OK hear me out. What adverts do you think are just great or are remembered in your country as classics? Here in the UK we think we have some pretty clever adverts.
I'll start the ball rolling with a few from Britain and you guys chip in - I want to see what your t.v. ads are like (this will be tough for you folks from the US because as far as I can tell most of you adverts are for haemorrhoids (British spelling, we like adding extra letters), erectile dysfunction or thrush ).
Here are a few to get you started............
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And, does anybody recognise this tune? In the Leiden video they said that this tune might be familiar. This advert were huge in the UK when I were a lad and I think that this is what they meant....
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upto date advert for the same make of bread
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Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 9:27 pm
by kthomp
hehe i dont think this advert was shown very much outside of germany but it still gets me every time
if you have a weak heart, or are a very jumpy person then i wouldnt watch this advert, or i would have the sound turned off
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P.S i wish my tutor had the sound of when he showed our class this lol
Re: Adverts
Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 12:17 am
by Rich
Clever ads here in the US seem to have become extinct. Even the much anticipated ads that run during the Super Bowl game have been disappointing recently.
Yorkie wrote: I want to see what your t.v. ads are like (this will be tough for you folks from the US because as far as I can tell most of you adverts are for haemorrhoids (British spelling, we like adding extra letters), erectile dysfunction or thrush ).
Yes. Men 'problems' and women 'problems' seem to have overtaken the airwaves over here.
Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 3:26 pm
by tcliffy
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Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 3:28 pm
by Jude Andrew
I used to love those PG tips ads ... they were always great.
From my childhood all the way through adulthood; we have had a series of really great Guinness ads, like the one below:
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Re: Adverts
Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 3:34 pm
by tcliffy
Rich wrote:Clever ads here in the US seem to have become extinct. Even the much anticipated ads that run during the Super Bowl game have been disappointing recently.
Yorkie wrote: I want to see what your t.v. ads are like (this will be tough for you folks from the US because as far as I can tell most of you adverts are for haemorrhoids (British spelling, we like adding extra letters), erectile dysfunction or thrush ).
Yes. Men 'problems' and women 'problems' seem to have overtaken the airwaves over here.
Which is why prescription medicine is so expensive nowadays.
Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 3:38 pm
by Jude Andrew
tcliffy wrote:This one is quite funny. " onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Very funny
Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 3:39 pm
by Jude Andrew
This one really mad me laugh... though it's slightly controversial
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Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 6:50 pm
by Yorkie
Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 6:58 pm
by Yorkie
I've seen that scary car add before - it always works. Guinness have had a lot of good adds (we got the hurling one over here too). This is one of the best Guinness adds in a recent poll
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Some others that I remember
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Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 7:06 pm
by Yorkie
Once you get going you just can't stop can you (or is it just me)?
This next one was bad in every way it has become an iconic legend that lives on long after the advert died away (and the chocolate thing is pretty crap too!)