worked at Bletchley Park.

Of course, the "Enigma" coding machine was the German invention, while the device conceived and constructed by Turing et al to decipher its code was called the "Bombe".

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Now I don't know how factual it actually was, but surely you have seen Apollo 13?

That event in 1970, occurred some 43 years ago. I would have my reservations as to an American film representation of the events that occurred including the truth of the faulty components that led to the near-disaster.

Whilst we are discussing "American film-making" and credible story lines, one of my sons wishes to cite the example of the story line of the film "Top Gun", adding the comment..."If you would believe this film bore any resemblance to realism outside the American diaspora, then realism has suffered grievously"

 

[GB]

Some films are there purely for entertainment.

 

[Johnny_w]

OK. I need help. I've been with T-Mobile over a decade, Now on EE as you'd expect.

But when I saw this thread am I the only one who thought "English Electric" ?

JW