Mumbo Report: Telstra ruins Keyboard Cat for everyone; and most played ads

Tim Burrowes

May 6, 2010 9:48

In today’s Mumbo Report from Studio 33:

Most played ads of the week from Harvey Norman to KFC
Telstra’s latest turkey – Keyboard Cat will never be the same again

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.

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4 COMMENTS

bee in a bonnet 6 May 10

“Mumbo Report: Telstra ruins Keyboard Cat for everyone”
“Keyboard Cat and Telstra do not Mix”
“Telstra’s latest turkey – Keyboard Cat will never be the same again”
“Telstra’s ten crimes against advertising”

We get it Tim. You don’t like it. And you need a hug.

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mumbrella 6 May 10

Thanks. I feel better now.

Cheers,

Tim – Mumbrella

Nick M 6 May 10

I always wondered why KFC ad’s grated on me lately…Stupid subplots and REPETITION!

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James 24 May 10

Not sure why you hate telstra so much but that keyboard cat ad is one of the best ads of the year. take a look at the comments on it on other web pages and features of that ad- almost all comments are positive remarks on how funny it is.
The first time i saw this ad everyone in the room started cracking up and we looked up the original keyboard cat on youtube.
Can’t see how this ad has gone wrong in any way at all.
Good site you’ve got here though.
regards,
James.

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