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  • Banned Adam and Eve Commercial

    12/30/2009 10:31:12 AM PST · by RGirard · 31 replies · 1,578+ views
    Examiner.com ^ | Dec. 30, 2009 | Réne Girard
    Why would anyone want to ban a commercial featuring Adam and Eve? In this case, some people just couldn't take a joke. Centraal Beheer is an insurance company from The Netherlands which has run a series of very successful commercials where something goes unexpectedly, sometimes horribly, wrong in the end ... The request from the insurance company is "just call us." In other words: they are there for you in good times and bad, to help you with life's unexpected tragedies. Although some commercials have received praise as well as prestigious awards, others have been banned from the airwaves. One...
  • Banned Bill Clinton voodoo doll commercial

    12/29/2009 4:48:41 PM PST · by RGirard · 5 replies · 593+ views
    Examiner.com ^ | Dec. 29, 2009 | Réne Girard
    Former President Bill Clinton and a voodoo doll were featured in a commercial shown in The Netherlands by Centraal Beheer, an insurance company known for it's innovative commercials with little dialog and humorous unexpected twists. The Clinton commercial must not have sat well with Bill or Hillary or someone in our Government who failed to see the humor in it because the commercial "was quickly taken off television at the request of the American government." ~ Wikimedia Even though ... "all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are...