Alan and I had a bit of night out at the IPA and ThinkBox-backed "Night of the AdEaters" yesterday.

Has to be said that the event did not start well. In fact, "a bit of a car crash" were the words that sprang to mind as we entered (late) to find some bloke playing accordian pop tunes badly.

However, once the reel of 350 of the world's best ads started to roll, things improved immeasurably. Based on an archive of over 800,000 ads from the five continents, it was a bit like watching Jimmy Carr's Commercial Breakdown without the irritating commentary. Cracking.

Thought that it would be well-worth sharing some of the pieces that we thought stood-out from those we were there to watch ...

Without question, this was the piece that raised the biggest smile and much whooping ...

Other than that, the other things that got the crowd going were those spots that delivered belting little insights, a spot of high-grade comedy and heart-pulling appeals for charity campaigns. A combination of those in our picks below ...

High class comedy ...

Cute ad series ...

Heart-strings stuff ...

Cracking night out ... thanks ThinkBox, the IPA and Nuit des Publivores ...