Crazy Frog

The Crazy Frog is all over Britain. No, not Jacque Chirac but a little cartoon, ugly toad-thing that masquerades as a ringtone. His dangly bits are covered by a blacked out censored strip which is bizarre because, as far as I can tell, he is not in a state of arousal. I thought it was only the sight of an erect member that upset the British public.


For the uninformed the ringtone is a mad collection of ‘bing’, ‘bah’ and ‘bong’ sounds like a motorbike revving up. It is sung by the little frog over Axel F from the 80’s film Beverley Hills Cop starring Eddie Murphy. It reached number one in the British singles charts, beating Coldplay’s single, Speed of Sound, to the top spot. Click here to see more of the Frog

The indignation this caused in the press and by the general public has led me to the conclusion that everyone is over reacting. The Crazy Frog is indeed annoying. The creator himself admits it. Doing that is a master-stroke of marketing. The British public lap-up ‘annoying’. Anything that is annoying tends to do well in this country.
I am sure ‘Pinky and Perky’ were annoying to adults back-in-the-day.
Joe Dolce’s Shutuppa yer Face was a song in the 80’s that beat Ultravox’s Vienna to the number one slot. Mr Blobby made Christmas number one a few years ago. We love ‘annoying’ so why the surprise that Crazy Frog upstaged Chris Martin’s Coldplay.


Has anyone asked if the Coldplay single is any good? It obviously wasn’t bought as much in the shops as the Frog . That is the problem with the UK singles chart. It was assumed that a big release like Coldplay would go straight to number one. You can’t assume such things, you have to see what the sales figures are. We can’t handle the fact that the annoying naked frog is more popular with the single buying public than a band heralded as the next Beatles.

Get over it Britain. Crazy Frog is really just a re-release of Axel F which, in it’s day, was a good song. Axel F beat Coldplay really. I’m sure Coldplay are more interested in the Album chart. Albums are the real guide to how successful you are. The ‘grown ups’ buy albums. For the sake of the Great Britain, I hope that adults are not responsible for what is succesful in the singles chart.

Has Tom Cruise lost it?


There is a weirdness surrounding Tom Cruise. There are reports that his scientology obsession is turning him nuts. It is said that at his film shoots he has a scientology tent set up to try and convert fellow actors.

He has gone loopy on Oprah over his love for Katie Holmes, of Dawsons Creek fame. He repeated it on Jay Leno's show the other night and people are saying he has lost the plot.

I haven't seen his latest film, War of the Worlds. I am sure it will be great but there are mumurs around the internet community that Tom is cuckoo. Check out this site devoted to saving Katie Holmes from Cruise's antics.