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JMO · Joined: 18 Jul 2006 Location: Daegu

Post your favorite ads and tell us why you liked them.

First off I'm going to go with the Metz 'Judderman' ad. A truly spooky commercial.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TUOPeNJCK8

And one more because I can. The classic Kia-Ora ad that I had completely forgotten about til yesterday.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sB3R9cosCQ

I remember my ma getting pretty angry when I did the walk up the aisle at mass. Those were innocent times.

JMO · Joined: 18 Jul 2006 Location: Daegu

And just to hog the thread.

My fave Guinness ad from the mid nineties.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvwIxyYg4Dg

Try the dance, its fun.

Sleepy in Seoul · Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 6:30 pm Post subject:

An ad for New Zealand scratch-and-win tickets.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRiUvWzySQQ

And an ad for Tui beer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDcRTCZBQeY

And while I'm at it, an ad for Speights. Good on ya, mate!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4kyac3MXEY

Meggiebea · Joined: 20 Oct 2006 Location: Uijeongbu, South Korea

My all time favourite.

http://www.coolcanuckaward.ca/joe_canadian.htm

wormholes101 · Joined: 11 Mar 2003

JMO · Joined: 18 Jul 2006 Location: Daegu

dogshed · Joined: 28 Apr 2006

Here's a really bad one. You can watch video if you follow the link.

http://adage.com/outofsite/article?article_id=114344

Bring Out Your Dead: Crispin Resurrects Orville Redenbacher
How Not to Sell Popcorn 101

By Ken Wheaton

Published: January 16, 2007
First I'd like to say that I'm not a typical Crispin hater (i.e., a jealous creative who wished I could have a shot to do work like that), but the agency
Orville's Zombie moment | ALSO: Comment on this post in the 'Your Opinion' box below.
has crossed the line with its new spot for Orville Redenbacher. I'm going to try to keep my trap shut and leave the ad reviewing to Bob Garfield, but I have to vent a little. When Crispin first won the account, I joked privately that they'd dig Orville Redenbacher from the grave. Well, that seems to be exactly what the agency did, presenting an unsuspecting audience with an iPod-wearing, dead-eyed zombie.

The agency, the marketer and Digital Domain are crowing about the ground-breaking technology used here, but this technology is not ready for prime time. Firstly, the Orville zombie sounds nothing like the original. More important, it is visually jarring ... my emotions ranged from "this is amateurish-looking crap" to "holy jeebum crow, this scares the hell out of me" -- especially near the end, when the Orville zombie's shoulder start hitching and it looks as if he's about to hack up a hairball.

I'm not the only one. The Copyranter, writing at Gawker, weighs in with a typically scathing word or two (my favorite: the ad industry would "reanimate dead Darfur babies if they could get away with, and it sold product." Patrick's Place chimes in as well, saying the zombie looks "more like Dana Carvey made up to look like an old man." In an aside, columnist/author/blogger James Lileks describes it thusly: "high octane nightmare fuel. It's a desiccated undead zombie-mummy in a bowtie, and it will steal your soul."

I'll try to update this with more Zombie-Orville-related posts as they appear.

"Grandpa would go for it. He was a cutting-edge guy," grandson Gary told USA Today. "This is a way to honor his legacy."

That might be true. But it certainly doesn't make me want to eat popcorn.

UPDATE: Best quote of the day?? "FINALLY, Redenbacher with an iPod. Now I can relate to THIS. Watching the new putty faced Redenbacher handle a bowl, my once lifeless appetite for his air fluffed popcorn was immediately replenished. Nicely played Redenbacher, nicely played." From Joy Hog.

re:cursive · Joined: 04 Jan 2006

I like this one today. Bouncy balls let loose on the streets of San Francisco.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPPebF81fYs&search=bravia

The best bit....it's not CGI. Here's the "making of" clip.
http://www.youtube.com/w/The-Making-of-the-Sony%27s-New-Bravia-Commercial?v=UfqM953Xvkk&search=Bravia%20sony%20commercial%20cool

A very effective piece of advertising.

Richard Krainium · Joined: 12 Jan 2006

A Public Sevice Message: Posting and You!
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/posting.php

A humorous poke at forum newbies. Worth a look.

RACETRAITOR · Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea

JMO · Joined: 18 Jul 2006 Location: Daegu

thebum · Joined: 09 Jan 2005 Location: North Korea

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz7VnBZ_k98 quiznos subs

thebum · Joined: 09 Jan 2005 Location: North Korea

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cG042nkReBA quiznos - any coupon works

JMO · Joined: 18 Jul 2006 Location: Daegu

Here's one from Nick Park, the guy who gave us Chicken Run and Wallace and Gromit. They went out and interviewed real people and families and then matched them to animals. These are the turtle and pig ads.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOI8z_JfTo4

Ryst Helmut · Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 6:20 pm Post subject:

Most of these....

http://veryfunnyads.com/

Cheers,

Ryst