Humors

An excerpt from “Television Advertising Complaints Reports”

A cartoon advertisement for Bachelors Pot Noodle set in a frosty playground featured a schoolboy with his tongue frozen to a metal post. The teacher on playground duty had been called to help and initially seemed concerned, assuring the boy that she would get him a “warm sponge”. However, when she saw her Pot Noodle on the kitchen bench her concern changed to complacency and her priority to eating her Pot Noodle. The voice-over in the closing scene said “with Pot Noodle its all me, me, me.”

Noodle News

An excerpt from “Complaints over ‘offensive’ Pot Noodle ad” by Deborah Condon.

“A television advertisement for Pot Noodle has been accused of being sexually offensive, violent and discriminating against women, the Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland (ASAI) has said.”

“The ad begins with a couple eating sandwiches. The man is seen making a secret phone call and then visiting a ‘red light’ district in search of Pot Noodles. He approaches a number of women and in each case, is slapped on the face when he asks for the product.”

“He enters a shop and is told by the female assistant to meet her around the back, where both are then seen enjoying Pot Noodles.”