Posts Tagged ‘adverts’
Pop up TV advert hits the hot spot
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Posted: 10th, October 2013 | In: The Consumer | Comment
Great ads: Sheffield’s TNT Transform Gym finds truth in advertising
GYM advert of the day: Sheffield’s TNT Transform Gym. Who needs a big budget?
Spotter: Charlotte Cramer
Posted: 22nd, September 2013 | In: The Consumer | Comment
The greatest advert about having a good poo ever
OH, the joys of a truly epic poo. But some of us don’t want others to know that we do a number 2. For them there is Poo-Pourri:
You can read more about the poo prisoner on this website:
Poo-Pourri is a blend of essential oils that virtually eliminates bathroom odors! Our award-winning before-you-go® sprays come in a variety of scents and sizes.
Or get a dog…
Posted: 22nd, September 2013 | In: The Consumer | Comment
LOL: German health club advert of the year
THIS advert of the Fitness and Friends gym in Berlin is telling. TRAIN HARD. FEEL GOOD.
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Posted: 12th, September 2013 | In: The Consumer | Comment
Great Ads: Mick Humphries can teach you to drive one of these biiiiiig trucks
GREAT Ads: Mick Humphries can teach you to drive one of these:
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Posted: 12th, September 2013 | In: The Consumer | Comment
Greatest Ever Banned Adverts: The Vim Prisoner
GREAT Ad Watch: this brilliant advert for Vim was banned in 2005, presumably for being too funny:
Posted: 10th, September 2013 | In: The Consumer | Comment
Cool Ad Watch: Sainsbury’s are back to school with Wolverhampton’s B-Girl Terra
COOL Ad Watch: Sainsbury’s are back to school with Wolverhampton’s B-Girl Terra:
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Posted: 26th, July 2013 | In: The Consumer | Comment
Is that a young Lindsay Lohan advertising the perils of poo eating for Bristol Council?
CAN a child’s work ruin the adult’s career?
Dennis Waterman did not let a boyhood advertising Rowntree’s Fruit Gums hold him back from a successful TV career. Little Dennis sang:
Don’t forget my fruit gums, Mum,
I just love those fruit gums, Mum,
Thruppence buys a tube of fruit gums,
Gums that last all day.
Bring me home some fruit gums, Mum,
All my pals love fruit gums, Mum,
Rowntree’s fruit gums last the longest,
That’s why we all say:
They’re smashing! They’re Rowntree’s!
The young Dakota Fanning shilled for Tide, dribbling food down her pink dress. She too would go on to achieve showbiz fame.
A past promoting the GAF Viewmaster did Jodie Foster no harm. She went on to become an A-list Hollywood stalwart.
So there is hope, then, for the child seen eating dog poo in the above advert created for Bristol Council. We could be looking at the next Lindsay Lohan…
Posted: 24th, June 2013 | In: Celebrities, The Consumer | Comment (1)
Brighton landlord offers free rent to any lodger who can wear a ‘realistic walrus costume’
FINDING the right flatmate can be tricky. Take this advert spotted on Gumtree:
Lodger required, Brighton
Room type
Double
Available to couples
No
Date available
11/06/13
Property type
House
Seller type
PrivateHello, I am looking for a lodger in my house. I have had a long and interesting life and have now chosen Brighton as a location for my retirement. Among the many things I have done in my life is to spend three years alone on St. Lawrence Island. These were perhaps the most intense and fascinating years of my life, and I was kept in companionship with a walrus whom I named Gregory. Never have I had such a fulfilling friendship with anyone, human or otherwise, and upon leaving the island I was heartbroken for months. I now find myself in a large house over looking Queens Park and am keen to get a lodger. This is a position I am prepared to offer for free (eg: no rent payable) on the fulfillment of some conditions. I have, over the last few months, been constructing a realistic walrus costume, which should fit most people of average proportions, and allow for full and easy movement in character. To take on the position as my lodger you must be prepared to wear the walrus suit for approximately two hours each day (in practice, this is not two hours every day – I merely state it here so you are able to have a clear idea of the workload). Whilst in the walrus costume you must be a walrus – there must be no speaking in a human voice, and any communication must entail making utterances in the voice of a walrus – I believe there aer recordings available on the web – to me, the voice is the most natural thing I have ever heard. Other duties will involve catching and eating the fish and crabs that I will occasionally throw to you whilst you are being the walrus. With the exception of this, you will be free to do whatever you choose, and will have a spacious double room, complete run of the house (with the exception of my bedroom and my workshop), and use of all facilities within. I am a considerate person to share a house with, and other than playing the accordion my tastes are easy to accomodate.
Due to the nature of this position I will need to audition all applicants before agreeing to take the chosen candidate on as a lodger. Please contact me if you have any questions.
Spotter: TheAfterWord
Posted: 13th, June 2013 | In: The Consumer | Comment (1)
The creepiest TV adverts of all time
SCARY, creepy adverts stick in the mind. This means they must be working.
Chuck in children and the fear factor is cranked up:
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Posted: 5th, June 2013 | In: The Consumer, TV & Radio | Comment
Epic adverts: David’s Pizza
EPIC adverts: David’s Pizza:
Posted: 6th, May 2013 | In: The Consumer | Comment
Epic adverts: Cullman liquidation of Alabama
CULLMAN Liquidation is a company you can trust.
We buy, sell and move mobile homes, and we have been doing it for 16+ years.
To Alabama:
Posted: 3rd, May 2013 | In: The Consumer | Comment
Terrible adverts: the world’s greatest one-bedroom apartment (with cracking photos)
ON Craigslist, you can rent a 1 bdrm apartment
Perfect for college student!
Quiet building, close to parks and public transportation
Private secure entrance
Exposed brick
Fireplace
Spacious furnished bedroom
Overhead lighting
Stainless steel appliances
Plenty of closet spaceMonth to month
No pets
Non-smoker preferred
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Posted: 10th, March 2013 | In: Key Posts, The Consumer | Comment
Volkswagen and Algernon want Super Bowl fans to say OOOOOOKKKKAAAAYYYYYY to Jamaica
FEW things are more entertaining that people looking for offence and finding it in dust. Volkswagen has produced an advert to be screened during the Super Bowl (tip: fast forward to the ads) that features a white Midwesterner expressing his chilled-out lifestyle in a faked Jamaican accent.
USA Today finds the upset:
“It’s pretty horrific,” says Ricki Fairley-Brown, president of the multicultural marketing agency Dove Marketing. “Why do they have a white guy from Minnesota faking a Jamaican accent?”
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Posted: 31st, January 2013 | In: The Consumer | Comment
The creepiest adverts from the 1980s
THE creepiest adverts from the 1980s:
Spotter: SmashTV
Posted: 25th, January 2013 | In: Flashback, The Consumer | Comment
Cool ad watch: public transport is fun!
COOL ad of the day: Denmark’s Midttrafick makes public transport fun:
Posted: 12th, September 2012 | In: The Consumer | Comment
New York’s The Place restaurant dishes up a terrible advert (video)
THE Place is an eatery in New York’s West Village. It has produced one of the worst adverts ever. “We were looking for special…and we found magical”. In a cave:
Posted: 27th, August 2012 | In: The Consumer | Comments (3)
The world’s best billboards: the Martor Solingen razor blade pigeon halfer
THE world’s bet billboards: In Germany, Martor Solingen’s razor blades are so sharp, pigeons do not stand a chance:
Spotter: TrendHunter
Posted: 25th, August 2012 | In: The Consumer | Comment
Cool ad watch: The Granny Deaths
COOL ad watch: The Granny deaths for Zonajobs. (By DraftFBC Buenos Aires):
Posted: 4th, July 2012 | In: The Consumer | Comment
Cool ad of the week – the flying horse cat butter
COOL ad of the week – butter cat:
Posted: 28th, May 2012 | In: The Consumer | Comment
Do you need teeth by tonight?
DO you need teeth by tonight? Do you have a hot date with a crunchy apple? Well, step this way…
Posted: 12th, March 2012 | In: The Consumer | Comment
Vintage sexist advert of the day – The Hoover Christmas
VINTAGE sexist advert of the day – The Hoover that keeps on giving:
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Posted: 25th, February 2012 | In: Flashback | Comment (1)
The Most Women Hating And Mocking Adverts Ever: Before PC
SEX sells. This much we know. Today, sexiness, nay, sexual availability, is used to sell anything and everything. But before political correctness arrived to make porn a feminist statement, and make it no longer socially acceptable to call a black man “Sooty“, misogyny ruled. We’ve compiled a list of old school adverts that to work would, nowadays, need to come embroidered with a massive dose of irony. Or, better yet, the roles would be reversed. Current advertising mores state that men are idiots to be endured, mocked and tamed by sassy women. One day, those ads will look at ridiculous as these:
Posted: 16th, December 2011 | In: Key Posts, The Consumer | Comment
John Lewis Ad Boy Is Dead: Norway’s 1888 SMS Boy Has Killed Him
John Lewis boy is dead – or as good as. Sure he’s got a still warm rabbit’s head in the box for mummy and daddy’s Christmas present, but this murderous looking Norweigian child has the rabbit’s guts – and he’s glued them to your mum’s face. John Lewis boys should run.
It’s an ad for Norway’s 1888 telephone directory – We Need To Talk About Yngve…
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Posted: 28th, November 2011 | In: The Consumer | Comment
