Nanny's Forbidden Advert

Nanny’s friends in the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) have ordered Tango to stop showing their current TV advert.

The advert shows a man wrapped in a carpet filled with oranges, which is laid on top of several concrete pipes.

The man is shown rolling down a hill, crashing into a tree and then being hit by the concrete pipes; causing the oranges to explode.

ASA has, in true Nanny style, acted even before a formal decision on whether the ad breached industry rules has been taken.

This bodes ill for the future; ASA has in fact only just taken over responsibility for broadcast material, previously it was relegated to deciding as to what we could read.

ASA is worried that the advert could lead to children copying what was shown.

Let’s think about that shall we?

ASA believe that children will be able to manhandle heavy concrete piping, and then make the heavy concrete piping roll down a hill so that it crushes them.

Precisely why would the child wish to be crushed by concrete piping, and precisely how stupid do they think British children are?

Those of you who would like to watch a few Tango ads, are welcome to use the links below to watch two classics and the forbidden ad.

I would remind you not to crush yourselves with concrete piping!

Classic Tango ad 1

Classic Tango ad 2

The Forbidden Tango ad