Posted on 02/01/2018 8:03:09 PM PST by Fai Mao
I laughed so hard at this I couldn't stand up.
Why can't television commercials in the US be this funny?
I’m pretty sure Ann Landers would recommend counseling.
Aw, Ann Landers sucks!
They can’t do it here because they would be called racist.
My favorite car commercials that were funny were with Joe Isuzu. Any of them are good but this is one of my favorites:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDK8BYS2d9s
Way back in the day, Ford had an ad campaign in Brazil: “Compre um Pinto para sua mulher!” (”Buy a Pinto for your wife!”) In Brazilian Portuguese, pinto is a male organ....
Because the FTC would fine the heck out of Ford for false advertising.
Ford used a model of a Ford truck when the gorilla threw it. The suspension on a REAL Ford truck would shake more upon landing, hence the fine.
Similarly....the Chevy Nova didn’t go over very well, in Mexico.
No va means ‘won’t go’, in espanol. :-)
Yes, another great one, lol! Never even occurred to them to run the ads by a native speaker....
Years ago Hummer (I think it was them) had an add that started with the pink Energizer bunny doing its thing down a dirt trail so at first you thought it was an ad for the batteries. A couple seconds later the hummer runs over the bunny.
I saw the ad on TV but never saw it again as the Energizer folks called the car company so fast it was only shown for less than one day.
I thought the funniest were Peter Storemare’s VW “Unpimp your auto” commercials some years back.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1MNEqCr748
Ford Ka and SportKa ads, pulled after only a short tme !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLIkjWFNAKI
You bet your sweet Aspercreme.
The Ka commercials were the best! Especially the Kitty Guillotine.
You should see what the Top Gear guys did to a REAL Toyota truck some years back...now THAT was impressive (and funny).
Newcastle Ale
Caused a stir at the time.
https://www.ispot.tv/ad/7k2h/newcastle-brown-ale-brewers-hands
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