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Old 23-04-2009, 08:39
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While 'Wake Up Call' is instantly forgettable, and a rubbish name for cereal, I thought Pants Man was excellent, much better than a predictable and dull pirate parrot.

The winning team simply copied the long established breakfast cereal route of having an animal cartoon character, sticking a few clothes on him, and a vague 'theme', we've seen it all a million times before - Tony the Tiger, Coco Pops Monkey, Honey Monster, some Buzzy Bee or something. It insults the intelligence of the consumer.

However Pantsman was something new and innovative, he looked great, and there was something 'America in the 1950's' retro about him. Everyone here will remember Pants Man long after they have forgotten the candidates in this years show. He is iconic.

He might not be right for breakfast cereal admittedly, or indeed advertising any product, due to his 'pants' association, but I would like to see a Pants Man spin-off series - a sort of comedy super hero that always gets things wrong - like Ardal O'Hanlon in 'My Hero', except funny.

Perhaps he could start his new media career by appearing as one of the panel on next week's 'You're Fired'?
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Old 23-04-2009, 08:56
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I loved the treasure flakes idea - the character, the box, the concept, but let down a bit by the ad.

The pants concept was appauling and embarrasing. Other team members expressed doubt and Phillip screamed them down. I don't buy the attitude that " at least he had an idea". It was meant to be a brainstorming and he had an idea and diddnt let anyone else get a word in. That was the PM's downfall - running with an appauling idea cos it was all they had. I'm an accountant - design and marketing is totally outside my expertise but i could have come up with a better idea in half an hour.

Also noone has commented on the name of the cereal - "Wake up call" - that's sooooo naf!!!
Agree with you re Pants Man - what was your idea?
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Old 23-04-2009, 09:22
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They should have had Jenny Eclair on their team! I agreed with everything she said on the After fired show. Pants is a derogitiory word used by kids and a should have been played on a bit more. The advert was lively and funny. I also thought that to put the quiet chap in the suit was a good idea making him even more invisible. Once again I thought that Alan Sugar got it wrong and should have fired that droopy mouthed negative woman.
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Old 23-04-2009, 09:51
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Well, I have to say that I'm five months pregnant and I would never in this life buy a breakfast cereal for my son that is advertised by a "superhero" called "Pantsman".

Like Surallun said, it'd be funny if it had benn presented in a Harry Enfield or perhaps Dick and Dom programme, some sort of surreal environment. But to sell breakfast cereal? Never!

It was one of worst ideas ever presented on The Apprentice, without a doubt. Absolutely cringeworthy, embarassing. I couldn't look at the telly when the pants thing was on :s
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Old 23-04-2009, 10:55
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Well, I have to say that I'm five months pregnant and I would never in this life buy a breakfast cereal for my son that is advertised by a "superhero" called "Pantsman".
Impressive words MrsBraz, let's see if you stick to them in 2 and a half years time when your son is throwing a tantrum in the cereal aisle.

Perhaps you will be more inclined to embrace the appeasing effects of the Mighty Pantsman then?
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Old 23-04-2009, 11:19
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Magic8ball, your comment did make me laugh but I think if I can avoid, the little terror won't be going to the supermarket anytime soon *lol*

Keep them away, I say...
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Old 23-04-2009, 11:36
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While 'Wake Up Call' is instantly forgettable, and a rubbish name for cereal
True - despite almost Jamesing myself laughing yesterday I woke up this morning and couldn't remember what the cereal was actually called

I thought Pants Man was excellent, much better than a predictable and dull pirate parrot.
I'm guessing you're male, late 20s/early 30s, perhaps a northerner, estate agent maybe?

The winning team simply copied the long established breakfast cereal route of having an animal cartoon character, sticking a few clothes on him, and a vague 'theme', we've seen it all a million times before - Tony the Tiger, Coco Pops Monkey, Honey Monster, some Buzzy Bee or something. It insults the intelligence of the consumer.
Yep, but it shifts product out the door. Which is what Sraln wants. Innovation isn't welcome chez Notamstrad. Jasmina got it right in checking one of those variety packs aimed at exactly the same market and realising that every single one had an anthropomorphic cartoon animal. If it works, copy it.

However Pantsman was something new and innovative, he looked great, and there was something 'America in the 1950's' retro about him.
I think it was the Douglas Hurd blond hairstyle

Everyone here will remember Pants Man long after they have forgotten the candidates in this years show. He is iconic.
100% with you there

He might not be right for breakfast cereal admittedly, or indeed advertising any product, due to his 'pants' association, but I would like to see a Pants Man spin-off series - a sort of comedy super hero that always gets things wrong - like Ardal O'Hanlon in 'My Hero', except funny.


Whatever happened to him after that? Let's see: Star in a seriously funny, cutting edge, supersharply written sitcom - standup career blossoms. Star in a gag free, predictable, lazily written sitcom - tumbleweed. There's a connection somewhere in there .....

Perhaps he could start his new media career by appearing as one of the panel on next week's 'You're Fired'?
I think Noorul may just have found himself a new career He could go around schools - 'Don't drink this sulphuric acid, kids, it's Poisonous, Acidic, Noxious, Tainted, Shocking - P.A.N.T.S.!!
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Old 23-04-2009, 12:22
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While 'Wake Up Call' is instantly forgettable, and a rubbish name for cereal, I thought Pants Man was excellent, much better than a predictable and dull pirate parrot.

The winning team simply copied the long established breakfast cereal route of having an animal cartoon character, sticking a few clothes on him, and a vague 'theme', we've seen it all a million times before - Tony the Tiger, Coco Pops Monkey, Honey Monster, some Buzzy Bee or something. It insults the intelligence of the consumer.

However Pantsman was something new and innovative, he looked great, and there was something 'America in the 1950's' retro about him. Everyone here will remember Pants Man long after they have forgotten the candidates in this years show. He is iconic.

He might not be right for breakfast cereal admittedly, or indeed advertising any product, due to his 'pants' association, but I would like to see a Pants Man spin-off series - a sort of comedy super hero that always gets things wrong - like Ardal O'Hanlon in 'My Hero', except funny.

Perhaps he could start his new media career by appearing as one of the panel on next week's 'You're Fired'?

It was so pathetic they should have thown the idea out right at the start.

They are trying to sell a ceral not a pair of pants.

The add had nothing to do with what they were trying to market and in fact got little mention. Then they had the box. A 2 year old could have produced a better design
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Old 23-04-2009, 12:46
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I found this amusing:

Pants man



And this

Yes, I did just google 'Pants man'.

Seriously though, as funny as the ad and the song was (I was doubled up laughing, maybe I'm just easily amused) I would never in a million years buy 'Wake Up Call' cereal.

Can't say I feel particularly inspired to buy 'Treasure Flakes' either, but I'd be more likely to buy something which involves Ben dressed as a parrot. Even though you wouldn't know that under normal circumstances. Still, I would be more likely to buy something which didn't involve a character called 'Pants Man'.
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Old 23-04-2009, 12:55
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Phillip = pants!
Any parent and the majority of kids know that pants mean rubbish.
However as someone on here said we will certainly remember this ad but only because it was pants!
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Old 23-04-2009, 13:09
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Somehow I don't want to be reminded of somebody's underwear while I'm eating a bowl of cereal with milk.

Maybe that's just me.

It's the equivalent of calling a sleeve of biscuits "SOCKS."
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Old 23-04-2009, 14:11
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Somehow I don't want to be reminded of somebody's underwear while I'm eating a bowl of cereal with milk.
I dunno, it depends on whose underwear we're talking about.

They could call the cereal 'Morning Glory'.
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Old 23-04-2009, 14:31
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I preferred the parrot pirate

I liked how they related the idea (looking for treasure) to the actual cereal (the treasure itself) I did think that the pantsman advert was better (except for Phillip's rapping) but i dont know why they chose pants man, and it wasn't funny!

Also, Ben dressed as a parrott was brilliant
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Old 23-04-2009, 14:46
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They could mix the 2 products up and get a Pirate of mens pants...
Since no one has responded to this, can I just say I nearly spat my coffee all over my keyboard!
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Old 23-04-2009, 14:50
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I loved the treasure flakes idea - the character, the box, the concept, but let down a bit by the ad.

The pants concept was appauling and embarrasing. Other team members expressed doubt and Phillip screamed them down. I don't buy the attitude that " at least he had an idea". It was meant to be a brainstorming and he had an idea and diddnt let anyone else get a word in. That was the PM's downfall - running with an appauling idea cos it was all they had. I'm an accountant - design and marketing is totally outside my expertise but i could have come up with a better idea in half an hour.

Also noone has commented on the name of the cereal - "Wake up call" - that's sooooo naf!!!


It's naf until you see or think of Pants Man. Then all of a sudden, it's so much better!

Totally weird to call it Wake up Call and then centre everything around wearing pants the right way!
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Old 23-04-2009, 14:54
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I found this amusing:

Pants man



And this

Yes, I did just google 'Pants man'.

Seriously though, as funny as the ad and the song was (I was doubled up laughing, maybe I'm just easily amused) I would never in a million years buy 'Wake Up Call' cereal.

Can't say I feel particularly inspired to buy 'Treasure Flakes' either, but I'd be more likely to buy something which involves Ben dressed as a parrot. Even though you wouldn't know that under normal circumstances. Still, I would be more likely to buy something which didn't involve a character called 'Pants Man'.

I love the fact that in the second meaning of pants man, they randomly throw in that he is greek!

I would never buy the cereal no matter what the name. It looked like something to line the rabbit cage with.
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Old 23-04-2009, 14:54
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It was a ridiculous idea. So ridiculous that it half had me thinking that Phil had deliberately sabotaged his team this week.
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Old 23-04-2009, 15:05
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I thought it was an okay idea, better than anyone else came up with. The only idea Phill shouted down was Lorraine's crap about Apple Sue. Apple Sue?!? It doesn't rhyme, it doesn't illiterate, it doesn't play on any ideas. It's an apple with a woman's name.
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Old 23-04-2009, 15:07
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The idea was awful. What does pants have to do with breakfast cereal?!
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Old 23-04-2009, 15:19
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Terrible.

They both had the wrong idea. Bran flakes never attract kids. It should have been an adult healthy breakfast. The whole task was a sham though, as the product was nothing new.
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Old 23-04-2009, 16:16
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can you imagine philips next job interview because he isnt getting this job

the interviewer ah its pants man what can i do for you

he will be forever known as pants man i almost feel sorry for him
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Old 23-04-2009, 16:38
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I thought it was an okay idea, better than anyone else came up with. The only idea Phill shouted down was Lorraine's crap about Apple Sue. Apple Sue?!? It doesn't rhyme, it doesn't illiterate, it doesn't play on any ideas. It's an apple with a woman's name.
The thing I can't understand is, if they didn't have a good idea for the product, why didn't they just go for something safe. Kids love dinosaurs, so just call it "Dino Crunch", and have a friendly dinosaur as the character. Maybe aim it at boys, so have a beefy dinosaur with a six pack to make it look "macho". Add some dinosaur facts on the back of the pack and maybe collecting/swapping cards inside the pack, and away you go.

No need to go for pants man at all.

Personally I think that there are team members who don't necessarily want to win the tasks and think they'll be able to blame it on their team leader. And this strategy seems to be working.
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Old 23-04-2009, 18:01
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Mona's crap presentation or Philip's diabolical singing didn't help. Why on earth was he allowed to sing?? His speaking voice is really monotone also.
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Old 23-04-2009, 18:09
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Anybody else think this should of won? Ok so the box was rubbish, but the advert was fun, and the tune was catchy. The other teams advert was so dull!
rubbish idea, kimberley should have binned this asap
phil was too bombastic last night for my liking, he sulked when he wasn't being listened to but railroaded this daft idea through and Kim should have pulled him up a lot earlier. Lorraine did try and object but no one listened to her either, least of all Kim
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Old 23-04-2009, 18:12
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can you imagine philips next job interview because he isnt getting this job

the interviewer ah its pants man what can i do for you

he will be forever known as pants man i almost feel sorry for him
i don't, serves him right if he goes; sir alan told him he didn't like bullies.. you tell them sir alan!

i loved the bit [Sir Alan Sugar]"..we're not in a psychiatric ward"
and...
" stop talking to me like you're his therapist"

I wondered if Sir Alan had heard the skit of himself as the Harley Street psychotherapist on radio 4 the other week?

"The secret world" radio 4 tuesday 2300 hrs
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