Tag Archives: World Cup

World Cup Whimsy - Lego Highlights and more

  By bngr | June 28, 2010 - 3:59 am | Random Whimsy
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In case you haven’t seen these already, it’s the lego stop-motion world cup highlights. Legofussball.eu have been posting video highlights of the world cup matches with commentry, goals repeated from all angles, fan shots, controversial referring etc. See from 1.01 in the video above for the classic John Terry dive. It doesn’t get any cuter than this. So far they have videos for RSA - MEX, ENG - USA, GER - AUS, NED - DEN, ESP - SUI, FRA - MEX, GER - SRB, ENG - ALG, NED - JPN, SVN - ENG, GHA - GER, USA - GHA. And if you haven’t spotted it yet, youtube have added a new world cup button to their video inteface (see little football icon on bottom right). Pressing it gives a vuvuzela track to overlay whichever video you happen to be watching, particularly handy for videos you can’t stand. I find it … There’s more →

Ad Nauseam: World Cup ads 2010

  By Éilish Burke | June 9, 2010 - 10:00 am | Adverts, The Culch
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If you’re involved in the production of beer, fast food or computer games it’s seriously important to your business. It makes the whole world jolt to stop, and head for the pub. And it only comes around once every four years. Yes, it’s the World Cup. Probably the only global sporting event to encourage behaviour so diametrically opposed to the fitness and skill played out on the pitch. It’s a truth universally acknowledged that where there is a large sporting event, there are advertisers. And the World Cup is perhaps the biggest of them all. Now I’m not dissing the Olympics - I could watch the Olympics all year long if you provided enough tea, biscuits and bed sore cushions. Everyone loves the Olympics. Go on, admit it; it brought a tear to your eye to see Michelle de Bruin (that’s de Bruin now, de Bruin, not Smith) bring home … There’s more →

Olé, olé, olé, oh dear…

  By Darren Byrne | October 22, 2009 - 12:05 pm | Comedy, Music, Radio, The Culch
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The lads (and lass) of Dublin’s 98 Morning Crew have recorded a song to give the Irish Team a boost on their South African World Cup trip. Come on Trap’s Boys! You’ve got to admire the honesty of the lyrics. Gone are the days of put ‘em under pressure. And we really shake them up When we win the World Cup Cause Ireland’s are the greatest football team And instead we have… We don’t have the world’s best players In fact, half of them are terrified. Fair play to Dermot, Dave and Siobhan. Brilliant.