Charlie Brooker's Screen Wipe - Hyperactive Kellogs advert

[rickyoswald]

Call me dirty C all you want but, I'm pretty certain he says "I can hear the sound of frosties hitting the glass", which doesn't sound remotely like "plate" or "bowl". Am I missing something?

Please no trolls or attacks, it's a genuine question!

[misstamtam4]

I like how people call it a shit advert and yet everyone still remembers it years later. Surely this means it is a fantastic advert?

[ph1980]

@misstamtam4 Well yes, but only in the way that you can have a fantastic hemorrhoid.

[OmegaRFox]

He misprounces Pirate (piraite) in it as david walliams pointed out.,.. the utter twaite

[MysteriousStrangerJS]

I actually LOLed there it was so funny

[Eddemer]

"it's not a plate, it's a bowl duh"

too good

[TheCharlie227]

@Eddemer i've been saying that since the advert was first broadcasted

[Ali3nat0r]

"Even a man with cancer of the prostate" <-- that line made me laugh for about 10 minutes

[noodlestroop]

@Ali3nat0r ow my lungs XDDDDD

[ChromaAurora]

I think Thurle Ravenscroft must be spinning in his grave by now if he hasn't already.

[EddieTheFishReturns]

Someone actually DID make an edited version of the advert where this kid was hit by a car, then a train, and then bombed.

[wollygoggles]

People commenting on Charlie Brooker videos try to sound like him by making a statement and ending it with with the word shit like it's some sort of ticket to funny.

[StrugglingActorBlog]

@wollygoggles That comment would have been hilarious if you ended it with "Shit.". Shit.

[giddybridge]

@StrugglingActorBlog Shit, you're right. Shit.

[jakehall331]

@wollygoggles yeh well ... shutup and .... shit!

(feels pretty funny now)

[Soundfrequency]

If you're a teenager, you should feel outraged that a marketing exec thought this would appeal to you.

[rayblack2004]

@Soundfrequency its meant for kids lol

[Soundfrequency]

@rayblack2004

Well maybe this advert can go part way to understanding why kids are so shit.

[MissOwlee]

@Soundfrequency Trust me, I am.

[A16AdamWalker]

I feel so sorry for that kid... i mean being made to look that shit and take that much flak

[taffwob]

"Even a man with cancer of the prostrate!"

[JohnMstudios]

he lives in south africa ALIVE. just to let you know advertisements pay the people in it well. so it was probably for the money

[fleamarket3000]

it's a bowl rofl

[Hanpantheflyingman8D]

Epic Win xD <3

[samisacool1]

yeah, he's still alive unfortunately, I think he did get stabbed though

[HSW1212]

"Oh good, this is never on..."

[efaybee]

RIP The Frosties Kid

[SeperothX]

its not a plate its a bowl.. durrrr

[Kousaburo]

Unffortunately, he's still alive.

[ccnnffpp00660077]

"Even a man with cancer of the prostate"

[lastsaneman19]

I've finally found a celebrity as sardonic and sarcy as me, thank fuck for that.

I too was outraged at this blonde yugioh-esque prick parading it about like an overgrown 3 year old on LSD, and then even more so when he got about a weeks worth of paper coverage because the entire nation rejoiced in the unity of calling him a cunt.

[lucashillpaul]

@lastsaneman19 haha! you sound just like Charlie Brooker!

[KawaiiMofia]

i was expecting more from charlie on this..

still though.. i fucking love that ad! 8D

[stephendew]

This should have gone into the 10 biggest she/he cocks in advertising.

[moggydave]

If the kid got bullied, that's jolly unfair. More of an apt punishment would be for someone to play this to him when he proposes, at his wedding, at the birth of his first son, and at his funeral.

[AliminiumHydroxide]

About to get get first taste of pussy....they're gonna taste grrreat.

[veritycoxi]

hahahahha

[boiledelephant]

I lol'd.

[clyrenternal]

This guy killed himself in S. Africa.. the rumours are true

[lolimstrate]

god i hate this advert

[ChocolateTeapot007]

There are rumours that he killed himself (not true). However, some people it's not even a real kid and they did the whole thing with some advanced CGI. Really though, it just comes down to it being a shit advert.

[fleamarket3000]

@ChocolateTeapot007 CGI? that's ridiculous, he's clearly a cyborg

[Blazureokami]

@ChocolateTeapot007 except for the fact that even kellogs themselves dismissed the CGI thing as a rumour with no grounds.

[Soundfrequency]

Okay, I try to take up an open mind, maybe the kid needed the money, maybe he was happy doing it, but you HAVE to admit, he looks like an utter cunt

[Whatsernamepointy]

Lmfao!

I hated this advert soooo much.

[ThePurpleView]

Anyone know what series/episode this is from?

[Industro]

Series 2, episode 1 :)

[n2003cc]

urban myth

[Liam0125]

"oh good, this is hardly on" HAHA

[Denta92]

Wow, you can really feel his faith on humanity dropping a few more inches as he's watching this shit!

[BoyofmanyNames]

0:0 - 0:05 he looks like Frank West.

[SegaMegadriveMic]

Of Dead Rising?

[BoyofmanyNames]

Yep.

[PapaLeGrand]

i dont understand how retarded rumors like that get spread around. i guess someone is just so desperate for attention that they have to make up some ridiculous rumour just to get someone to talk to them without a faint hint of disgust in the back of their minds. unless u know the kid stop saying stupid shit on youtube hoping that someone whom ull never meet might respond to ur comment, idiots. but anyways in regards to this video, charlie brooker's misanthropic view on life is always hilarious

[aceofkills]

oo woopdi doo you now have no life reading all the comments on here! congratulations you get a puch in the face.

[bushidobassist]

dont be such a faggot, you dont the kid on the advert SO SHUTUP

hes a little cunt and i was dissapointed to fin d out hes not dead

[Emma0x0x]

With cancer* sorry. Haha.

[Emma0x0x]

"Even a man of cancer of the prostate"

Bwahahaa. Hilarious.

[Bighairyfart]

this is so sad what happened to that kid

[MiikeDante]

The annoying kid is alive and well, hes not ill and he didnt kill himself. They are just wishful rumours

[aceofkills]

very wishful if you ask me.

[RAF1996]

yeah, he jumped off a building poor kid..

[JBelshaw]

"this is hardly ever on" classic line

[Thebigeasy29]

I heard that kid committed suicide.

But you know if you want to ruin your life forever by doing an ad like that i wouldnt be surprised if he did.

[scottyotty2hotty]

i heard that one, but i also heard one about him being terminally ill and that's why he got to do the advert in the first place.

[aceofkills]

Hey i swear that kid got stabbed lmao hope he died.

[PapaLeGrand]

someones got problems.

[RockManX9Productions]

I have both the Screen Burn book and Dawn of the Dumb, I must have read them ten times. Charlie Brooker is my hero. He is truly a master of cynical, hateful bile.

All of the things he says are hilarious too. 'Whenever I read an anti-gaming article, I get so angry that I have to fire up Grand Theft Auto IV and shoot 29 innocent pedestrians in the face.'

[muzza798]

lmfao i love this guys program

[BIGGSHIZZLE]

its not a plate its a bowl duuur

[millyteaspoonsock]

lmao, charlie is a legend. i hate that advert because the words are still stuck in my head a good year later. JESUS. ;[

[jsam93]

1 year- correct me if Im wrong but Im under the assumption that the hyperactive kellogs advert was a beast of 2006, not least because I remember it aired frequently during the world cup

[millyteaspoonsock]

...more than a year? does this make a difference to your life now.

[GameBuster43]

This advert is THE most annoying advert I have ever seen. Yes, even more so than those Crazy Frog adverts (I've wiped those from my memory, this Kellogs advert will haunt me and eventually destroy my sanity

[bevlian89]

ROFL.

[LilLuna1985]

"Even a man with cancer of the prostate..."

Charlie can you come to the US again?! PLEASE?!?! We need you badly!

[trevster2905]

Everything he said about this advert was so funny!

"Even a man with cancer of the prostate"

[crazyaboutliam]

i hear a roumer that the boy in the advert killed imself because his mate teasted him so much about it.

[bangingtunez]

no it was only a rumour its not true

[hunterthompson123]

I heard that to when i was still in school about a year ago.

[crazyaboutliam]

i never said he DID im saying i HEARD he did

[lamarinator]

Lol the bit at the end when Charlie has a fit XD

[poisonarrow8]

I JUST LIKE HOW HE COMENt those adverts hah lol

[richj005]

Does he actually just watch these with a camera and make comments, or is it that they make it look like he's at home and he's done it himself but it's entirely scripted, like when he comes in with a bowl and sits down, is that scripted?

It's something i've often wondered while watching this show.

Nearly everything in shows like Top Gear is scripted but it doesn't seem like it.

[DexterAndCromwell]

Well, even if it is scripted, he writes the programme himself - it says so in the end credits.

What he probably does is record a few alternate comments for each video and then the production team can pick and choose the best ones when it comes to the edit.

[PrimaIScream]

It is scripted, everything on T.V which isn't 'reality' is scripted and planned with precision.

[cooleycole93]

How about Curb Your Enthuasism? Or Outnumbered? I'm sure there's more.

[nonu12]

its not a plate its a bowl, ughhhhh

[parkesaaron]

I so fucking hate that advert

[RescueTheSlags]

its not a plate its a bowl uuuh

[vigimael]

That kid tasted great.

[freddo92]

"Even a man with cancer of the pros-tate."

[achmedkillspuppy]

what i herd he was getting bullied at school and got two pencils and stuck up nose

[wisteela]

Great! :-D

[louchy]

"oh good, this is hardly ever on"

[canicommentonthis]

apparently that kid got the shit kicked out of him and he went into a coma....

that's what i heared.

[ThoseWhoChoseCheese]

Oh , i hope so.

[stevok777]

i heard he killed himself after being bullied at school

[boiledelephant]

I think that's just the common public assumption/wish. It seems obvious, but after that fake 'run over' version of this ad was made, the network (bbc?) followed up and confirmed that he was living happily in South Africa, or something.

To be fair, who has the wisdom and judgement to turn down a pile of money when they're that young? I was busy stealing gate posts and reversing signs when I was his age...

[joewhittles]

he's actually tipped for representing south africa in 2012 for olympics. that isnt a rumour.

[richj005]

If he's tipped for it, doesn't that mean that it is a rumour?

[joewhittles]

not really, considering the fact he's a talented gymnast is a given. i can sense this turning into a battle of pedantics...

[richj005]

Just the word "tipped" means that it is a rumor. Even if the fact isn't.

[joewhittles]

and it begins! ok i'm not going to reply to what you said.

[richj005]

Fine.

[CooperEvander]

im reading his book "Dawn Of the Dumb" its really good lol

[dafyddoe]

Yeah me too. Good book. so is Screen Burn.

[billyrohnsenreturns]

lol dingbat ur a loser why not just put the vowels into your swear words?

ur saying the words anyway

[theDingbat]

Why the f*ck didn't the kid just EAT THE FROSTIES INSTEAD OF SINGING ABOUT THEM.

JUST F*CKING EAT THE F*CKING CEREAL YOU USELESS LITTLE TW*T.

Charlie Brooker rules.

[Zerolus]

One would wonder how he gains the power to defy gravity at the end...

"Hey, kids! Don't do drugs!"

[BlueNayru]

My brother quotes this so much!!! xD

[FazAndAdz]

REALLY?! what quotes does he use most often?

[BlueNayru]

The prostate bit- while keeping a straight face XD

[FazAndAdz]

oh you cunt

[FazAndAdz]

not you CooperEvander, you're not a cunt, i'm reading his book too, its great, i was refering to Bluenayru.

[FazAndAdz]

not that this makes any sense now because the comment has moved from up here to a reply to Bluenayru's comment bye

[FazAndAdz]

no way?! with a straight face?! i don't fucking believe you! you're a lying bastard! you must be?! a straight face?! no! NO! i don't believe it! (you stupid fuckwit! I don't care!)

[csthundercat]

lol

[pintsizedwife]

No, the kid didn't kill himself, that's just an urban myth.

[twatwatwat]

Shame.

[CKMS]

LMAOOOO! genius

[stoopidgreg2]

"oh great, this is hardly ever on" hahahah

[Larfalot1]

"..cancer of the prostate.."

Brooker is the funny.

[01sh]

i herd the kid in the ad killed himself

[bigtanga05]

Ha I heard that too.. a rumour..?

[joelabour2]

dose any 1 know what/ who did the thheme tune to the opening of this show. i think the show is spot on and is very true with its observations. however would b nice 2 no what the theme is cuz its so catchy. many thanksd if any 1 can help?

[sonnypike]

The song is "AM180" by Grandaddy.

[vanzahn]

The man is a legend...or a leg-end...i'm not sure which. He's also the official face of Shit Chisler dog food. Nice one!

[Midnight0000]

hahaha this makes me laugh the more i watch it

"its not a plate its a bowl - uhhhh"

[mansizedtv]

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[df0notfound]

Charlie is amazing :) But so is the Frosties advert