Man/Woman Crush

I know Im a sad fucker but I do enjoy the cleverness of tv adverts. Adverts that can sell a 30 second story. Tick an aspiring lifestyle choice and sell a mobile app all in one go!
Genius and clever manipulation.
I have a big man crush in the bloke from the beef stew advert......
If I was playing his character
There would be gravy down my apron
( the apron wouldnt have fitted so snugly)
And I would be alone in the kitchen watched only by a salivating bulldog
Who is your tv crush?
Come on! Own up,!
The Cadbury man

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108 comments:

  1. The Weaver of Grass8:37 am

    Must say I do rather like the male judge in the Sewing Bee - but not enough to remember his name!

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  2. Between Me and You8:54 am

    Simon Schama - for his mind, obviously!

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  3. kate steeper9:07 am

    it has to be the chubby beardie in the Cadburys ad ....works for me , just want to rip off his tanktop

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    1. John Going Gently9:17 am

      Oh yes hes a sweetie too kate

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    2. kate steeper5:27 pm

      not good john ive had to come back and drool over him on and off all day ....you just know he doesnt wax his chest..lol

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  4. Tom Stephenson9:11 am

    Lucy Worsley - and I don't even watch T.V.

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    1. Tom Stephenson9:13 am

      (P.S. Thank you for pulling the post of the gay man being chucked off a roof. Things like that haunt me too, but I don't think it does any good to air them.)

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    2. John Going Gently9:16 am

      Yes i was going to do a " serious" post about it... But its a week for a bit of lightness me thinks

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  5. Elsewhere9:20 am

    Benedict Cumberbatch --- the weirdness, the aloofness, the wit, and I love the way he photobombs famous peoples selfies.

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    1. John Going Gently12:11 pm

      He's odd looking for sure...but has a certain something i agree

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  6. Elsewhere9:21 am

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  7. Cro Magnon9:27 am

    Rachel Riley from 'Countdown' has a stonking figure, but otherwise....

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  8. Andi's English Attic9:36 am

    Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory. I just want to hug him and sing Soft Kitty to him. :D

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  9. MrsC (Maryanne)9:37 am

    Our TV people would mean nothing to you lot, but on your side of the world, I also like Patrick Grant, and I really like that Scottish guy with the long hair who does documentaries about the cots and the Welsh

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    1. John Going Gently12:15 pm

      I could always google them!

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    2. Judith7:04 pm

      I think that's Neil Oliver, I like him too.

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  10. Yael9:40 am

    That is how I learn Finish beacause I might need it someday.

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  11. libby9:51 am

    Beardy guy in the chair on the chocolate ad with the boogie song..he looks lovely..x

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  12. Unknown9:56 am

    Kevin from Grand Designs. Lovely voice.

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    1. John Going Gently12:15 pm

      Oh i detest him! Smug git

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    2. Unknown9:39 pm

      Hey, no fair. We tell you our secret TV fantasies so you can poke fun at them? I guess it is your blog.

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  13. northsider 10:04 am

    Rita Ora, Britney Spears, Shakira, Barbara from The Good Life..

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    1. John Going Gently12:16 pm

      Dave...you clearly like exotic and cute

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  14. Yorkshire Pudding10:19 am

    I rarely watch commercial channels as I want to get my money's worth from the BBC. If news woman Emily Maitliss asked me for an interview in her bedroom, I would probably agree. Kate Silverton's attractive too and I used to like Ulrika Jonsson but she's gone scraggy like an old turkey. In fact next time someone drops off a scraggy old bird for you to care for you should think about calling her Ulrika!

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    1. John Going Gently12:17 pm

      Lol.....i always thought youd be a penelope keith kinda man

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  15. Jane of Levant10:37 am

    The goose in the Freederm advert !! does that count?

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  16. Anonymous10:40 am

    The stew ad guy is not superficially attractive, but I like him. Not the Cadbury man though.

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  17. Sol10:40 am

    Ben Fogle, Sean Connery and Brian Cox the Physicist. corrrrrr

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  18. Anonymous10:46 am

    Nigella. Does that make me weird?

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  19. Rachel Phillips10:56 am

    Is this healthy during your wedding week?

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  20. Leisha11:04 am

    Patrick from the Great British Sewing Bee, divine ....

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  21. Anonymous11:20 am

    George Clarke from Restoration Man.....ooooh, that little dimple on his chin!

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  22. Becks and Brown Trout11:22 am

    Carol Kirkwood the weather lady for me. I just love talking about warm fronts...

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  23. Becks and Brown Trout11:22 am

    Carol Kirkwood the weather lady for me. I just love talking about warm fronts...

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    1. John Going Gently12:14 pm

      That made me chuckle..........theres a joke in there somewhere anout a moist depression

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  24. Travel11:26 am

    Ashton Kutcher - swoon!

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    1. John Going Gently12:13 pm

      Hes old enough to be my grandson

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    2. Travel11:36 pm

      Yes, old enough for us to not be accused of robbing the cradle

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  25. libby12:09 pm

    OOOh beardy guy! he looks so cute...thanks John! xx

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  26. Jim12:35 pm

    OK! The vicar in Grantchester.....bless me father, for I have.....

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  27. Lisa Holmes12:39 pm

    Gavin Esler- slightly wonky smile, accent of a god *swoons*, and always up for a bit of politician bashing. What's not to love?

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  28. Gill - That British Woman12:43 pm

    we have on for Dorito's about a pig that can fly. Rather cute........

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  29. Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybe1:27 pm

    Mathew Mc Conaugehay-hay-hay-hay in the Lincoln ads -only if it is muted so you can't hear the stupid dialog. He has the perfect profile, amongst other things. Alright, Alright, Alright.

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  30. kelley1:35 pm

    Scott McGillivray from Income Property...HGVT in the states...swoon...

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    1. John Going Gently4:17 pm

      Ive just googled him......
      Are those teeth FOR REAL.?

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    2. kelley3:48 am

      teeth? I like his buttocks!!!

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  31. Midsummer Miniatures1:35 pm

    Jerome Flynn in Ripper Street definitely does it for me!

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  32. Michael Dodd1:55 pm

    Beef stew man -- total hottie! And although I have never watched an entire episode of the Canadian show, Property Brothers, I crush on both those guys.

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    1. John Going Gently4:12 pm

      Are those the two that are always smiling?

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  33. MissFifi2:23 pm

    My two are also in films, but learned of them via tv shows. Jason Isaacs, who is one of my all time underrated favorites and the luscious Richard Armitage. Le sigh...

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    1. John Going Gently4:18 pm

      Ah you like brooding men!

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    2. Twiggy8:08 pm

      How could I forget Richard Armitage, especially in North and South, sigh......

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    3. MissFifi1:38 am

      North and South...He was spectacular.
      Add Toby Stephens to my brooding men harem as well. :)

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    4. Judith3:31 am

      Richard Armitage has recorded some talking books, that dark brown velvety voice seductively reading Georgette Heyer romances, it's a rare treat. And Jason Isaacs in the long blond wig he wore as Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter films makes my old lady heart flutter.

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  34. Elsewhere2:25 pm

    but my all time favorite is Billy Connolly. Even now he's old and not very well, I just LOVE him

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  35. Notes From ABroad3:00 pm

    I rarely watch "regular" television anymore, as the adverts where I live will drive you mad with their levels of obnoxiousness and simple mindedness .. if those are real words.
    I have to say, I really appreciate that you did not post those photos from the news of more people being slaughtered by ISIS ... there needs to be a place where we can go and not see that kind of horror .

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  36. Notes From ABroad3:02 pm

    PS .. your pups have given me the need to look into getting a Welsh Terrier .. there is something about them that makes me need one .. right away ... now.

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    1. John Going Gently3:22 pm

      Get one!
      If its your first get a dog........they will melt your heart

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  37. Kate3:08 pm

    I don't have a TV, but I am in love with the voice of the man who reads my audio books on my iPad… Ric Jerome.

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  38. Sue3:28 pm

    Nigel Slater, he's not quite so appealing with all his long hair but he's still so very watchable .... and he's a man that cooks, you've gotta love one of them!! His partner is a lucky man.

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    1. John Going Gently4:13 pm

      I want to shake him because of his overly quiet speaking voice

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  39. Carol3:31 pm

    Best commercial in a long long time - damn! We see this a lot when watching hockey - I wonder why!? ;)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c97O2_FXCGE
    (and I have never been to Vegas)

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    1. John Going Gently4:10 pm

      She was a fine figure of a woman!

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    2. Carol4:32 pm

      I cannot stop watching her. A mixture of crush and envy I think!

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  40. angryparsnip3:33 pm

    Wow by the time I read your blog across the pond, and U.S. times zones .... 60 comments !
    I crush on any Budweiser Beer commercial actors. Horses, dogs and people !
    Voice overs by Sam Elliott, perfect !

    cheers, parsnip

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    1. John Going Gently4:07 pm

      Hes the guy with the massive tache! Isnt he?

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  41. Gail3:41 pm

    Daryl, dirty or clean!

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  42. Simone3:54 pm

    I used to have a thing for Leonard Parkin who read the news when I was much younger!

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  43. Caz4:27 pm

    Mark Harmon,,plays Gibbs from NCIS,,,,,,

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  44. Elsewhere4:27 pm

    I once worked in a homeless shelter in Swindon. Whenever Trevor McDonald read the news, one of our clients would wake up from his alcohol induced stupor and started screaming at the telly: There's no blacks in Valhalla!
    Still loved him though, Trevor AND the homeless guy.

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    1. John Going Gently5:51 pm

      Thats so buzarre it must be totally true! Lol

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    2. Elsewhere8:53 pm

      It is! The homeless guy was a Jewish survivor of nazi camps and when drunk, he came out with all kinds of German propaganda. When sober, he was a lovely, highly intelligent gentle man. Ahh, memories...

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  45. Jan Blawat4:53 pm

    Ben Browder in Farscape. Dan Haggerty in Grizzly Adams. Patrick Stewart in anything.

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  46. John Going Gently5:51 pm

    I am

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  47. donna baker6:12 pm

    I didn't know many of the above, but no one beats Brad Pitt.

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  48. Anonymous7:25 pm

    Mayhem on the Allstate ads.

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  49. Janice7:50 pm

    If we're fantasizing and being shallow give me Adam Levine and Usher!!!

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  50. Twiggy8:06 pm

    David Tennant playing Dr Who ( I actively encourage my boy to rewatch his DVDs :) I'm also quite taken by Benedict Cumberbatch but only when he's playing Sherlock, he is so rude and I admire him for it :)
    Twiggy x

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  51. Cherdo8:15 pm

    Old school Robert Redford a la Three Days of the Condor. If you're going to fantasize, go big. Also, any Gerard Butler...

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  52. Between Me and You9:26 pm

    Can I have two go's? All of The Musketeers!!

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  53. Jane S.9:57 pm

    For me it's the BrewDogs -- James Watt & Martin Dickie. Lovely accents and they look fine in a kilt, too!

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  54. Sarah Head11:21 pm

    I understand the attraction for Patrick Grant in the Sewing Bee, but can I confess that last week I dreamed about the Major who is such a wonderful sewer. I also love the idea he designed his driver's wedding dress whilst travelling around a combat zone and then made it for her. I also have to admit to crushes on the late Pete Duel and William Gaunt (I was 14 at the time), Christopher Ecclestone as Dr Who and Mark Harmon, as long as he's not talking about football.

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  55. Elizabeth Yule11:50 pm

    Philip Glenister in just about anything but most of all as the fabulous Gene Hunt. How I can find such an offensive, politically-incorrect, uncouth character attractive I have no idea, but I do. Also, and this is going back a few years and on a totally different note, the wonderful Robin Ellis as Ross Poldark - phwoar (and he's still incredibly attractive all these years later). And, judging by his blog, an incredibly nice person too. Don't think I'll be able to face the remake of Poldark even though the new one looks suitably dark and brooding as in my mind Robin Ellis is the only Captain Ross Poldark..

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  56. The Cranky1:21 am

    The actress who plays Michonne..

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  57. Allan1:34 am

    Stuart Reardon - English Rugby player

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  58. Judith3:34 am

    I have a soft spot for the rumpled sexy charm of Mark Ruffalo, though as the hulk...not so much!

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  59. Mo6:38 am

    My all time fav crush is for John Gidding who was one of the hosts for a tv show called Curb Appeal.

    I also agree with Judith that Mark Ruffalo is very charning.

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  60. e10:00 pm

    The girl in the stew advert is pretty cute! But swoonworthy? Salma Hayek. :^)

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