Trivia / Compare the Meerkat

• Acting for Two: Simon Greenall voices both Aleksandr and Sergei.
• Defictionalization: Aleksander has now written an autobiography. Hilarity Ensues in fantastically funny broken English. It sold more copies than Tony Blair's autobiography.
• The Merch: For a limited time, Compare the Market customers got a Baby Oleg stuffed toy for joining. Plushies of other characters from the commercials soon became available as well.
• The Red Stapler: Meerkat-related, well, anything has become popular in the UK as a result of these adverts. Especially anthropomorphised meerkats.