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Brains does Snap - the top five alternatives

Posted by Remote Control on May 28, 2008 10:48 PM | 

Everyone got very excited by the new Cadbury's advert, the one which followed on from the infamous "Is that Phil Collins in a gorilla costume?" gorilla advert.

I, for one, didn't really get the whole "lets get various airport vehicles racing up the runway" idea. Was it supposed to suggest what went on at an airport after hours? I suspect the real truth involves hundreds of delayed passengers, a Flyglobespan flight being diverted elsewhere because it's too late to land and rich pickings for dodgy baggage handlers after they "find" some left luggage.

So who gets the crown for best viral video now? Set forward Drench, a new bottled water, who got Brains from Thunderbirds to dance for 90 seconds to Snap. Does it make me want to buy bottled water? Probably not. If I want water, I'll turn on a tap, unless I'm in a country with unsafe tap water, in which case I'll drink beer. But it is hilariously funny, and needless to say it's spawned several spin-offs on YouTube. Here's our top 6, starting with the original...


An alternative:

Or how about a little Abba?

Or Cypress Hill (this blog is in danger of replicating a Radio 2 on a try-to-be-trendy playlist day):

And then there's Brains doing Elton John, so to speak:


And, finally, for our friends from over the Irish Sea:

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