... and then Marc Bolan walked in with the England cricket team
― Tony Hart land (Deep in the Tony Hart land), Friday, 2 December 2011 15:20 (twelve years ago) link
Something that occurred to me the other day -- what other cases are there of one advertiser running two completely separate allegedly-humorous ad campaigns? I'm thinking of Geico, with the cavemen and the gecko. I could see them having one serious campaign and one funny one, but having two parallel funny campaigns is kind of weird.
Insurance companies sure put a lot into elaborate ad campaigns. Progressive/Flo, Farmers/JKSimmons, etc. The best one is definitely Allstate and the guy playing Mayhem.
― William (C), Friday, 2 December 2011 15:22 (twelve years ago) link
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― Tony Hart land (Deep in the Tony Hart land), Friday, 2 December 2011 15:20 (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink
You are a regular reader of mine, I see!
― Ou est la showaddywaddy (MarkG oo la showaddywaddy), Friday, 2 December 2011 15:26 (twelve years ago) link
no idea as to the general consensus, but now that the festive season is in full swing, can i just say that the glut of high budget, slo-mo adverts for stuff that makes folk smell bearable make my blood boil.
clearly the ad people believe such things work, so i guess its just me, but i cant stand the constant moody looking gloss enhanced shyte.
(xpost : haha ! of course, didn't spot that nudge re bolan ... )
― mark_e, Friday, 2 December 2011 15:30 (twelve years ago) link
Completely separate?
There was the Pot Noodle one, one a semi-serious Steve Cram fronted one at a racetrack, and one with a comedybloke and a "they are too gorgeous to be healthy" strapline. They eventually 'came together' in the end.
― Ou est la showaddywaddy (MarkG oo la showaddywaddy), Friday, 2 December 2011 15:33 (twelve years ago) link
Oh, and the "still tango" one.
First up, an ad, very amateurly made, for the drink, basically a bloke shouting over a rave scene.
Next ad, the Managing Director for Tango telling the viewer that they do not make a still version, and if they see it on sale, phone a telephone number.
The third ad had the MD being spanked for being a naughty boy, or something. Except that ad was never shown, I don't think. The only reason I know this was that I saw a copy of a marketing VHS with all the ads compiled together (I didn't see the vids playing, only the contents page on the VHS box).
― Ou est la showaddywaddy (MarkG oo la showaddywaddy), Friday, 2 December 2011 15:37 (twelve years ago) link
those were great pre facebook games to get buying public connected to the product
― mark_e, Friday, 2 December 2011 15:42 (twelve years ago) link
worst ad "Mom was right. I should have married John Clarke"
― Rolo Tony, Friday, 2 December 2011 15:45 (twelve years ago) link
right now I really like the one with the caveman and Brian Orapko playing Scrabble, it's not very funny but it's so left-field bizarre that I can't help but chuckle
has nothing on the GOAT ad with Patrick Ewing randomly dunking on some guy b/c he ate a Snickers
― Rolo Tony, Friday, 2 December 2011 15:46 (twelve years ago) link
xpost best ad "Mom was right. I should have married John Cooper Clarke"
― Ou est la showaddywaddy (MarkG oo la showaddywaddy), Friday, 2 December 2011 15:47 (twelve years ago) link
there are like 2 animated w/ hi-pitched v.o. adopt a cat ads that i have to like mute or change off immediately for threat of impulse-adopting 80 cats
― j crunchwrap supreme, Friday, 2 December 2011 15:54 (twelve years ago) link
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― elks thunder, Friday, 2 December 2011 16:10 (twelve years ago) link
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― elks thunder, Friday, 2 December 2011 16:11 (twelve years ago) link
oh yeah, I'll have what she's having
― William (C), Friday, 2 December 2011 16:11 (twelve years ago) link
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― elks thunder, Friday, 2 December 2011 16:12 (twelve years ago) link
<3 bam bam
― j crunchwrap supreme, Friday, 2 December 2011 16:13 (twelve years ago) link
ok, I didn't realize the guy's last name was Orapko -- that makes the "it's another word for sack" line a lot funnier. I thought he was just making up some bullshit with his letters that he knew he'd get away with because Cavemen R Dumm.
― William (C), Friday, 2 December 2011 16:16 (twelve years ago) link
Gah! I have expressed my perhaps unwarranted hatred for M Bamford on reg ILX but I just can't get into her and those commercials are not helping.
― ᶘ ᵒᴥᵒᶅ (~curious orange~), Friday, 2 December 2011 17:02 (twelve years ago) link
hey man thanks for image bombing a once readable thread, nobody could have gotten the point had you just posted that once
― Rolo Tony, Friday, 2 December 2011 17:27 (twelve years ago) link
you're welcome!
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― elks thunder, Friday, 2 December 2011 17:36 (twelve years ago) link
Tums where rubber rib or corndog hits guy in face with bbq sauce or mustard
― andrew m., Saturday, 3 December 2011 05:50 (twelve years ago) link
YouTube tells me that this is a national spot. God help us all.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9gIuCpL6zU
― Pleasant Plains, Saturday, 3 December 2011 05:58 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-PNwNJ2VSc
― Pleasant Plains, Saturday, 3 December 2011 06:17 (twelve years ago) link
That talking investment baby can fuck the fuck the fuck right off
― kamb, Saturday, 3 December 2011 06:44 (twelve years ago) link
As the proud father of a two-year-old boy, I get a little tired of everyone comparing him to that guy.
(Especially since he's on the iPad more than he is on the Toy Story train set.)
― elks thunder, Saturday, 3 December 2011 07:05 (twelve years ago) link
okay, this is getting weird.
― Pleasant Plains, Saturday, 3 December 2011 07:08 (twelve years ago) link
T-Mobile ads (all).
Walkin' in an orgy wonderland.
― a convenient guru (god punch to hawkwind), Saturday, 3 December 2011 09:10 (twelve years ago) link
Also the T-Mobile girl's arms are 8 feet long but attached to her body up to the elbow.
― a convenient guru (god punch to hawkwind), Saturday, 3 December 2011 09:13 (twelve years ago) link
FUCKING DIAMOND COMMERCIALS
― reddening, Saturday, 3 December 2011 09:18 (twelve years ago) link
When they first came out, I thought T-Mobile girl was Liv Tyler for some reason.
― Tumblr Whites Off Earth Now!! (Sandbox Grisso-McCain), Saturday, 3 December 2011 09:43 (twelve years ago) link
how long have they been doing these commercials and how does this baby not get any older?
― I'm in the mood to party (J0n Arbuckle), Saturday, 3 December 2011 16:53 (twelve years ago) link
So, did Morrissey get the Gordon Ramsay "John Lewis" take-off commercial, um, taken off?
― Bela Lugosi's Derrida (MarkG oo la showaddywaddy), Monday, 5 December 2011 12:50 (twelve years ago) link
The UPS commercial that rhymes 'Olympians' with 'Thames'.
― yes this is the real (snoball), Tuesday, 6 December 2011 23:24 (twelve years ago) link
The Pet Food one that finally uses "Om nom nom nom nom nom"
No. You are not saying it right. Slowly. More Considered.
ach, forgt it.
― Y.O. Mini (MarkG oo la showaddywaddy), Monday, 19 December 2011 12:22 (twelve years ago) link
The one for the artificial dog bone? Just saw that as an ad before a video on a website.
― Dermot O'Leary is playing some beats/at night he's a TV presenter (snoball), Monday, 19 December 2011 12:25 (twelve years ago) link
all the ones where some young upper-class family buys a damn Lexus as a Christmas gift for the wife, as though she's not going to notice $50000 missing from the joint bank account
― ...or fold laundry? (J0n Arbuckle), Monday, 19 December 2011 12:28 (twelve years ago) link