Thursday 22 May 2008

Brains dances!

Thursday 22 May 2008


I bet you've never seen Brains from Thunderbirds do that before? Very funny advert. There's something incredibly charming and amusing about string puppets, isn't there. It's almost a shame there's been CGI tinkering (quite clearly the longer it goes on), but it's nothing that ruins the simple magic of a marionette dancing to "Rhythm Is A Dancer".

See how it was made here:



After the recent BT Gremlins advert, it seems there's a growing trend to revive old TV and film characters in a surprising way. Whatever next? Mr. Benn promoting Thomas Cook?