A lot to love here, but my favourite thing is the inherent paradox in the vision this ad is putting forward.

Because we all know that, according to the pre-existing rules of '70s Rock Utopia, if Spooky Tooth really are a top-flight rock band taking the world by storm on their big tour, surely they will be striding through hotels and concert venues in which their needs are already fully catered for..?

This assumption sits uncomfortably with an alternative image of the ‘boys’ lying depressed and exhausted in a cramped motel room as their over-bearing, Phil Silvers-esque manager cooks up endless pans of frozen vegetables on a portable hotplate. (“What’s the matter son? You don’t know free food when you see it? They gave us a whole trailer fulla this stuff! C’mon, dig in!”)

Labels: ads, funnies, Spooky Tooth