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CliffyBiro

CliffyBiro

CliffyBiro

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When Channel Five showed Groundhog Day, the broadcaster thought it might be a cunning wheeze to show the same ads, in the same order, during each commercial break. Just like what happens in the Bill Murray movie, right? Except the gag was lost on some viewers, according to calls on the broadcaster's duty office. "I think there's been some technical mistake. Can you let somebody know that the same ads are being repeated during each ad break?" said one viewer. "I enjoy the movie you have on but I'm confused that there doesn't seem to be any variation in the ads," said another. "The ads were being repeated so often I genuinely thought I had entered a Groundhog Day situation." As Murray says in the film: "People like blood sausage too, people are morons."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/mediamonkeyblog/2009/aug/17/channel-five-groundhog-day
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When Channel Five showed Groundhog Day, the broadcaster thought it might be a cunning wheeze to show the same ads, in the same order, during each commercial break. Just like what happens in the Bill Murray movie, right? Except the gag was lost on some viewers, according to calls on the broadcaster's duty office. "I think there's been some technical mistake. Can you let somebody know that the same ads are being repeated during each ad break?" said one viewer. "I enjoy the movie you have on but I'm confused that there doesn't seem to be any variation in the ads," said another. "The ads were being repeated so often I genuinely thought I had entered a Groundhog Day situation." As Murray says in the film: "People like blood sausage too, people are morons."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/medi...-groundhog-day
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EDIT: Bugger you, slambo69!
 
Did anyone *actually* complain or are Channel 5 just trying to drum up a bit of publicity? I can't say I'd even notice if the same ads were shown all through a programme.
 
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